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Evening primrose oil and herceptin
Hello Tanya,
There is a thread on this forum that cites a scientific study supporting the use of evening primrose oil and herceptin, saying it is synergestic. It sounds like it got thumbs up and I'm wondering why oncs don't mention it?
I have only one herceptin left to do Oct. 8 and am wondering a few things:
How much evening primrose oil is recommended? Mg?
Is it recommended if one is ER- or weakly ER-?
Can one take evening primrose oil indefinitely?
I noticed it was an ingredient in the calcium/magnesium capsules I was taking, along with soy lecithin which I don't need - I assume?
I had thought evening primrose oil had some estrogenic activity - is that true? If so I don't need that!
Thank you,
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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