Elaine,
What chemo regime were you on?
Of course, you may have been cured from the surgery and the rest may have been moot. In stage IV, nothing seems to be moot
(cough)
The iron bit seems interesting since there seems to be research showing anemia to be normal in cancer and perhaps beneficial. boosting
Steph,
Despite the "clear as mud" perspective, SABC did report on some human trial info. Please pass to your onc the following threads:
Cancer stem cell articles (history, current):
http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=38953
Cancer stem cell treatments (pathways, agents, combinations):
http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=39323
Metformin:
http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=39740