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1rarebird · 06-08-2010, 06:10 PM

Lori--
I didn't get an answer back from my doctor today, even though his nurse said he would call. But I didn't take the Boniva tablet either. I will let you know what he says when he gets around to it. Knowing how he thinks I am pretty sure he will say that the study is too small and not sufficiently "powered" to base any clinical decisions on. But I am like you---I wonder if any of the non-nitrogen based bisphosphonates are any safer. This study didn't appear to address that issue and it could be they are no more or less a problem than the current group of nitrogen based bisphosphonates. We'll see and keep in touch---

bird

06-08-2010, 06:10 PM	#4
1rarebird Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: TN Posts: 175	Re: Bisphosphonates may cause poorer survival rate in women with early stage breast c Lori-- I didn't get an answer back from my doctor today, even though his nurse said he would call. But I didn't take the Boniva tablet either. I will let you know what he says when he gets around to it. Knowing how he thinks I am pretty sure he will say that the study is too small and not sufficiently "powered" to base any clinical decisions on. But I am like you---I wonder if any of the non-nitrogen based bisphosphonates are any safer. This study didn't appear to address that issue and it could be they are no more or less a problem than the current group of nitrogen based bisphosphonates. We'll see and keep in touch--- bird __________________ Male Breast Cancer, DX 5/15/09, IDC, STAGE 1, 1.7 cm, HER2+++, ER+(95%)/PR+(75%), Ki67 40%, grade 3, 0/5 nodes, TX: mastectomy, TCH finished 7/19/10, radiation 6 wks., Tamoxifen on going, bisphosphonate 24 mos.