Re: Early stage treatment discussion
Unfortunately, the video chooses not to openly explain to patients that the only way to have Herceptin for their treatment plan is to have chemotherapy as part of the plan, which makes the video presentation a recommendation favoring chemotherapy. It does not take into account the fact that, based on characteristics other than HER2 positivity, these same patients may not have been recommended chemotherapy at all. If the doctor in the video is being truly informative without a bias, why would she not mention that chemotherapy is a requirement for adjuvant Herceptin (or lapatinib) treatment?
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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
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