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StephN · 10-07-2008, 12:56 PM

Good work, Brenda, in posting these links.

VERY interesting info from the first link:

"In 1999, Labriola and Dr. Robert Livingston, a cancer specialist at the University of Washington, reported in the journal Oncology that patients undergoing certain kinds of chemotherapy who took anti-oxidant supplements suffered much poorer outcomes than patients who didn't take anti-oxidants. Other popular anti-oxidants include vitamins A, B-6, selenium and many herbs.
"I don't recall if there were any deaths in this group, but long-term survival was certainly worse," Labriola said."

Dr. Livingston was MY med onc until he left for Arizona a couple of years ago. When I went on chemo in 2000 he asked me to bring in all supplements I was taking and told me which I could still use and what to discontinue. I felt he knew what he was talking about, but did not know at the time of his linking up with Labriola.

I am just one of his patients who misses him greatly.

Maybe it is time to look up Dr. Labriola and his colleagues. His office is practically next door to my regular physician.

10-07-2008, 12:56 PM	#7
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Good work, Brenda, in posting these links. VERY interesting info from the first link: "In 1999, Labriola and Dr. Robert Livingston, a cancer specialist at the University of Washington, reported in the journal Oncology that patients undergoing certain kinds of chemotherapy who took anti-oxidant supplements suffered much poorer outcomes than patients who didn't take anti-oxidants. Other popular anti-oxidants include vitamins A, B-6, selenium and many herbs. "I don't recall if there were any deaths in this group, but long-term survival was certainly worse," Labriola said." Dr. Livingston was MY med onc until he left for Arizona a couple of years ago. When I went on chemo in 2000 he asked me to bring in all supplements I was taking and told me which I could still use and what to discontinue. I felt he knew what he was talking about, but did not know at the time of his linking up with Labriola. I am just one of his patients who misses him greatly. Maybe it is time to look up Dr. Labriola and his colleagues. His office is practically next door to my regular physician. __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.