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Lani · 08-02-2013, 11:43 AM

one theory of how chemo works in breast cancer is by decreasing the number of T regulatory cells so that the cancer cannot evade the immune system so well (there are a lot of more gentle ways to do the same thing, so I would hope they would be able to use less and less chemo if this turns out to be one of the main things chemo does besides causing early menopause)

A side effect of decreasing T regulatory cells is increasing the chances of autoimmune diseases such as RA, lupus, etc

THis may all be involved when they work things out.

Could you please add this to the thread...please list side effects of herceptin, real or imagined (of course it may not be the herceptin, which is why it is best to list all the drug you were on). May help researchers in the future tie all of this together...

Thanks!

08-02-2013, 11:43 AM	#10
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	Re: Anyone else dx with RA since ending treatment? one theory of how chemo works in breast cancer is by decreasing the number of T regulatory cells so that the cancer cannot evade the immune system so well (there are a lot of more gentle ways to do the same thing, so I would hope they would be able to use less and less chemo if this turns out to be one of the main things chemo does besides causing early menopause) A side effect of decreasing T regulatory cells is increasing the chances of autoimmune diseases such as RA, lupus, etc THis may all be involved when they work things out. Could you please add this to the thread...please list side effects of herceptin, real or imagined (of course it may not be the herceptin, which is why it is best to list all the drug you were on). May help researchers in the future tie all of this together... Thanks!