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Old 12-06-2006, 05:11 PM   #12
lightsteve
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Connecticut, USA
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Hi-

I know that when Sarah was originally diagnosed she recveived a PET/CT as part of a third round of scans, Iforget exactly why but it had something to do with uncertainties raised by the preceeding scans. It was not considered standard by her hospital in 2003. It showed nothing helpful and during her reprocessing on reoccurrence the scan was not repeated.

As for time to recurrence in her case I can say we knew it was a very aggressive cancer from the start. Lobular cancer is also difficult to get good imaging on (sorry about the grammar). So perhaps the additional cancer was there to begin with, but given the rate it is moving at now I am inclined to doubt that. Such is one person's story.

Steve
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Sarah's history:
DX Sept 03 Stage 2B Grade 3
BRCA 1 positive
RT Mastectomy
4 cm lobular 1+node ER-/PR- Her2+
chemo 2004:
4 cycles AC
4 cycles Taxol
herceptin 2004-2005
june 06 stage IV: lung, bones
weekly taxol
1/3wk herceptin
Oct/November 06: new primary left breast
ductal 4cm+
mastectomy
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