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Diagnosed with angiosarcoma of the left breast in Jan 2009.

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When I was fist introduced to the wondrous world of cancer the first chemo I received was adriamycin. From experience most BC patients get this super fun drug and have given it the nick name... red devil. I think thats a fairly apropos description of the stuff. That big red bag of awesome made my hair fall out at 2 weeks on the dot. Great... Read more Chevron

posted 10/05/2009, comments (5)|

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Kevin Knopf, MD

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Chromosome 17 and Chemotherapy

After much debate at breast tumor boards throughout the world on the importance of HER2 and topoisomerase II (an enzyme involved in DNA replication) in predicting response to Anthracyclines, it seems that an extra copy of chromosome 17 in the cancer may be predictive. Things change pretty quickly. We typically don't analyze chromosome 17... Read more Chevron

posted 03/10/2009, comments (0)|