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Boy...sad that your response was lost. I do understand the need to deal with available treatments. I thought the doxo zoledronic trial was a more unique situation in that the drugs are available and possibly more likely to be given off label..although..I've only heard of a couple instances of docs going outside the box. One local situation was very successful so it makes me a little concerned that most docs categorically rule out anything not standard protocol. Maybe it's their need to play it safe for their career. Maybe it's my desire to find the magician that can make this disappear that needs adjusting.
Mom is 71 She had mastectomy, rads and then arimidex beginning 12/04. Liver mets found by CAT scan, awaiting path reports.and has emphysema, basically same as when BC was diagnosed. It's maintained by inhalers, no oxygen. She had parathyroid surgery in '06 and did fine..no problems with gen anaesthesia. I posted elsewhere here the local trial possibly to be tabled depending on pathology. It's not the much discussed T+DM1 which sounds like may be coming to Chicago soon..I think the openly recruiting version (3 versions) requires prior chemo/herceptin.
I see StephN had extensive liver mets and knocked them down with taxol herceptin and navelbine.
I will continue to look at metronomic chemotherapy lit. as well as liver surgery/rad treatments like spheres or LITT. So far the onc has suggested she has "too many" tumors for that. Have bnot gotten a specific number or %.
Thanks so much for your continued contributions here. You can contact me directly at richreilly at hotmail daht com or six oh ate too won five tree for for nein
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