Article on our Her2 sis "hutchibk". (Brenda)

[Chelee]

I was looking through the articles out of the "Cure" magazine and noticed a story about our "hutchibk" (Brenda) for those that might of missed it...here it is. It even mentions our Her2support group.

http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2010/12/12/When-living-becomes-a-fulltime-job (http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2010/12/12/When-living-becomes-a-fulltime-job)


Chelee

[Laurel]

Thanks, Chelee!

Our rock star, Miss Brenda, met a few influential MD-types at SABCS who should be able to get her into TDM-1! Her beloved Spurs are winning....life is looking up.

[Ellie F]

Love it!! Great news, well done Brenda!!

Ellie

[Sandra in GA]

Thank you Chelee for sharing this!

Brenda, you are a hero!

[Mary L]

That was an inspiring article. It is so great to hear good news and that there are alot of other new cancer drugs on the horizon. Thanks for sharing that article. Mary L

[tricia keegan]

I got this e mailed to me earlier too Chelee and was delighted to read about Brenda:)

[BonnieR]

Great recognition of one of our own!
On an aside: the article mentioned that ONE THIRD of HER2+ patients experience brain mets! Is that true? Something new to obsess about?

[Jackie07]

Here's a new article about brain metastasis and breast cancer:

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=211116

It didn't mention Her2 specifically. But higher grade is a factor for brain metastasis and Her2 positive breast cancer tend to be mostly higher grade.

However, keep in mind that everytime a research result is made public, the treatment method used in the research is already 2, 3 years (or even longer) out of date.

T-DM1 is on the horizon - and there are other new regiments. New stereotactc radiosurgery platforms can accuately zap brain mets without damaging the surrounding area as much as the older models.

Perhaps (haven't read the article you mentioned) the number refers to the metastatic ones when first diagnosed.

[Jackie07]

This article cites the same figure (note it's published in 2007):

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/73540.php

[sarah]

Thank Chelee for posting this and thanks Brenda for being such a positive inspiration and may you continue to have good health and a good quality of life.
health and happiness
love sarah

[Paty]

Chelee,


Thanks for sharing the article. Brenda is an inspÃ*ration to many of us and it was certaily great to seeing her at SABCS this year with the same stamina she always shows.