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11-12-2007, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,154
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Had the Dilon test today....
Hi All,
Today instead of having an MRI I had the new BSGI test which is designed
by Dilon Technologies. I found the test easy and comfortable. Best of all
results are given in 5 min. after taking the test. Buy the time I got dressed the dr. had read the photo imaging and told me I was NED.....
The test is comfortable. Much like a digital mammogram, only the beast is only slightly compressed and is not painful, just enough compression to hold the breast in place. You are sitting while the test is being performed.
Each image take 5 min. and four photo images are taken for a total of 20 min. for the entire test. It took the tech longer to give me the radiotracer uptake injection, as my veins would not cooperate.
Test is far less exspensive than MRI...$1,975...the BSGI cost me $500
and is covered under insurance. I have linked additonal informaton for
everyone.
http://www.dilon.com/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/79404.php
http://www.medcenterone.com/services/RAD/GammaCam/index.htmhttp://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=811&UID=
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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11-13-2007, 01:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 3,380
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Jean,
I am glad the test went well for you - congratulations on the results!
I really like the fact that you see the doctor immediately after the test for the results. No waiting and wondering. I also like the fact that it is not strictly an imaging test, but studies the metabolism of the cells. Because of my breast density, I prefer not to trust imaging alone.
Hopeful
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11-13-2007, 01:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
(Ed getting me a latte on 2nd Cancerversary Cruise 2008)
'BELIEVE': To accept as true or real, To have faith in, To presume
ALWAYS BELIEVE
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Ahhhh NED
I even like the sound of that word. Say it with me....NED. Imagine that...a test without some of the scanity. Gotta love it. Keep up the fight My Hero, you are doing great. Thanks for supplying us with the links, sharing your journey, but most of all thanks for providing us with inspiration. Save me a dance>>Believe51
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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11-13-2007, 04:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sheboygan, WI
Posts: 2,582
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My new favorite word................................
Oh Praise the Lord in Heaven for that awesome, wonderful new favorite word of mine...........................NED!!!!!!!
I'm so happy for you. Oh ya, glad the test was easier too BUT who cares about that after hearing NED! Right? Hahahaha!
Mary Jo
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Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
<>< Romans 8:28
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11-13-2007, 07:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Jean,
Congratulations on being NED! It's music to my ears.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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