I just finished 4 treatments of AC.  My doctor is ambivalent about giving me
taxotere as there is little benefit.  Does anyone of the stats on taxotere
and the stats on side effects associated with taxotere / decodron.  I hac a
mastectomy.

I have searched the web for this information but came up without anything.
I'm thinking this is the most likely bunch of people who would know.
I work for a breast cancer program. I have a client who had a biopsy in
2003 at which time they inserted a metal clip as a marker.

Here is an article about Tamoxifen that might be of interest:
http://www.breastcancer.org/tre_sys_tamox_prvntRecur_pf.html
The article says Tamoxifen can reduce recurrence by 5-10% in post-menopausal
women, whose cancers are estrogen-receptor-negative.

Two years ago I had a small, discreet, solid mass appear under the outside
edge of my right nipple.  Mammogram=neg, ultrasound showed it was solid and
the surgeon did a fine needle biopsy on it.  It took two tries and each time
he went back and forth about a dozen times in order ...

Does anyone know where Linda Bliss is these days and how she is doing?

Hello, my mother has found a small  breast cancer two years ago. She had
mastectomy and she was told it was discovered at an early stage because
its stage was t1bn0m0. She had to have a chemo treatment anyway. After
5/6 month there has been a local recurrence, she had another ...

I need, if possible, an axplanation please.
My wife was treated for Breast Cancer 4? years ago.
The treatment was surgery - radiation - chemoterapi.
She is controlled on the hospital every 6 months, and I am very happy that

Speaking of the Honeyman family, Jennifer - are you out there and how
are you doing?
Chris

After finishing all the scans and tests; it was indicated that mom has
a cancerous growth between her vertebrae, which has caused a small
crack in her bone; and has the beginning of mets in her lungs and
liver.

Thank You for your comments.
I am not sure if she is ready to approach with all the details.  When you
are first diagnosed with cancer, you go through a whirlwind of
thoughts........

I am a 32 year old mother of two. I had a baseline mammogram four
years ago when I found a fatty deposit under my right arm. My
mammogram read "normal". Last month I had mammogram and ultrasound, my
mammogram read "showed no significant risk of abnormalities". There is

Is a 2x1.5cm mass too big for lumpectomy?

i know this is a very broad question....but what might a 'low platlet
count' indicate ?
i am over one year out of chemo.
my best wishes to

I read somewhere else that someone needed both to diagnose
calcifications. Is this true and in which order?

I've been told that PETs aren't good at detecting breast cancer so a
calcification will be biopsied. But it did detect a cancer tumor in
the breast that they are assuming is breast cancer. Can it detect BC
or not? Or is just less good at it compared to other cancers?