triple negative breast cancer

Aroma3k

Hi, I m diagnosted earlier with triple negative infiltrating ductal carcinoma, stage III, 8/20 lymph nodes were positive. Kindly anyone tell me what is my prognosis and what chemo drugs will be used and what are there side effects? i am unmarried and 22yrs old.

  

AgentMo

I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis at such a young age. I am 33 myself and I feel way too young to be going through all of this and way too young to feel so deprived of the future. 

Regarding your chemo, make sure you get a third generation regime that incorporates taxanes. Make also sure to get it as long as possible and try to get Zometa afterwards, which is a drug that can help to prevent bone metastasis. Regarding the side effects, they are different for everyone. I had TAC chemo (six times every three weeks) and I got along quite well.

If you want to see your prognisis, you can use adjuvant online to get a number. But don't rush there. Maybe it is more difficult to live with the knowledge of the prognosis than without. Ever since I know my numbers, I recalculate them in order to incorporate risk factors not included - like LVI or ki 67 etc - and it makes life much more difficult because I arrive at less and less encouraging numbers. In retrospect, I think it is better not to get started at all, although I couldn't believe it beforehand. 

Keep strong. 

Pure

Also, please look into UNC in chapel hill NC they are doing some of the leading reasearch in the field on triple neg bc. Be sure to get zometa...

Fighter_34

Please correct me if I am wrong but w/ more advanced stages of Tri-neg chemo is started before surgery to see if chemo would shrink the tumor first to get the desired outcome (healthy again ...

 Hope this helps...sending hugs!

Aroma3k

hi all

i hope for good health for all of you

my chemo is underway. 4 cylce of AC and 5 cycle of Taxol are complete. 7 cylce of taxol is remaining. yesterday doctor inform me that my SGPT is increasing gradually. and suggest for HBV ad HCV test. can anyone tell me if it is sideeffect of taxol? or any other problem??

bak94

I don't know what SGPT or HBV and HVC is?

Aroma3k

hi all

i want to know if recurrance is possible during chemotherapy. surgery (lumpuctomy) has done, 4 round of AC ahs don, 8 out of 12 rounds of Taxol has done, now 4 round of taxol and radiotheraphy is remain, in this circumstance, can brease cancer recurrance? 

bak94

That is a good question. I think you would have to ask your doctor. Are you having symptoms?

Suze35

I had progression of my disease in my breast and nodes (so far) while on neoadjuvant chemo, as my cancer figured it out at the end. It isn't common, but it does happen. Please talk to your doctor ASAP if you think you are having any symptoms!

Aroma3k

I've asked my doctor. my surgery was done. 4 cycles of AC and 12 weekly cycles of Taxol has been done, but now this disease has come back. can any one tell me is it possible that cancer grow during chemo drugs?? 

Aroma3k

HI All

Unfortunately, this cancer has come back again. After Gemzar and Cisplatin is used, then MRM has been done. My radiation is underway. But unfortanatley this cancer has come back thrice time during radiation. i am very upset. Anyone here was in this situation???

many

Aroma3k. Did u have a PET scan?

Aroma3k

no; doctor suggest chest xray and ultrasound of liver

JudyO

Aroma3k...you may want to post your questions on the triple negative forum. People on that forum would have treatments similar to you.