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Hello and Help
<HR style="COLOR: #aa8799" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Hello,
New to board and new and struggling with my spouse's diagnosis of breast cancer; stage 2, graded 2-3 (but MRI called it Locally Advanced Breast Cancer), as it is an "area" of several tumors 7-8 cm. Possible 3 node involvement but not palpable and not verified yet. ER+ PR+ HER2+ 50 years old but still pre/maybe peri-menopausal. Have so many questions:
1) Has anyone heard anything positive or negative regarding the idea of Oophorectomy to reduce estrogen load for hormonally positive tumors either alone or paired with aromatease inhibitors? It was reported as having = effect as chemo on hormone + tumors. Seems like it should be considered especially as HER2+ often resistant to Tamoxifen but I have found little on the idea. It can be done laparosopically in a day surgery.
2) We welcome anything we can do to support health, have read here about fish oil, (how much?) vitamin D, olive oil, excercize, lower body weight, and fiber (soluable or insoluble?) If you could specify or suggest anything else we'd be so grateful.
3) I am confused about PR+. Read some of John Lee's book on natural progesterone years ago and I thought natural progesterone HELPED with excess estrogen. (that progesterone is in fact an antagonist of estrogen?) If progesterone also feeds tumors, then why is a ER+/PR+ diagnosis better than ER+/PR-?
My email is
Profcollege@hotmail.com but I will also try to check out this board for answers if I can navigate my way back!
THank-you so much,
Terri
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