Posted by SueVR in Triple Negative BC, on 09 Dec 2012, 03:06AM
Hi,
I am new to all this - having just being diagnosed with Stage 3 multi-focal locally advanced Triple-negative breast cancer. I have ten lumps in the right breast with the largest being 5cm and positive testing to the lymph nodes.
I am 46 and have just commenced neoadjuvant chemotherapy with weekly paclitaxel. I was wondering if anyone else out there had taken the neoadjuvant chemo as part of their treatment plan.
The onconcologist is concerned about the possibility of the cancer spreading so wants to treat that first.
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It's such a good tool the neojuvent. Atleast you will know if you respond. That was my problem back in match 2011..... With Having the mastectomy.... There was no way of knowing if I responded and as it turns out I didn't and now have another mass in my upper chest wall and a local secondary in my sternum. I also had multifocal
Thanks, I am starting to realise why my Onc went down this path. He explained that with the Triple Negative diagnosis they need to know that the chemo is working because their is no targeted therapy later on. The good news is that after 6 weeks the tumors are showing signs of shrinking so hopefully their is a chance I can beat this thing and surgery will just be a precaution.
hi sue
My only wish is that they had of done this with me...so you are lucky and your drs are definitely on the money. You can see that you are responding and that is fantastic news. Best of luck hon xx
Neoadjuvant with TAC
I was diagnosed with Triple negative at 29 years of age. Did the neoadjuvant approach as recommended by my breast surgeon as she wanted to save my breast. The oncologist gave me TAC and I responded really well. My tumour shrank considerably but I decided to do a mastectomy anyways. They found no cancer cells in the breast tissue or lymph nodes (thank goodness) so I was classified as having a complete pathological response. I opted for radiation treatment as well because I wanted to be very aggressive with my treatment. It's been over 2 years and I am still clear.