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Wouldn't it be wonderful if a simple breath test could aid in diagnosing breast cancer!!! I am doubtful that the medical profession would ever agree to such a test. Everyone knows that an MRI is a much better tool than the mammogram but yet the MRI is not routinely used. Medical insurance wants the mamo because it's cheaper than the MRI. If the insurance companies didn't worry so much about cost of tests, I'm sure that breast cancer would be diagnosed much earlier than it currently is. Guess I'm a bit cynical here today
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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