Monday, January 07, 2008
Last month, amid the holiday rush and year-end preparations, the fight against breast cancer continued. A week before Christmas, many of us from NBCC -- Executive Vice President Carolina Hinestrosa, other staff, and advocates from around the country -- traveled to San Antonio for the 30th Annual San ...
I would like to comment about the use of Avastin regarding to metastatic Breast cancer.
I received Avastin in combination with Abraxene for a recurrence located in 5 locations in my bones, including fibia,thigh, fore arms and skull. After 8 months of treatment the cancer in my bones was gone. I have had recurrences in other areas, abdomen soft tissue, and lung in 2 locations. The cancer has not reoccured in my bones up to this point.
My conclusion being the combination of those 2 drugs was very effective on metastatic breast cancer in bones. ERP, and Her2 negative breast cancer.
Katherine Boritzke
Thanks for your valuable input here, Katherine - it's good to hear "the voice of experience." I hope you continue to do as well as possible - PJH