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bank of tissue samples
I seem to remember that we talked about depositing samples to facilitate research, well it seems it is happening already
"While not all patient groups can boast this kind of success, smaller organisations can have a significant impact too. When Ginny Mason joined the Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 2003, there was a shortage of tissue samples from patients with this condition, which accounts for no more than 5 per cent of all breast cancers. So Mason established a tissue bank which now contains over a hundred samples. "We're not just about raising money," says Mason. "We want to be involved in the whole research process." Another bank of hard-to-obtain samples - breast tissue from normal women - has been set up at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, by advocates."
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/...hemselves.html
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35 y/o
June 06: BC stage I
Grade 3; ER/PR neg
Her-2+++; lumpectomies
Aug 06: Stage IV
liver mets: 6 tumours
July 06 to Jan 07: 2*FEC+6*Taxotere; 3*TACE; LITT
March 07- Sept 07: Vaccination trial (phase 2, peptide based) at the UW (Seattle).
Herceptin since 2006
NED til Oct 09
Recurrence Oct 2009: to internal mammary gland since October 2009 missed on Oct and March 2010 scan.. palpable nodes in May 2010 when I realised..
Nov 2011:7 mets to lungs progressing fast failed hercp/tykerb/xeloda combo..
superior vena cava blocked: stent but face remains puffy
April 2012: Teresa Trial, randomised to TDM1
Nov 2012 progressing on TDM1
Dec 2012 blockage of my airways by tumours, obliteration of these blocking tumours breathing better but hoping for more- at mo too many tumours to count in the lungs and nodes.
Dec 2012 Starting new trial S-222611 phase 1b dual egfr her2+ inhibitor.
'Under no circumstances should you lose hope..' Dalai Lama
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