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DeenaH · 12-08-2010, 04:02 PM

Ellie - I have the paperwork with the requirements of the study I am trying to get into. Courtney is right, in this study, I will only get the vaccine, not the Tcell infusions. I wish!! For this Phase II study, you have to have originally been diagnosed with Stage IIIb, IIIC or IV, and be NED or with bone only disease at time of entering the trial. I just read through all of the requirements, and I am pretty sure I will qualify after I finish rads. Unfortunately, the doctor who qualified people for the trial will not even look at my file until I finish radiation. I can't start the trial until 30 days after radiation is finished.

12-08-2010, 04:02 PM	#8
DeenaH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 129	Re: Anybody did University of Washington adoptive T cell therapy? Ellie - I have the paperwork with the requirements of the study I am trying to get into. Courtney is right, in this study, I will only get the vaccine, not the Tcell infusions. I wish!! For this Phase II study, you have to have originally been diagnosed with Stage IIIb, IIIC or IV, and be NED or with bone only disease at time of entering the trial. I just read through all of the requirements, and I am pretty sure I will qualify after I finish rads. Unfortunately, the doctor who qualified people for the trial will not even look at my file until I finish radiation. I can't start the trial until 30 days after radiation is finished. __________________ March 2010: Diagnosed with Stage IIIC IDC with axillary, mammary and suplaclavicular node involvement. ER/PR -, HER2+++. 7cm tumor in right breast. April 2010: Started neoadjuvent chemo. 4 DD A/C every 2 weeks, 4 DD Taxotere every 3 weeks with Herceptin weekly. August 2010: Finished chemo! August 20, 2010: PET/CT showed no cancer in any nodes, and only a little uptake to the breast. September 9, 2010: Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction with implants and Alloderm. September 16, 2010: Pathology report showed 18/51 positive axillary nodes, 3.2cm tumor. Granual sized cancer found in the fatty tissue between levels 1 and 2. October 19, 2010: CT showed several spots on lungs and 1 spot on liver. Liver spot is 2mm, lung spots range from 2mm to 4mm. We don't know if they are cancer or not. 12/15/10: Brain MRI clear 1/7/11: PET/CT 1/13/11: Recurrence in lungs. Start Tykerb 5/13/11: Progression in lungs 6/3/11: Lung surgery to get tumors for chemosensitivity testing.