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Breast Cancer
My mother had breast removal due to tumor detected in her left breast and she had PET scan before the treatment to check if the infection has spread throughtout the body but no such thing was found and her body is completely fine and all the blood reports were perfectly fine, doctor suggested biospy of the sample post surgery and after 10 days of the report he suggested for the ER/PR report which almost tested on a 15 days old sample,the report resulted in 'Negative' and he has suggested 8 chemos. My question is can we take some other tests to find out whether the 8 chemos are actually required or is there any alternative option to treat the cancer.
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What is post op histopathology report and her-2 new report??
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Dr. Bhaskar Bhuvan
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4 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
Hi, some of the details are missing in your history, age of the patient is required to decide the type of treatment. In biopsy apart from ER PR testing Her 2 marker, Ki67 marker testing, and important post operative staging of the tumor are required to decide the type of treatment.
If size of the tumor is more than 0.5 CM and if ER PR Her2 are negative then she rewuires 8 cycles of chemotherapy
If Her is positive then 6 cycles of chemo and 17 cycles of targetted therapy is required. We need more details to give the final plan
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please get the suggested tests as mentioned
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if ER PR Her2 are negative you can go with genetic testing also
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