Ovary removal ups breast cancer survival for some
http://www.asco.org/ASCO/News/Cancer...reutersid=7768
Am I reading this right? OSU has some interesting ethics if they are performing oopherectomy on bc patients who are er- (patients from Vietnam and China). Also wondering why they gave tamoxifen after the oopherectomy and not the ai's. Cost?
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Dx 10/05 IDC, multi-focal, triple +, 5 nodes+
MRM, 4 DD A/C, 12 weekly taxol + herceptin
rads concurrent with taxol/herceptin
finished herceptin 01/08
ooph, Arimidex, bilateral DIEP reconstruction
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Univ. of WA, Seattle vaccine trial '07
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