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Old 12-16-2007, 05:08 AM   #1
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Agent Aims at Restoring Hormone-Sensitive Status of Breast Cancer Tumor Cells

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 15 -- Breast cancer clinicians faced with tumor cells that have transformed during therapy, from hormone sensitive to insensitive, are trying to reverse the process with a lymphoma drug.

full article: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingC...eeting/tb/7710
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Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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