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Aroma3k
Aroma3k Member Posts: 6
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

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.

  

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  • AgentMo
    AgentMo Member Posts: 72
    edited December 2010

    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. 

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  • Pure
    Pure Member Posts: 1,796
    edited December 2010

    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...

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  • Fighter_34
    Fighter_34 Member Posts: 834
    edited August 2013

    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!

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  • Aroma3k
    Aroma3k Member Posts: 6
    edited April 2011

    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??

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited April 2011

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

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  • Aroma3k
    Aroma3k Member Posts: 6
    edited May 2011

    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? 

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited May 2011

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

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  • Suze35
    Suze35 Member Posts: 1,045
    edited May 2011



    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!

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  • Aroma3k
    Aroma3k Member Posts: 6
    edited June 2011

    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?? 

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  • Aroma3k
    Aroma3k Member Posts: 6
    edited November 2011

    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???

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  • many
    many Member Posts: 254
    edited November 2011

    Aroma3k. Did u have a PET scan?

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  • Aroma3k
    Aroma3k Member Posts: 6
    edited November 2011

    no; doctor suggest chest xray and ultrasound of liver

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  • JudyO
    JudyO Member Posts: 225
    edited November 2011

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

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