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Re: Breast cancer From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com) Fri Oct 28 12:39:43 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: hadagin: "Who Controls The Medical Industry" Previous message: Atkinson, Samuel M: "Re: Tamoxifem & Mirena" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Breast cancer" Next in thread: Atkinson, Samuel M: "Re: Breast cancer" Gail Sorry to hear abot mom. I will try to give some simple answers to your questions. Invasive ductal ca is common about 5-10% of all breast cancers. It is harder to detetect on mammogram as it does not always form a "lump" and odes not always have the typical calcificaition patternof typical ca such invasive ductal. Any node involvement is a more concerning sign and lowers prognosis. She is probalby a stage 3 out of 4 with the positive nodes. Good news is that it must have been estroge positive if they are giving her arimidex. That is a good sign in general. Arimidex may be slightly better in preventing recurrence thatn tamoxifen. They both work to block estrogen stimulation of cancer cells in postmenopausa; women. Jsut different mechanisms by which they do it. Arimidex blocks the "aromatase" action of androgens being converted to estrogens. Life threatening challenges such as this are a good time to ask your mom and ourselves if our eternal distiny is secure. andy >From: GA12L@aol.com >Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> >Subject: Breast cancer >Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 03:20:38 -0500 > >My mother had a mamogram in January this year which was clear. End of May >she found a thickening of the skin and went to see GP. She then had >another >mamogram and a biospy that revealed invasive lobular breast cancer. She >had a >mastectomy they took 8 lymph nodes and found cancer in the first 4 but not >in >the last 4. She's now having 6 sessions of chemo (she's now had 4 as of >yesterday) she will then have 4 weeks of radiotherapy and then arimidex for >5 >years. > >What I want to know is why didn't the mamogram pick the cancer up in >January >or is it possible for it to have developed and grow so big in 5 months? > >Her white cells are now 2.2 will she be able to complete her last 2 courses >of chemo? > >What is the difference between Tamoxifen and Arimidex? > >Will my mum be okay? > >Thanks, > >Gail > Next message: hadagin: "Who Controls The Medical Industry" Previous message: Atkinson, Samuel M: "Re: Tamoxifem & Mirena" In reply to: GA12L@aol.com: "Breast cancer" Next in thread: Atkinson, Samuel M: "Re: Breast cancer"

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