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Old 10-10-2008, 03:15 PM   #1
dhealey
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I am currently enrolled in this trial at Wake Forest @ Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, North Carolina. I have had my 3rd vaccine last week and have thus far tolorated them well except for a great deal of swelling at the injection site that lasts for about 1 week. This is very exciting as it is the beginning for finding a vaccine to prevent Breast Cancer in all women. Right now they are seeking women who are no longer than 6 months out of treatment, high risk and her2 poisitive. Glad to hear you will also be starting the trial Janelle. Good Luck
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Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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Old 10-11-2008, 12:00 AM   #2
Janelle
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Thanks for the encouragement, Debbie. Do you bones hurt after the injection?

Any other symptoms? I was told I might experience flu like symptoms.....I just want to mentally prepare. Thanks!

Janelle
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Diagnosed October 2006 at age 37 wtih grade 3 IDC and high grade DCIS
Stage 1c triple positive, no node involvement but
vascular invasion
multifocal disease
Lumpectomy November, 2006
A/C every 3 weeks (started Jan., 2007 and finished March 2007); followed weekly Taxol (finished June 2007) concurrent with Herceptin (finished March 2008);
Bilateral Mast with immediate recon in Sept 2007; finished recon Dec. 2007
Started 5 years of tamoxifen Nov. 2007; started peptide vaccine clinical trial at MD Anderson October 2008 and finished active part of trial in April 2009 (monthly injections of AE37 peptitde (HLA type specific) with GM-CSF or GM-CSF alone depending on if I was in experimental or control group); started Zometa infusions June 25, 2009- 4mg every 6 months for 3 years (taking it "off-label" to try to prevent mets)
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