Gil,
Here is one link, maybe you already saw this
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9901/14/breast.cancer.vac/
also, Abramson Cancer Center University of PA is soing one also
Hope this helps
Warmly,
Judie
History
Discovered lump Sept. 2002 (mammo didn’t pick it up)
Dx Oct 2002-just turned 41
IDC and pagets disease, stage 2B, grade 3/3, nottingham scale 9/9
3cm, lumpectomy,clean margins
er/pr-pos, her2 neg, 2/25 nodes w/cancer
Nov 2002-March 2003-FEC (5fu, epirubicin, cytoxen)
March 2003- started tamoxifen
May 2003- finished rads (33tx)
June 2003-CT/PET Scan- clear
Started 3 month check ups w/lab
Dec 2003-complete hysterectomy
Jan 2004-extensive mets, both lungs & liver(labs normal)
Jan 2004-stopped tamoxifen
Feb 2004 CEA-23 (0-3 normal) CA27.29-66.1 (0-38 normal)
Feb 23to current-clinical trial, taxol & avastin
April 2004-CT-significant shrinkage on all tumors/plueral effusion gone
June 2004-CT-all liver lesions decreased in size/lung mets gone
July 2004-CEA is 1, CA27.29 is 25.8