Ki-67 95%

I remember sitting in my car, sobbing. My surgeon had said, "30 is high for KI-67 and you are 98"

I was sure I was not going to make it a year.

I am now almost 2 years out and feeling great.

Numbers are just numbers. No one knows your fate.

Xoxoxo

So you do not have to do chemo because of your KI-67 results? If 67% is high, why not chemo? Curious because my KI-67% was similar to yours.

Ok good...I thought I had missed something! Good luck with your chemo. I had 6x TCH this summer and although it was no walk in the park, it wasn't horrible either (for me). I worked all the way through - and just finished radiation a couple of weeks ago. Just plow ahead and you'll be through all the tough stuff before you know it! There is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Annie

Eat what you like....my first treatment I took lots of snacks and drinks only to find out that they had food and drink to offer me! I came to think of treatment as my "spa day" as I would sit in a heated recliner, watch tv, take a nap and/or watch netflex on my computer. The nurses would bring me soup and sandwich or drinks. No one at work or home bothering me! The actual treatment is painless but the benadryl they give you does make you foggy for awhile. The real SE's don't kick in for a day or two. Good luck tomorrow - don't be scared...you will do fine.

Annie

my mom has the same diagnose like yours..good helps u i hope much

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Hello to any recent members who might be waiting so anxiously to have surgery to determine if they need chemotherapy treatments. My surgery is coming up mid Oct. and I've lost 5 lbs. already worrying over this mess. My Ki-67 is sitting at 60%. So, does this mean I have an aggressive cancer that has most likely spread? My breast surgeon's office doesn't like answering simple questions without pay, so I too have had to rely on my own research. The plan is to definitely treat me with radiation after a lumpectomy, with reduction of both breasts, and on top of this I have heart disease that makes radiation and chemo a very bad risk to my already beat up heart. The tumor is on my left breast too! I'm 68, IDC, Stage 1, Grade 2. ER+, Pr +, but HER2 negative. My cardiologist just gave the ok for surgery, but it's the treatments I may need that bother me the most. I really care about my heart more than I do my breasts. (If younger I'd feel different about my breasts). Mastectomy is out of question to the breast surgeon. Even my cardiologist said there's some risk to the heart, but the cancer has to be attacked. I suppose from what I can understand that whether or not I will need chemo, will depend more on whether the cancer has spread to nodes or if the Oncotype DX test score is high - more so than the Ki-67 result, but it sounds like it has a good chance of spreading if that Ki-67 is high. I think the Oncotype DX test seems more of a predictor of reoccurrence along with aggressiveness of the tumor than does the number or percentage of Ki-67. It's so confusing and it's not explained anywhere in detail as to what my chances are with it most likely spreading due to the Ki-67. Kill the heart or kill the cancer - great prognosis. Will talk to oncologist soon. I'll post what they mightsay later.