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Re: Evening primrose oil and herceptin
Thank you Tanya. So little is known about herceptin interactions it seems.
Interesting study - glad I asked you about this. I will definitely steer away from this supplement.
As an aside - I was taking evening primrose oil along with other OTC's to help with my hot flashes in 2006-7, then got dx'd with breast cancer 2008. My doctor also had me on Estrace and vagifem before the breast ca dx. Being a DES daughter I think all that stuff really bumped my chances up for getting this disease.
Wish I knew then what I know now.
Dianne
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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