HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - vaccine results may not be as straight-forward as thought--a bit disconcerting!

'lizbeth · 08-27-2012, 06:11 PM

We can hang out in the clinical trial section. I just bring up the new posts each time.

My 2nd oncologist was helpful in getting me into the trial, the first NOT! How do you volunteer as a patient advocate?

I'm certainly glad there are vaccine trials for early breast cancer. So much better than the old wait and see technique, and then treating patients in trials only at Stage IV.

This website has opened my eyes to what the Stage IV ladies suffer through. Very motivated to do everything I can to avoid a recurrence. Going to work more on the weight loss. The news today reported that even a 6 lbs weight loss was equal to a 25% reduction in recurrence.

I was just at an ENERGY seminar at UCSD and Shoshi told us that because of this study that diet and exercise help are being included in the Standard of Care.

Pertuzumab, Vaccines, TDM1, diet & exercise - so much positive progress coming. I just can't believe the difference from 5 years ago when I was first diagnosed.

08-27-2012, 06:11 PM	#18
'lizbeth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sunny San Diego Posts: 2,214	Re: vaccine results may not be as straight-forward as thought--a bit disconcerting! We can hang out in the clinical trial section. I just bring up the new posts each time. My 2nd oncologist was helpful in getting me into the trial, the first NOT! How do you volunteer as a patient advocate? I'm certainly glad there are vaccine trials for early breast cancer. So much better than the old wait and see technique, and then treating patients in trials only at Stage IV. This website has opened my eyes to what the Stage IV ladies suffer through. Very motivated to do everything I can to avoid a recurrence. Going to work more on the weight loss. The news today reported that even a 6 lbs weight loss was equal to a 25% reduction in recurrence. I was just at an ENERGY seminar at UCSD and Shoshi told us that because of this study that diet and exercise help are being included in the Standard of Care. Pertuzumab, Vaccines, TDM1, diet & exercise - so much positive progress coming. I just can't believe the difference from 5 years ago when I was first diagnosed. __________________ Diagnosed 2007 Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri" Additional treatments: GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision The content of my posts are meant for informational purposes only. The medical information is intended for general information only and should not be used in any way to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease