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Metastatic Breast Cancer ER+ Her2+ 5.5cm tumor on chest wall

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 5, 2022 | Replies (5)
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@mssewest

Yes, there are clinical trials available to me. I was curious about the removal of it on the chest wall because my Onc has not mentioned surgery of any kind right now. Yes, I do know that every woman is different, every cancer is different and chemo affects everyone different. I just wanted to see if there someone with a similar tumor on the chest wall and how it was treated.

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | Feb 3, 2022

I can’t speak to your cancer, only my own. My surgeon removed the top half of my breast and scraped the tumor from the chest wall and rib. Then I took chemo, then radiation, then tamoxifen, and more chemo, and anastrazole and……………….
The problem is that I was diagnosed when herceptin was not approved for frontline therapy, only for relapsed. There are a host of treatments available today that were not even thought of yet in 2004.
I only ask about if you have some specific questions to try and make sure that you are getting the appropriate support here. You asked if other people were metastatic at diagnosis. This could affect any surgical plan, are you MBC at diagnosis?

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