Lani - would you mind sharing your bc status & tx?
Hi, Lani -
I'm a relative newbie on this group, and have noticed that you often post articles of diverse content, but usually without any comment about why you think it might be useful or important info in general, or for specific members of this list.
I'm curious-to-the-point-of-nosy, and don't have a clue about what your own bc & tx hx has been/is. Would you mind sharing? Do you subscribe to news services that send you e-mail about new studies, as they are published? Would it be possible, as a favor to me, to add your own impressions of a study, when you post it?
Sometimes, I don't understand the medical jargon at all, sometimes, I'm not sure what the connection to HER2neu+++ status might be - or if there is one. Your comments would help me put your pasted study abstracts into perspective.
Thanks for your consideration of this request.
(((hugs)))
Sandy in Silicon Valley
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1992 - age 44/ ER-/PR+ Stage II dx - mastectomy, CAF x 6 cycles; Tamoxifen
1997 - BRCA1 mutation dx'd
1998 - ovaries removed
1999 - off Tamoxifen, on Arimidex
2003 - dx'd Stage IV - lymph nodes & lungs. ER-/PR-/HER2neu+++.
Tx: Herceptin & Taxotere (6 cycles).
2005 - 2.9cm x 3.6cm brain tumor. Craniotomy, CyberKnife. 9 mo. staph aureus infection at incision site - 2nd craniotomy. Two small brain mets CyberKnife'd.
2006 - revisit Xeloda - dosage lowered to 2500mg/day, 5 cycles.
2007 - "spot" dx'd on qtrly brain MRI - same location as CyberKnife 7/05. > by 2-4mm per quarter - - radiation injury or re-growing cancer? Tykerb added to Herceptin - July, still "watching & waiting". Otherwise, fully functional...
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