so what I want to know...
and believe me, what I have tried to find is this: If you have an initial result over 5 ctc's per 7.5ml, but within a short time after the new therapy has begun the result is drastically lower does one still have a lousier chance for DFS and OS? Of course I ask 'cause it is my situation, but I can't be the only one. At the start of Navelbine I was a 6 and it scared the heck outta me. After 5 weeks I was a 0 which seems pretty darn good, but does it really matter given these studies I keep finding?
just curious
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dx stage I 2/2000*er/pr+; her- per IHC*lumpectomy*4 rounds A/C*30 rads*tamoxifen*dx stage 4 5/2002*huge mets to liver*tiny mets to lungs*stopped tamoxifen*5/02 taxotere/xeloda*her 2 checked with FiSH-her2+++herceptin *2/03 stopped chemo femara w/herceptin*zolodex*04 switched to aromasin w/herceptin*05 high estrogen tx*11/05taxol/carbo*7/06 stopped chemo; megace/herceptin*9/06navelbine/herceptin*5/07tykerb/xeloda great response*4/08 progression in liver; ooph/ faslodex /herceptin
6/08 began Herceptin DM-1
9/08 progression
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