for those who have gallstones, or are worried about them

[Lani]

I seem to remember that several members have had their gallbladders removed since being diagnosed with breast cancer.

This may seem very speculative, but I have previously posted on monoclonal antibodies being associated with low levels of magnesium

Here is a paper on how Magnesium may protect against gallstones

Perhaps they are all connected?

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570527

to access medscape

please go to www.medscape.com and fill in the following

(I found it under the important links section of this website):

Username: Her2support
Password: Member

[Lani]

--it has been described for EGFR(her1) monoclonal antibodies mainly (cetuximab), but it is unclear whether tykerb which blocks her1 and her2
may have a similar effect , let alone herceptin




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