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Old 09-20-2006, 06:07 PM   #1
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Great Article!

I know I should put this under Articles, but I put it here for everyone to see.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8432cancer.html?print

You may have seen it before.
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Old 09-20-2006, 06:21 PM   #2
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I Totally Agree!!

Thanks!
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Old 09-20-2006, 07:10 PM   #3
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Thanks for posting this!
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Old 09-20-2006, 07:51 PM   #4
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Thank you Sherry. I always go to the main board first and run out of time before going anywhere else. Article was informative for me. BB
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Old 09-20-2006, 08:26 PM   #5
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Thanks Sherry For This Article...so Promising For All.
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Old 09-20-2006, 10:06 PM   #6
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Thumbs up Dr. Gralow - AGAIN!

Thanks, Sherri -
You will have the chance to meet Dr. Julie Gralow next week when we attend the Stop the Silence presentation. The article is interesting to me as well as it refers to her work with ANTIMICROTUBULES, Navelbine and Taxanes. This is the combination under her clinical trial that put a stop to my raging mets and got me to NED. These drugs get at the cancer cells when they are dividing and interrupts this process.

Here is another bit from the article - I mention as I just returned from my Team Survivor Indoor Training session this evening:

'Dr. Gralow is also Medical Director, Team Physician and co-founder of Team Survivor Northwest, an exercise and fitness program for women cancer survivors. She is co-author of "Breast Fitness: An Optimal Exercise and Health Plan for Reducing Your Risk of Breast Cancer". '
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Found suspicious lump 9/2000
Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement
Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR -
Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds
36 rads - very little burning
3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum
Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED!
2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa
Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18
All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET
Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying
Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa
Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?)
2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava
2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec.
Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011
STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer
7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones
Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED
2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED.
Same news for 2016 and all of 2017.
Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.

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Old 09-20-2006, 10:51 PM   #7
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Great info! Thanks for posting.
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Old 09-21-2006, 04:03 AM   #8
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Love it !

Thanks so much....will be taking a copy to my onc today ! Some how I do not see most docs reading " Chemical and Engineering News". What a hoot!
Hugs, Bonnie
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Old 09-23-2006, 04:47 PM   #9
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Thank you Sherri for that very informative article. At last, something I can read AND understand!
VERY informative,
Thanks again,
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Old 09-23-2006, 08:05 PM   #10
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Great article!
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Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
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Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
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March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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