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sassy · 06-06-2008, 08:26 PM

At one point during treatment, my onc and I had a conversation about dormant cells. He had seen research indicating that dormant cells may "hide" in the bone marrow, not exposed to chemo, monoclonal antibodies, or hormone treatment. The domant cells remained there until they were "turned on" by something.

Since he is no longer my onc, I can't ask him about this, but am interested if anyone has seen information concerning this.

06-06-2008, 08:26 PM	#9
sassy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mountains of Virginia Posts: 2,267	At one point during treatment, my onc and I had a conversation about dormant cells. He had seen research indicating that dormant cells may "hide" in the bone marrow, not exposed to chemo, monoclonal antibodies, or hormone treatment. The domant cells remained there until they were "turned on" by something. Since he is no longer my onc, I can't ask him about this, but am interested if anyone has seen information concerning this. __________________ Rhonda (Sassy) dx age 45 DX 2/15/05 Stage IIb (at surgery)restaged IIIa Left mast .9cm tumor 5 of 14 nodes Triple Positive 4 DD A/C 12 Taxol/Herceptin 33Rads Strange infect mast site one year aft surg, hosp 1 wk Herceptin for total of 18 months Lupron Monthly 4 yrs Neurontin for aches, pains and hot flashes(It works!) Ovaries removed 11/09 stop Lupron and Neurontin Arimidex 6 yrs (tried Femara, no SE improvement) Tried Exemestane-hips got so bad could hardly walk Back to Arimidex for year seven Zometa 2X Annual for 7years, Lasix Stop Arimidex 5/13 Stop Zometa 7/13-Bi-lateral Stress Fractures in Femurs from Zometa 5/14 Start Tamoxifen 3/15 Stem cell transplant to stimulate femur bone growth/healing 5/15 Complete fracture of right femur/Titanium rods both femurs 9/16 Start Evista stopTamoxifen 3/17 Stop Evista--unwelcome side effects! NED and no meds....... 14YEARS NED!