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Val,

I don't know why my oncologist chose the neo-adjunct chemo that she did. At that time I was very uninformed and still in a state of shock. I just went along with what she decided. The only thing I knew was that I did not want surgery first -- too close to the Holidays (stupid reasoning??). I can tell you that my onc did state that with the A/C and then Taxatore there was good results in tumor shrinkage. I can attest to that -- the tumor did indeed shrink but I still opted for the bilateral mastectomy. I didn't want to have to go through surgery again if I had recurrence. Another factor may be that I was 57 at the time of my diagnosis and we already knew that there was lymph node involvement. I had lymph node needle aspiration biopsy done at time of initial biopsy. Other factors that were unfavorable in my biopsy report were Ploidy/DNA index (Aneuploid/1.61) and S-phase 24.2%. Like Lani said, it's like comparing apples and oranges. The most important thing in any treatment plan is the end result.