Re: Cutting cancer Medicare costs
I think the pressure here needs to be on studies that are designed to help to identify which patients actually benefit and which do not, so that the ones who do not are not wasting precious time and money getting it without any benefit. Half do not benefit. Pressure also needs to continue on studies that help to identify why it stops working when it does stop working for most patients who initially benefitted from it, so that if there are ways to get continued benefit from it, patients have access to them.
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Dx 2002 age 51
bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother.
ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3
IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3
Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen
Rads necrosis
BRCA 1 & 2 negative
Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors
Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3
Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day
No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI
NED
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