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gedmathteacher t1_jbyphnk wrote

Reply to comment by MegBundy in Cancer timeline: treatment for stage 3c triple positive breast cancer (all cancers are unique, this is my personal timeline; similar diagnoses will have a similar, but not identical, timeline) [OC] by BluebellsMcGee

My apologies. Herceptin saved my sisters life. Now that I see where it is in the timeline, it’s the same course she had. She had the same cancer as you and wrote a book about it. I have no excuse to be so ignorant

Edit : she had triple negative

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Ch1Guy t1_jbz8d1h wrote

Triple negative means the cancer doesn't have estrogen or progesterone receptors, or make excessive HER2 proteins.

Herceptin is generally for HER2 positive cancer.

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MegBundy t1_jbyq89i wrote

Triple negative is a terrible prognosis. I’m so sorry she went through that. It is so wonderful she survived.

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gedmathteacher t1_jbysxt7 wrote

Ugh she was HER2+, ER-

Thank you science regardless!!

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MegBundy t1_jbytrpu wrote

So many cancers out there! How can we keep track?! 😆

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