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Brenda D
I saw Dr. Clifford Hudis from Sloan speak. Part of his talk is experience and intuition on what they know about bc. His example was a young triple negative woman who recurred with bone mets. He frankly said "any oncologist knows that if someone presents only with bone mets, it is highly unlikely they are hormone negative. When we biopsied this woman, she was hormone positive and responded well to Tamoxifen".
That's where I picked up that tidbit and I doubt it is really wrong when said by him in front of thousands.
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Kind regards
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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