Hi Everyone, I just wanted to share some positivity and hope for any of you that are on the Ribociclib & Anastrolze combo.I have just completed 2 years and feeling pretty good. Hair is thinning at crown, the feet are disgustingly dry and the hands and nails are peeling BUT ... who cares, I can live with it... I’m well and…
Hello everyone, BCNA is pleased to advise that after many discussions with relevant pharmaceutical companies, two new compassionate access schemes are now open for patients wishing to access a CDK4/6 inhibitor for second or later line treatment of hormone receptor positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. To…
I was diagnosed with MBC on 5 November, (first diagnosed with BC in August 2016). I have been told that it's detained in the sternum and no other areas of the body and it is thought that it was there when the breast tumour was removed in Sept 16. The suggestion is that I stay on Tamoxifen or as I am premenopausal that I…
Well it’s been 6 months and the Ribociclib combo seems to be working. I started this Mets journey in Dec 2018 with tumour markers at 114. My latest blood tests were in early June with tumour markers at 42. It’s a nervous week this week with scans, blood tests and Onc visit, so fingers crossed that my results stay positive…
Hi all, I thought I was off this merry go round that is cancer. I've just been diagnosed with METS on 2 ribs(one each side), humeral head, scapula and a also in pelvic bone. I originally thought it was only in the 2 ribs which were discovered via a bone scan and then a follow up MRI. I elected to pay the exhorbitant fee…
BCNA is coming to Tasmania as part of our free national Information Forum series. We are bringing leading experts to events in Devonport on Tuesday 30 April to talk on a range of breast cancer topics. Our events are for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is living with or after a breast cancer…
BCNA is coming to Tasmania as part of our free national Information Forum series. We are bringing leading experts to events in Hobart on Thursday 2 May to talk on a range of breast cancer topics. Our events are for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is living with or after a breast cancer…