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    Posted: Jun 01 2008 at 3:32am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080531/hl_afp/ushealthcancer_080531215620

"CHICAGO (AFP) - A treatment combining Avastin, which stems the blood supply to tumors, with cell division blocker Taxotere slows the progression of advanced breast cancer, said an international clinical study presented Saturday"
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Ok I am confused about one thing what is advanced bc and early stage bc?
 
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Early stage is anything that hasn't metastasized and advanced BC is anything that has.
 
 
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My onc was saying studies using AC+T dose dense with Avastin for early stage BRCA 1 Triple neg is showing great promise as well.
 
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That is great news Ronda!
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