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Re: Neoadjuvant Roll Call
Coux92 - DCIS tends to be non-responsive to chemo. I have yet to come across a decent explanation for this. I even asked my brainwave medical onc and he couldn't really explain WHY just that that's how it is.
The good thing is that by definition DCIS is confined to the breast.
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2012-Feb-29 D-Day: IDC ER-/PR- HER2+++ Grade 3, Stage 3 - several biopsy proven positive nodes
2012-Mar - July: Neoadjuvant FEC-D + Herceptin (6 rounds)
2012-Apr: DVT in arm that received chemo - put on LMW Heparin
2012-Apr: Port installed
2012-Sep-7: Lumpectomy + ALND - pCR with residual DCIS
2012-Oct: Switched from LMW Heparin to Warfarin
2012-Oct-Nov: 30 days of rads
2013-Jan: Entered Adjuvant Metformin trial (Metformin or placebo for 5 years)
2013-Jan: Switched from Warfarin to Xarelto
2013-Mar: First signs of lymphedema
2013-May-16: Last Herceptin (17 doses in total)
2013-Jun: Port removed and anticoagulants stopped
2014-Mar: Lymphedema worsened and became unresponsive to treatment
2015-Apr: Started PENTOCLO protocol to attempt to improve radiation fibrosis
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