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Barbara2 · 03-15-2011, 08:40 PM

http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/18566

"This study highlights the importance of the immune system and its interaction with chemotherapy for the prognosis of localized breast cancer, suggesting that precise evaluation of local immune response could be useful for predicting prognosis in the context of neoadjuvant chemotherapy," the authors write.

03-15-2011, 08:40 PM	#1
Barbara2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: South Dakota. Posts: 621	Local Immune Response Predictive of Cancer Prognosis http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/pb/18566 "This study highlights the importance of the immune system and its interaction with chemotherapy for the prognosis of localized breast cancer, suggesting that precise evaluation of local immune response could be useful for predicting prognosis in the context of neoadjuvant chemotherapy," the authors write. __________________ Blessings and Peace, Barbara DX Oct 02 @ age 52 Stage 2B Grade 3 Mastectomy "at least" 4.5 cm IDC 1+node ER+61% /PR- Assiciated Intraductual component with Comedo Necrosis Her2+ FISH8.6 IHC 2+ 5 1/2 CEF Arimidex Celebrex 400mg daily for 13 months Prophylactic mastectomy Estradiol #: 13 PTEN positive, "late" Herceptin (26 months after chemo) Oct 05: Actonel for osteopenia from Arimidex. May 08: Replaced Actonel with Zometa . Taking every 6 months. Accepting the gift of life, I give thanks for it and live it in fullness.