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Kevin Knopf, MD

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posted 02/09/2009, comments (0)

All HER2 Positive Breast Cancers Should Get Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Herceptin

From the San Antonio Breast Conference in December, new data shows a higher than predicted rate of breast cancer recurrence even with very small breast cancers that are HER2 positive. The data is from the first large study to analyze early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller. All these women would... Read more Chevron

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PJ Hamel

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posted 01/04/2009, comments (14)

Fear: Strictly Optional

I’m a breast cancer survivor. Have been, for 7 years now. I walked out of the hospital after my final radiation treatment on Feb. 14, 2002, and my cancer hasn’t reappeared. No telling if it will; in general terms, a woman with my diagnosis isn’t considered “cured” till she’s been cancer-free for 20 years. But if... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/17/2008, comments (5)

Finally! The Third Time's a Charm.....

I spent most of Monday night and all of my waiting time at the oncologists this Tuesday morning sorting through medical records from multiple doctors. I finally weeded through them, sorted them, put them in order and destroyed the many, many dupes. My files ended up being reduced to nearly half of the original size - which made it way more... Read more Chevron

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Janet Thompson, Author/Speaker

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posted 12/15/2008, comments (5)

Shocking news!

I am currently experiencing a recurrence of DCIS in the same breast, that supposedly was taken care of six years ago with a lumpectomy, radiation, and Tamoxifen. Last week after having another sterotactic biopsy, the doctors dropped the bomb that my cancer is estrogen-negative not positive, as they assumed in 2002 a post-menopausal... Read more Chevron

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posted 10/31/2008, comments (7)

It's back, after 16 years

Well, here I am again. After 16 years cancer-free, the big C is back. It's a local recurrence, and it seems to be just the same as the last time (in 1992, when I was 39) -- same breast, stage 1, E&P positive, no metastasis -- only this time I'm post-menopausal and there are 2 tiny tumors instead of 1. Since I had a lumpectomy, radiation and 5... Read more Chevron

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