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Hope;
I have been wondering how you are doing. What about Avastin? I understand that it is working very well. It must be available in the US ... I just saw this article about Roche introducing it in Europe. I will look around for any research I can find for you....bless you Hope.... Cathy
BASEL, Switzerland, July 10, 2006-Roche announced today that it has submitted a Marketing Authorisation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for the use of its innovative new cancer drug Avastin in previously untreated advanced (metastatic) breast cancer. The filing is based on impressive Phase III trial data which show that the addition of Avastin to standard chemotherapy as a primary treatment for advanced breast cancer doubled the time women lived without their disease advancing, compared to chemotherapy alone. This is remarkable and the first Phase III study ...
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Cathy
Diagnosed Oct. 2004 3 cm ductal, lumpectomy Nov. 2004
Diagnosed Jan. 2005 tumor in supraclavicular node
Stage 3c, Grade 3, ER/PR+, Her2++
4 AC, 4 Taxol, Radiation, Arimidex, Actonel
Herceptin for 9 months until Muga dropped and heart enlarged
Restarting herceptin weekly after 4 months off
Stopped herceptin after four weekly treatments....score dropped to 41
Finished 6 years Arimidex
May 2015 diagnosed with ovarian cancer
Stage 1C
started 6 treatments of carboplatin/taxol
Genetic testing show BRCA1 VUS
Nice! My hair came back really curly. Hope it lasts lol. Well it didn't but I liked it so I'm now a perm lady
29 March 2018 Lung biopsy following chest CT showing tumours in pleura of left lung, waiting for results to the question bc or ovarian
April 20, 2018 BC mets confirmed, ER/PR+ now Her2-
Questions about the possibility of ovarian spread and mets to bones so will be tested and monitored for these.
To begin new drug Palbociclib (Ibrance) along with Letrozole May, 2018.
Genetic testing of ovarian tumour and this new lung met will take months.
To see geneticist to be retested for BRCA this week....still BRCA VUS
CA125 has declined from 359 to 12 as of Aug.23/18
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