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Re: bc patients with strong social network may live longer
It does seem to me that it is possible and even rather likely that the guess that is being made about cause and effect here is a bit too limited to have much application for accuracy.
The results are based on the basic assumption that the desire for social contact exists independently of the effects of breast cancer and/or its treatment, and that setting in place more social contact is going to "fix" one's ability to survive and thrive.
However, the result may simply be that those who have the least effects from breast cancer and/or its treatment to begin with, are more likely to desire and pursue more social contact, and to survive and thrive.
A.A.
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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
NED
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