HER2+, 10 years out, what is my risk of recurrence now?

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Rubyluby
Rubyluby Member Posts: 74
edited November 2019 in HER2+ (Positive) Breast Cancer

Hi all,

I very gratefully celebrated my 10 year cancerversary in January this year. My tumour was 11 mm in size, grade 3, with no lymph node involvement, HER2+, ER/PR- I was treated with surgery, chemo, radiation and Herceptin. Thankfully, I hardly think about it anymore, but I would like to have some idea of my recurrence risk now. Anybody got any idea?

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  • Del13
    Del13 Member Posts: 198
    edited November 2019

    Awesome!! Congrats

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  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited November 2019

    ruby - congrats on 10 years! Both hormone negative and Her2+ driven recurrence tends to happen earlier than 10 years, so that would seem to be currently in your favor. Have you tried the Predict 2.1 tool? It has 5,10 and 15 year recurrence stats and factors in treatment with Herceptin which some other calculators don’t do,here is a link:

    https://breast.predict.nhs.uk/

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  • Kimm992
    Kimm992 Member Posts: 135
    edited November 2019

    Your cancer is most likely to recur in the first few years. It's very unlikely that it will come back now. Not totally impossible (nothing ever is), but very unlikely.

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  • RebzAmy
    RebzAmy Member Posts: 322
    edited November 2019

    Hi Rubyluby,

    Great name - my nickname is Ruby!

    I was diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer in June 2007. It's now 12 1/2 years since then.

    I'm doing well. The longer we are out from the diagnosis is supposed to bring our chances of recurrence lower and lower.


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