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Old 10-15-2006, 11:16 AM   #5
tousled1
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Moni,

By your post are you saying that she has not talked to an oncologist at all? I would assume that before she had the chemo she would have had to talk to the onc in order to get things set up. I know that my surgeon sent me to an oncologist as soon as the biopsy came back positive. I then had an appointment with the oncologist and we talked about what treatment plans we could do. My onc then got my surgeon on the phone with me there and that is when we as a team decided that I would hae neoadjunct chemo (before surgery) to try and shrink the tumor. Her oncologist should be the doctor that sits down and explains everything to her. Perhaps I just mis-read your post. If I did I can blame it on chemo brain (which is a real thing).
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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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