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Re: Alternative treatment to chemo
Yes indeed it is a personal choice. There is a program that they use at the hospital that calculate the benefit of chemo i.e. according to nodes involvement grade her2+ ect..
So they should be able to let you know exactly the calculated benefit of chemo. i.e. for example 10% additional chance of not recurring after chemo compared with no chemo..
With this info you can make up your mind against the side effects/risk of chemo.
Also there is a gut feeling that is trying to protect us against polluting our body which feels so wrong.. but if the benefit is to not join secondaries BC well..
Again it is a personal choice but I agree with above only that you can make with the right info
There are no other alternative that can offer you a calculated %, if only if only..
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35 y/o
June 06: BC stage I
Grade 3; ER/PR neg
Her-2+++; lumpectomies
Aug 06: Stage IV
liver mets: 6 tumours
July 06 to Jan 07: 2*FEC+6*Taxotere; 3*TACE; LITT
March 07- Sept 07: Vaccination trial (phase 2, peptide based) at the UW (Seattle).
Herceptin since 2006
NED til Oct 09
Recurrence Oct 2009: to internal mammary gland since October 2009 missed on Oct and March 2010 scan.. palpable nodes in May 2010 when I realised..
Nov 2011:7 mets to lungs progressing fast failed hercp/tykerb/xeloda combo..
superior vena cava blocked: stent but face remains puffy
April 2012: Teresa Trial, randomised to TDM1
Nov 2012 progressing on TDM1
Dec 2012 blockage of my airways by tumours, obliteration of these blocking tumours breathing better but hoping for more- at mo too many tumours to count in the lungs and nodes.
Dec 2012 Starting new trial S-222611 phase 1b dual egfr her2+ inhibitor.
'Under no circumstances should you lose hope..' Dalai Lama
Last edited by fullofbeans; 10-16-2011 at 02:56 PM..
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