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Re: New protocol when NED: no tumor markers
Perhaps I should add that my markers were not elevated at diagnosis. Entirely within the normal range... So I guess they would not be reliable for me.
The "gold standard" here in the Netherlands has always been - or at least for the past 10 years, since my diagnosis - that they are only used to monitor treatment efficacy in advanced BC.
May you never have to worry about breastcancer again!
Jacqueline
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Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.
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