Diagnosed with ER+Pr+ on left and HER2+ on right

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April8
April8 Member Posts: 65
edited August 2014 in Just Diagnosed

Diagnosed 7/25 with IDC, ER+PR+ on left and IDC right HER2+ on right. Breast surgeon strongly recommends lumpectomies after genetic testing and breast MRI. Tumors are each 1 centimeter. Surgery 9/18 and will have chemo and rads plus Herceptin. Can't figure out why at age 54 this happened. BRCA 1+2 negative. Scared about everything, including Herceptin's effectiveness.

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  • new2bc
    new2bc Member Posts: 559
    edited August 2014

    How were your tumors found? Usually MRI reveals more than ultrasound and a mammogram to help people decide if they need to do lumpectomy or mastectomy. In my case, there were more than one tumor found in my breast. They did not show up in the mammogram. This helped me decide to do mastectomy. Do you have dense breasts? It is harder to find tumors in dense breasts which will make it harder to monitor after the lumpectomy.   

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