Triple Positive ER+/PR+ HER2+

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blondie45
blondie45 Member Posts: 580
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

Is this good or bad? Does this mean most likely chemotherapy or hormonal therapy or does this have really no factor on this?

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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited April 2009

    It means chemotherapy and hormone therapy.

    Triple+ , as what it is called means, you are positive for all these factors. If you go to the Her2+ board...there are  a lot of threads with being Triple +.

    P.S. You will also see in time that this is not necessarily a "bad" thing.

    Her2 means the cancer is more agressive. Which warrants chemo. You also get to take Herceptin to fight the Her2 and this is given with chemo for it to work wonders. Hormone therapy is after all the treatment to either block the estrogen receptors or halt the development.

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