Just thought I'd mention that Xeloda (capecitabine) seems to be the best
treatment for my wife's BC mets (mostly liver) so far. CA 15-3 down to
116 from a 271 9 weeks ago and other numbers mostly improving.Reducing
the dose from 2-500mg pills after breakfast and dinner from 3 has ...

Send an image of them to Breast.Cancer.Campaign@gmail.com, we are
making a collection pictures portraying the beauty of breasts. You
never know how magical they are until they are gone.
Anna.

Hurrah!
I suddenly have sensation back in my scar after 22 months.
Boo!  
It's taken the form of a devilish itch!

Curious to know if there has been any talk or experience here about HIFU
(high intensity focused ultrasound) (sometimes FUS or HIFUS)focused beam
ultrasonic cancer treatment as an alternative to focused radiation
treatment. As in focused radiation treatment several energy sources ...

I posted here over 3 months ago when our Daughter Dara was diagnosed
with bi-lateral stage 3 breast cancer. After 3 months of chemo,
yesterday, Dara had  bi-lateral MODIFIED mastectomies & all went well.
Her doctors are very confident in her survivability. Repeated PET scans

My Wife had Breast Cancer 10 years ago and it just came back in the
same breast so she had both breasts just removed this past week. In the
one Lymph Node the surgeon took out they found a 1.8 millimeter cancer
tumor and the doctors are deciding about Chemo or not. The node that

I've had my 6 wk prosthesis fitting in hospital and the one I've got is
Trulife Harmony Plus Tri  402-04. That fits me perfectly. (I'm bra size 34B)
Can someone translate that 402 - 04 size into what size I need from, say,
Nicola Jane products as I want to buy some prosthesis for ...

I posted before, by the time they found the breast cancer, it already
had spread to bones, and a little on liver. So far, no effect to the
live. SHe has had so many dif kinds of chemo. Last one was DOXIL, which
she liked,  felt good, hair grew back.  She came to PA. from Tx last

You talked about a book on Leeds - can you remember the title or author?
Mary

I finally pestered Shands till today the Coordinator for the surgeon
that will remove my breast called this morning to set up an appt on
Sept 12th.  We will discuss the procedure and other info.  Then he will
get together with the plastic surgeon and get a date set for my surgery.

I happy to say that I saw my Onc today and got an all clear. Both
the BC and the Adrenal looked ok on the CT Scan. I seem to be tolerating
the Arimadex (sp?) well.  Next check is 6 months out instead of 3.
I am 16 mos out from dx and 6 mos out from the end of radiation.

My mum has had breast cancer which has been treated by chemotherapy
followed by a masectomy and now radiotherapy just to be on the safe
side.
When they did the masectomy they removed about 20 lymph nodes and one

Take off the hard knobs or warts which grow on the legs of a stone-horse;
dry them carefully, and powder them, give from a scruple to half a drachm
every morning and evening in a glass of sack; you must continue taking them
for a month or six weeks, or longer, if the cancer is ...

Her breast cancer returned and she now has mets in her pelvic bone.  She has
been in vaccination clinical trial the last year or so.   This  trial is
directed a the her2neu+++ variety of cancer she has.
She is improving and the vaccinations show promise but she is also on

Am wondering whether any one out there has had a one stage breast
reconstruction (ie. expander/implant) and had no problems with them.  I dont
know anyone who has had this procedure and am concerned as my surgeon has
offered this to me (public health system).  He did mention in ...