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Does a breast cancer patient benefit from chemo if she is er+, pr+ and her2-?
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Possibly: The biggest predicting factors are the size of your tumor and the lymph node status. There are many helpful pieces of information online. Adjuvantonline.Com nccn.Org patient section. This is really a complex question because we now have oncotyping to tell us recurrence risk. I would ask your physician, and consider two opinions.
Answered 7/15/2013
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Maybe: The benefits of chemotherapy are generally more dependent on the stage of the breast cancer rather than the receptor status. Er, pr, and her2-neu receptor status are not part of the staging criteria per se.
Answered 11/4/2012
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