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Old 06-22-2012, 12:19 PM   #1
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VIDEO: Dr. Dennis Slamon Discusses the Importance of Participating in Clinical Trials

http://www.cancer.ucla.edu/index.aspx?page=1280

HER2+ metastatic breast cancer, a particularly aggressive form of the disease, currently accounts for about one in every five breast cancer diagnoses. In this moving profile, HER2+ metastatic breast cancer survivor Dr. Kathy Bennett, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2008, and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher and Herceptin pioneer Dr. Dennis Slamon, discuss how clinical trials turn survivors and scientists into colleagues, uniting them in the search for a cure. From AACR News.
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Old 06-24-2012, 08:54 AM   #2
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Re: VIDEO: Dr. Dennis Slamon Discusses the Importance of Participating in Clinical Tr

Thanks 'lizbeth. This video is very informative and positive about clinical trials. Without these trials, where would we all be?
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Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
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Old 06-24-2012, 04:41 PM   #3
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Re: VIDEO: Dr. Dennis Slamon Discusses the Importance of Participating in Clinical Tr

Hello SandraGa,

I'm flying out for my last blood draw in a few days. I only have follow up after this week. Two 1/2 years went by bloody fast, if you ask me!
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Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
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Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla

Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision

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Old 06-24-2012, 06:17 PM   #4
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Re: VIDEO: Dr. Dennis Slamon Discusses the Importance of Participating in Clinical Tr

You go girl! I am right behind you. I will have my last booster in Sept and then the last blood draw the first of Oct. I just received another clean bill of health from Mayo this past Friday.

I believe in clinical trials!!!

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Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
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