how effective is chemo on secondary breast cancer in liver?

mirandamuses

how effective is chemo on secondary breast cancer in liver?

mirandamuses

My mother has been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. It is grade 3, has spread to lymph nodes and is oestrogen receptive. It has spread to her lungs and liver in small volume. She has two tumours in one breast, it has affected the lymph nodes, a tumour of 1.5cm in one lung and a small mass 8mm in the liver.

She started taking Arimidex (as it is oestrogen receptive) before Xmas and has been taking it for two months. Next week she has elected to start chemo. It will be six cycles, as a day patient, with three weeks between sessions. I wanted to see if anyone can give me some information regarding the efficacy of these chemo treatments on the primary breast cancer sites, as well as the secondary tumours in the lung and liver. I read that "It's also important to remember that organs in which the cells do not divide rapidly, such as the liver and kidneys, are rarely affected by chemotherapy". www.breastcancer.org.

If this is so, does that we shouldn't expect t see the tumour shrink,stay the same or grow? And, what about in the lung? If so, does anyone have any experience of how quickly this type of cancer can spread? She will be given two chemo treatments: Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and if you respond, to reply.