Steph N
08-30-2004, 03:36 AM
Ruth, Lisa and All -
Seems so many of us on this board on hormone negative, and so read the articles more carefully to see wht may apply to ourselves. This is only natural!
Here is the passage from the article with the 'caveat':
The researchers did not try to determine which treatments were responsible for the improved survival in the later group of women. However, the improvements were seen only among women who had hormonally sensitive cancers, suggesting that hormonal therapies -- like the aromatase inhibitors -- may have played a role.
Of course, better diagnosis may also have had an impact. Although the technologies used to diagnose breast cancer were the same through both study periods, the researchers say it is possible that women in the later group were diagnosed when their cancer was slightly less widespread. Overall, though, the two groups of women were very similar in terms of age, where their cancer had spread, and the percentage with hormonally sensitive cancers.
Seems so many of us on this board on hormone negative, and so read the articles more carefully to see wht may apply to ourselves. This is only natural!
Here is the passage from the article with the 'caveat':
The researchers did not try to determine which treatments were responsible for the improved survival in the later group of women. However, the improvements were seen only among women who had hormonally sensitive cancers, suggesting that hormonal therapies -- like the aromatase inhibitors -- may have played a role.
Of course, better diagnosis may also have had an impact. Although the technologies used to diagnose breast cancer were the same through both study periods, the researchers say it is possible that women in the later group were diagnosed when their cancer was slightly less widespread. Overall, though, the two groups of women were very similar in terms of age, where their cancer had spread, and the percentage with hormonally sensitive cancers.