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New USA Drug Trial at preventing cancer cells going to bones
I've put this in the Mets Discussion area as well as general discussion - so that everyone can follow it. This could be a really important development for EVERYONE with BC to follow. This new trial sounds REALLY promising .... how good if this works & can be fast tracked all round the world. This trial comes from a…
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Trials of new Mets Drug at Duke Cancer Institute - Bone Mets
This sounds promising .... This trial comes from a leukemia background and is now being tested on BC patients with HR+ Mets - hopefully even preventing cancer cells getting into bone marrow on patients who are currently NED (but may still have cancer cells circulating in the body.) Up to 30% of NED patients may go on to…
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Verzenio now available on PBS for Metastatic Breast cancer
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the honeymoon is over.
Hi all, well its been a very quiet couple of weeks for me, I started on the navalbine after a washout period on xeloda and as you know I felt fantastic, however the reality is as the navalbine kicked in things changed, as they do!!, so at the time decided I needed a little break to get my head around things, metastatic…
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Triple Negative Metastatic Lung
I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer stage three in Match 2017. I underwent chemo, a lumpectomy and radiation followed by a course of captectabine. I had a reoccurrence in April this year and I was diagnosed stage four with spread to lymph nodes in the mediastinum and right pleural. The cancer has also…
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Let's get palbociclib on the PBS
Palbociclib (also called Ibrance) is used to treat hormone receptor positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Palbociclib is available in 52 countries, but Australia is not one of them. The only way Australians can get it is by buying it from overseas for about $10,000 a month, or participating in a clinical trial.…
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Further Spread
Hi, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 & underwent mastectomy & axillary clearance, which showed spread to lymph nodes, so had the chemotherapy & radiation regime. I was proud of how well I managed, still holding down my job & not having many of the side effects. Though did go through a rough patch with Taxotere,…