TO MARIANNE/TAXOL & AVASTIN POST

Hi Marianne,

Saw your post from july 6 regarding people on the avastin/taxol trial. I am on that trial and would be happy to answer any questions here on the board or email me direct

judie61@gra.midco.net

Warmly,

Judie

History

Discovered lump Sep 2002 (mammo didn't pick it up after I found it) Scary!
Dx Oct 2002-just turned 41
IDC, Stage 2b, grade 3/3-very aggressive
3cm, lumpectomy, clean margins
er/pr positive, her2 neg
2/25 nodes with cancer
Nov 2002-March 2003 -FEC (Flourorical, Epirubicin, Cytoxen)
March 2003 started tamoxifen
May 2003 finished rads (33 tx)
June 2003 ct/pet scan-clean
Did 3 month check ups/lab work
Dec 2003 complete hysterectomy
Jan 2004 extensive mets to both lungs and liver/labs normal
Jan 2004Stopped tamoxifen
Feb to Current- clinical trial of avastin and taxol
Apr 2004-CT -significant shrinkage on all tumors/pleural effusion gone
June 2004-CT -all liver lesions decreased in size/ lung mets vanished.
July 12th-CEA is 1 (0-3 normal)was 23 in Feb/ CA 27.29 is 25.8 (0-38 normal)was 66.1 in Feb