Re: neoadjuvant herceptin may rid axillary nodes of disease
Lani,
I am so glad you posted this. I had mistakenly thought pCR was a partial response, not pathological complete response.
This sounds very promising to me. I wish I would have been given the option of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It might have helped me avoid the axillary node dissection after finding 1 positive sentinal node.
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Diagnosed 2007
Stage IIb Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Pagets, 3 of 15 positive nodes
Traditional Treatment: Mastectomy and Axillary Node Dissection followed by Taxotere, 6 treatments and 1 year of Herceptin, no radiation
Former Chemo Ninja "Takizi Zukuchiri"
Additional treatments:
GP2 vaccine, San Antonio Med Ctr
Prescriptive Exercise for Cancer Patients
ENERGY Study, UCSD La Jolla
Reconstruction: TRAM flap, partial loss, Revision
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