hi please could you explain to me what tripple neg is. i read a lot about it but still unsure. how do you know if you have it. thanks again all. this site has beed a godsend and wouldnt be without al your lovely replies and threads.
Hi Jal
Although I’m not triple negative, I know that it means that the cancer if it’s triple negative does not respond to hormonal treatment or herceptin - i.e. it is not fuelled by having too much oestrogen or progesterone or by your body producing too many her2 cells. People whose cancer is hormonal will receive hormonal drugs which they usually take for around 5 years and people whose cancer produces too much HER2 usually get herceptin for a year to prevent their body producing the bad stuff.
Hope this helps.
Ruby