http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...07/1972516.htm
http://www.newstarget.com/021376.html
Here is an brief article that pretty much states that getting a transplant suppresses the immune system and that can cause a cancer that the body would have suppressed otherwise. People who get non-self transplants have to take anti-rejection drugs that suppress the immune system enough to "let" a cancer form or cause a precancer to turn the edge. However, a transplanted organ does NOT cause cancer but the drugs given afterwards could "help" the body not be able to get rid of it.
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Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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