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Andrea Barnett Budin · 05-28-2013, 11:46 AM

Accuracy and clinical utility of in vitro cytometric profiling to personalize chemotherapy: Preliminary findings of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Christian Apfel, Kimberly Souza, Cyrill Hornuss, Larry Weisenthal, Robert Alan Nagourney; SageMedic, Inc, Larkspur, CA; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Weisenthal Cancer Group, Huntington Beach, CA; Rational Therapeutics, Long Beach, CA

http://abstracts2.asco.org/AbstView_132_118466.html

We're so fortunate to have GD among us. His understanding, research expertise and personal experience with a wife who sadly succumbed to bc, make him especially qualified to advise us.

The medical profession needs to get on board with this approach and make it more widely known! Clinical trials need to get moving on this! Without them, we're fighting a battle with blindfolds on, as I see it!

05-28-2013, 11:46 AM	#15
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Re: Cancer secret to success?! Finding your match! Accuracy and clinical utility of in vitro cytometric profiling to personalize chemotherapy: Preliminary findings of a systematic review and meta-analysis. Christian Apfel, Kimberly Souza, Cyrill Hornuss, Larry Weisenthal, Robert Alan Nagourney; SageMedic, Inc, Larkspur, CA; Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Weisenthal Cancer Group, Huntington Beach, CA; Rational Therapeutics, Long Beach, CA http://abstracts2.asco.org/AbstView_132_118466.html We're so fortunate to have GD among us. His understanding, research expertise and personal experience with a wife who sadly succumbed to bc, make him especially qualified to advise us. The medical profession needs to get on board with this approach and make it more widely known! Clinical trials need to get moving on this! Without them, we're fighting a battle with blindfolds on, as I see it! __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...