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Mjo
MJo
In answer to your question - if you don't do the trial you will be able to take an AI another 5 years. If your onc won't let you and you don't want to change onc's, then you are no better off than if you were in the control arm of the trial. However, you might find an onc who will let you stay on another 5 years. If you are in the trial and get on a control arm, you will have no choices to make. Why don't you ask your onc what his opinion of a second 5 yrs is and if he plans to keep you on something. If he says he is planning on it, then don't do the trial. You can then choose what you want to do then (as you don't have to stay on if you don't want to).
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Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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