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Interesting stuff.
As Nicola pointed out, though there is correlation determined at this point, has causation been determined?
This is extrememly important, as it makes, or breaks, the entire point.
Anyone know the answer? I haven't looked into yet.
The initial article has a sentence in it:
"If it were genetically transmitted, the virus would be in both tissue samples ( breasts)"
There are women on this site who have different pathology reports for each breast sample, like being er/pr neg. in one breast, but pos. in the other. There are lots of reasons to account for this, result variability not the least of those, but maybe there's a link with the virus story.
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---Kevin and Sue---
Dx'd 10/06 IDC grade III/III
Er- pr- HER2 3+
MRM right breast 12/5/06
nodes negative
same day reconstruction started
(implants)
Stage II (2.2 cm tumor)
fairly extensive DCIS
Ct and Bone scans clean
Port placement 12/26/06
AC (4 cycles DD)to begin 1/2/07
Taxol/Taxotere (4 cycles DD)
Herceptin for one year
"There is no distinction between the one who gives, the one who receives, and the gift itself."- Hahn
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