new staging and what it really means

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luckypenny
luckypenny Member Posts: 150
edited August 2019 in Stage III Breast Cancer

Hello!

Stage 3a girl from 2011. 8 years out from surgery , no real complications since then , been on an AI for all 8 years and will continue as long as I can

Been awhile since I have been on the site and came across the new staging info. So I looked at the staging chart and saw that I would now be considered a 1b. Somehow that doesn't seem right!. Tumor 9 cm but 3 cm of that was DCIS. 8/17 nodes positive but 2 of the 8 had micromets. HER 2 negative, ER positive and PR positive . KI 67 less than 9% or something like that ,really really low. and tumor grade 2

So is that right that I would be a stage 1b now? and what does that really mean ? is that really a better prognosis- and why is that a better prognosis?

my treatment hasn't changed- had double mastectomy, full hyster, act chemo, radiation, zometa for 3 years ( and I do have ONJ from that but I am still alive !). 5 years of metformin .

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