Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. - 7/2/2011

Question
QUESTION: my mom had cancer breast and after modified radical mastectomy it showed it is infiltrating duct carcinoma grade 2...can u tell me what is the prognosis and survival rate of this type of tumor ??

ANSWER: Apart from its grade what was its stage, how big was it, was it HER2 positive or negative, what was its hormone receptor status and did she have any other treatment (radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy)?



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QUESTION: her TNM staging was T1 N0 Mx , the size of tumor is 3.5 x 3.7 cm and she didnt receive any additional chemo or radiotherapy but the doctor said she will receive maybe 6 sessions of chemo and also sessions of radiotherapy and maybe hormonal therapy also..that is all what i know..i dont have any idea about the hormone receptor status or the HER2..she didnt do such investigations like this...

Answer
Well that complicates my evaluation possibilities and abilities. At least she SHOULD have postsurgical radiation therapy and if the tumor had hormonal receptors also hormonal therapy and maybe chemotherapy. The stage of her cancer was not bad and the grade of it was not very bad either. But the tumor was not small and that is not a good thing. So the pronosis is somewhat uncertain but probably not bad. Sorry I can not come further than that!



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