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AlaskaAngel · 01-06-2014, 04:02 AM

Hi Suzanw,

You and I are in the same boat about that. The problem there is that because the number of patients exposed to doxycycline when doxycycline expanded to adjuvant use for those with much earlier stage I patients is still considered so recent that they don't yet have all the information to predict the increased incidence of leukemia due to exposure to doxycycline.

My understanding is that leukemia occurrence is usually late (as in decades later), so the "crowd" of us stage I's who were exposed to it still haven't reached that point in time.

If there are long-term problems with the increased usage of the taxanes (and I don't know that there are), the experience with them is even newer so it could take longer to find out what they might be.

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AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: Ding-Dong! the anthracyclines are dead! SABCS presentation by Dr Slamon shows ant Hi Suzanw, You and I are in the same boat about that. The problem there is that because the number of patients exposed to doxycycline when doxycycline expanded to adjuvant use for those with much earlier stage I patients is still considered so recent that they don't yet have all the information to predict the increased incidence of leukemia due to exposure to doxycycline. My understanding is that leukemia occurrence is usually late (as in decades later), so the "crowd" of us stage I's who were exposed to it still haven't reached that point in time. If there are long-term problems with the increased usage of the taxanes (and I don't know that there are), the experience with them is even newer so it could take longer to find out what they might be. __________________ Dx 2002 age 51 bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother. ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3 IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3 Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen Rads necrosis BRCA 1 & 2 negative Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3 Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI NED Last edited by AlaskaAngel; 01-06-2014 at 04:05 AM..