How do they no Tamoxifen won't help us?

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Traci-----TripNeg
Traci-----TripNeg Member Posts: 2,298
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
How do they no Tamoxifen won't help us?
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  • Traci-----TripNeg
    Traci-----TripNeg Member Posts: 2,298
    edited October 2007

    Hey everybody...

    If there has been so little research done for triple negative breast cancer patients.....how do they know Tamoxifen or Herceptin or whatever other "maintenence" drugs the Positive patients can take to prevent recurrance, won't help us?

    I just had this thought so have not asked my oncologist. I figure I'll get a better answer from the wealth of knowledge her anyway.....

    Thanks, Traci

    ps What got me thinking was Bimmer's report of Diane's further progression and the fact that we had almost indentical first dx.....

    I'm so sad for them....to the point of anger...hence, the question.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Tamoxifen's role is to block the production and/or use of estrogen in our body.  If our tumors growth is not fueled by estrogen, based on testing, then blocking estrogen really won't do that much for us.

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  • FloridaLady
    FloridaLady Member Posts: 2,155
    edited October 2007

    Hercepton only blocks the her2 protein.  I'm her2++ and they will not let me have it.  There are some stage IV trails with hercepton but not much.

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