Stage 2, no chemo?, prognosis

Beznaranca
Beznaranca Member Posts: 9
edited November 2018 in Stage II Breast Cancer

Hi, I'm 57 YO, and just had lumpectomy od my breast cancer.

BC was stage 2 (2.2cm), ER+ (100%), PR -, Her2 -, grade 3, KI-67 59% with 0/8 nodes involved, clear margins.

My oncologist took Mammaprint, and now we are waiting for the results.

Is it possible that Mammaprint show some good prognostic results with this type of BC? What are my survival rates in the near future? :D

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited October 2018

    Dear Beznaranca,

    Welcome to the BCO community. We are sorry about your breast cancer but glad that you reached out here. While you are waiting for some members to respond you may want to check out this information on our main site that seeks to help others better understand their breast cancer and their pathology reports. Click on the preceding imbedded link. Keep us posted on what you learn. The Mods

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited October 2018

    Hi, interested to hear your results I was similar with er 95% pr negative, it is not a well understood combination. But good news is AI drugs are proving very effective for er+ pr- cancers.

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  • Nas
    Nas Member Posts: 102
    edited October 2018

    Hi, try this website

    http://predict.nhs.uk/predict_v2.1/tool

    It helps e when I feel down😊

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  • JoE777
    JoE777 Member Posts: 628
    edited October 2018
    Please don't think about statistics without knowing the details of your DX. If you want to know about the type you have the medical sites on this forum is fantastic. Mayo, MD Anderson, American cancer society all are detailed. You'll find the women and men on this forum supportive and knowledgeable but each diagnosis is unique to each person. Hoping for good news about your treatment path. Hugs . Jo
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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited October 2018

    That predict tool said a 1% benefit from hormone therapy, not worth it. I was lead to believe it was very beneficial.

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  • PebblesV
    PebblesV Member Posts: 658
    edited November 2018

    @Meow13 - did you decide if you’re going to do the hormone therapy or not? I thought I was decided to do the hormone therapy since I’m not doing chemo (low oncotype) but all the side effects I see in the forums have me really worried/concerned about that now. Thoughts?

    @beznaranca - I think since your lymph nodes were clear and you got clear margins your odds are good. Did your mammaprint come in

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  • Meow13
    Meow13 Member Posts: 4,859
    edited November 2018

    Yes, I did a total of 4 years first anastrozole and then exemestane both AI drugs. Side effects were cumulative and I discontinued my mo thought I had done enough.

    PebblesV, did you try link Nas provided? It said very low benefit from hormonal treatment when I plugged in my data.

    I guess the benefit is survival not recurrence maybe that is why 1% benefit.

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  • PebblesV
    PebblesV Member Posts: 658
    edited November 2018

    Meow13 - Good to know and thank you for sharing I did and I got the same 1% improvement on survival with hormone therapy! And 0% improvement with chemo so good thing I'm not doing chemo.

    It said the surgery only survival rate for my stats is 96% so that much is hugely encouraging if this is a good predictor. I think you are right, this one is about survival vs. recurrence.

    My oncologist claims that if I do nothing, there would be a 20% chance of recurrence. That's knocked down to 13% with tamoxifen hormone therapy. I'm hoping to knock it down further with nutrition and exercise too.

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  • momand2kids
    momand2kids Member Posts: 1,508
    edited November 2018

    Hi Bez

    I am not an oncologist-but my stats were similar to yours-- lumpectomy, no nodes-ER/PR+, Her2-. I had oncotype-gray area-had 4 rounds of chemo, radiation and 5 years of femara... I am 10 years out-- consider myself very healthy and prognosis was always good.... one can never know, of course, but I am planning to live a good long time!!!!

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