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Is there a type of breast cancer that has more chance of recurrance with time?
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Triple negative: Stage for stage - triple negative (er-, pr-, her2-) has the highest recurrence rate. In general hormonally responsive (er+) tumors have lower recurrence rates.
Answered 11/22/2012
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Well: Estrogen positive cancer is a felt to be a chronic disease as we are seeing recurrences years later. Estrogen negative cancer has a high risk for recurrence up front. Meaning if left untreated, the risk of recurrence is high. In addition, in estrogen negative cancers all we have is chemo and radiation. Estrogen positive we have hormone as well. Hope this helps.
Answered 4/4/2014
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