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Joy · 11-10-2006, 10:41 AM

and believe me, what I have tried to find is this: If you have an initial result over 5 ctc's per 7.5ml, but within a short time after the new therapy has begun the result is drastically lower does one still have a lousier chance for DFS and OS? Of course I ask 'cause it is my situation, but I can't be the only one. At the start of Navelbine I was a 6 and it scared the heck outta me. After 5 weeks I was a 0 which seems pretty darn good, but does it really matter given these studies I keep finding?

just curious

11-10-2006, 10:41 AM	#3
Joy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ft. Collins, Colorado Posts: 546	so what I want to know... and believe me, what I have tried to find is this: If you have an initial result over 5 ctc's per 7.5ml, but within a short time after the new therapy has begun the result is drastically lower does one still have a lousier chance for DFS and OS? Of course I ask 'cause it is my situation, but I can't be the only one. At the start of Navelbine I was a 6 and it scared the heck outta me. After 5 weeks I was a 0 which seems pretty darn good, but does it really matter given these studies I keep finding? just curious __________________ with love and gratitude, joy dx stage I 2/2000er/pr+; her- per IHClumpectomy4 rounds A/C30 radstamoxifendx stage 4 5/2002huge mets to livertiny mets to lungsstopped tamoxifen5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin 2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptinzolodex04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin05 high estrogen tx11/05taxol/carbo7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin5/07tykerb/xeloda great response4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin 6/08 began Herceptin DM-1 9/08 progression