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Hello everyone, I am new to this group but have been reading it for quite awhile. I have touched base with Lauren,(thanks Lauren) with a few questions about my wife who has liver mets and 2 spots on her hip. She is currently on Navelbine + Herceptine 1X week. There is also diffusion in her marrow but they arn't sure if that's cancer or from the Neupogen shots. She was on arimidex before the mets were found and the oncologist discontinued it. I just asked the same question today about stopping arimidex, from my wife's second (consulting)oncologist. She said that hormonal therapy may have the opposite effect on chemo we might expect. My non-professional interpretation: the chemo is supposed to target fast dividing cells. Arimidex will cause the (cancer)cells to slow-down or stop replicating. This may actually protect the cancer cells from the chemo by causing the cancer cells to act like normal ones. I hope this helps. I admire the strength and courage of everyone in the support group and encourage to keep fighting. Three months ago my wife was jaundiced, had mets in 80% of her liver and was given 2 weeks to live. Today she is full of life. Failure is not an option!
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