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MJo · 02-06-2007, 10:03 AM

Thanks. I also had adjuvant. Didn't know the difference. I located an article that said German researchers found that when taxol attacks the tumor in neo adjuvant, the tumor releases cells into the bloodstream. It sounds like cells running away from a fire!!! A women in my support group was stage 3 and got neo-adjuvant to shrink her tumors before surgery. She got A/C (adriamycin/cytoxan) , then taxol and Herceptin concurrently. I wonder if this chemo this cocktail lessens the risk of the cell release. Her tumors shrunk down to nothing before her surgery.

02-06-2007, 10:03 AM	#7
MJo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wilmington, Del. Posts: 1,126	Thanks. I also had adjuvant. Didn't know the difference. I located an article that said German researchers found that when taxol attacks the tumor in neo adjuvant, the tumor releases cells into the bloodstream. It sounds like cells running away from a fire!!! A women in my support group was stage 3 and got neo-adjuvant to shrink her tumors before surgery. She got A/C (adriamycin/cytoxan) , then taxol and Herceptin concurrently. I wonder if this chemo this cocktail lessens the risk of the cell release. Her tumors shrunk down to nothing before her surgery. __________________ MJO IDC, Stage I, Grade 2 Oncotype DX Score 32 Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg. Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins 3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4) 4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well) 36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score) 2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara Finished Femara May 2011