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Barb - 24 Dec 2003 21:04 GMT

Hi Ann,
In another post you mentioned that a member of your rowing team was
diagnosed at age 35 with stage four bc, and that she is doing well (NED) a
few years later. I have a former colleague who was just diagnosed at age 39
at stage four and wondered what your rowing partner did for treatment. I
realize that much depends upon her pathology report and where the distant
sites are. Her husband is a family practice physician, so I'm sure they
will be researching all possibilities......Thanks.

Barb

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A.P.Thorsen - 25 Dec 2003 21:32 GMT

> Hi Ann,
> In another post you mentioned that a member of your rowing team was
> diagnosed at age 35 with stage four bc, and that she is doing well (NED) a
> few years later. I have a former colleague who was just diagnosed at age 39
> at stage four and wondered what your rowing partner did for treatment.

I don't know all the details. She had *two* successive bone marrow
transplants. The treatment itself was alarmingly life-threatening!
Also, my understanding is that while she was stage IV, it was in some
sense technically so because it had spread to regional lymph nodes in
the torso. I do not believe it had yet spread to areas like bones,
liver, brain or lungs. Nonetheless, I think it is an inspiring and
hopeful story.

Ann T.
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Ann T.

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Barb - 26 Dec 2003 21:16 GMT

> I don't know all the details. She had *two* successive bone marrow
> transplants. The treatment itself was alarmingly life-threatening!
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> Ann T.

Thanks, Ann. Yes, it is a wonderful story. I had supposed that she might
have had bone marrow transplant. Hope you and she continue to enjoy good
health in the new year and many years beyond 2004.

Barb

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Alex - 27 Dec 2003 14:13 GMT

Bone Marrow transplants are now considered experimental for breast
cancer since the mortality rate was unacceptably high.
I would suggest your friend go to a large Medical Center, like Sloan
Kettering, Dana Farber, Hopkins etc and see if she could enroll in a
clinical trial. I wish you friend good luck. ALex

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Barb - 27 Dec 2003 21:18 GMT

"> Bone Marrow transplants are now considered experimental for breast

> cancer since the mortality rate was unacceptably high.
> I would suggest your friend go to a large Medical Center, like Sloan
> Kettering, Dana Farber, Hopkins etc and see if she could enroll in a
> clinical trial. I wish you friend good luck. ALex

Thanks, ALex.

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