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jellybean · 03-31-2012, 11:22 AM

I am so sorry to hear of your recurrence.

I believe your oncologist is wrong on the adriamycin front. Typically, adriamycin IS effective for Her2 positive breast cancer. Some, like Dr. Slamon, do not recommend it for initial treatment because TCH has been shown to be as effective or almost as effective as AC followed by TCH without the toxicity. This is not to say that you should be on adriamycin now. I just wanted to clarify this point.

03-31-2012, 11:22 AM	#12
jellybean Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 46	Re: IBC after initial dx of IDC? I am so sorry to hear of your recurrence. I believe your oncologist is wrong on the adriamycin front. Typically, adriamycin IS effective for Her2 positive breast cancer. Some, like Dr. Slamon, do not recommend it for initial treatment because TCH has been shown to be as effective or almost as effective as AC followed by TCH without the toxicity. This is not to say that you should be on adriamycin now. I just wanted to clarify this point.