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StephN · 03-03-2006, 12:44 PM

Dear Hope -
That is just awesome that your scans came out good with the exception of your lungs. And it seems that something can be done for those mets.
You did not mention whether you are taking any kind of hormone blocker. It IS possible that those lung mets have a different cell biology than the others that have responded. It is not unusual for our mets to mutate - I know more than one person whose mets were more than one kind of hormone pos/neg. Any way to get a biopsy? At least one of those lesions should be reachable, hopefully.
That way you would know exactly what you are dealing with instead of wondering why they did not respond as the other places did.
You also did not mention tumor markers or if you can get the HER2 serum test as a guide to how well treatments are working.
Keep up the good work and I pray that you can get some good answers.

03-03-2006, 12:44 PM	#14
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Some good alternatives Dear Hope - That is just awesome that your scans came out good with the exception of your lungs. And it seems that something can be done for those mets. You did not mention whether you are taking any kind of hormone blocker. It IS possible that those lung mets have a different cell biology than the others that have responded. It is not unusual for our mets to mutate - I know more than one person whose mets were more than one kind of hormone pos/neg. Any way to get a biopsy? At least one of those lesions should be reachable, hopefully. That way you would know exactly what you are dealing with instead of wondering why they did not respond as the other places did. You also did not mention tumor markers or if you can get the HER2 serum test as a guide to how well treatments are working. Keep up the good work and I pray that you can get some good answers.