Invasive Ductal /Lobular Grade 2 ER positive HER 2 negative

poitin

Hi Im 63 Diagnosed on routine mamogram on 11th feb.  lumpectomy and SNB on 4th march.   Clear margins Small tumour 1.2cm No LV involvement ;SNB 2 nodes removed 1 positive micromet= 1mm. + ITC.  Had re-excision for level 1 node clearance on 3rd arpril. Further 4 nodes removed all clear. Meeting with oncologist next week. I know will be offered hormone therapy and radiotherapy and likely to be advised that chemo won't confer significant reduced recurrance benefit. Right now I am fit and generally healthy and dont want to worry bout this coming back. Gut tells me to ask for chemo to feel more confident .. am I crazy. Live in UK  

Rose_d

You're not crazy this is hard. You should ask for the oncotype test which will give you better information about how beneficial chemo would be. FYI I had a 1.7cm tumor and 2.5mm in the sentinel node. Others were negative. And I wasn't given a choice about the oncotype test, was told I must do chemo. I think it was mostly because of my age (39 at diagnosis) but I am struck by the variation in treatment recommendations that come with such slight differences in the size of tumor. Very hard to know what to do.



Best of luck,



Rose

poitin

thank rose hope. u r doing well. could b wrong but probably age/menopause status are bigger factors for me.