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    Posted: Dec 08 2020 at 7:19pm
 Hi,

my mum was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in July. Her tumour was 5cm and 2 positive lymph nodes under arm.

She had 9 x weekly PC chemo and has had 2 x EC chemo, with the last one being this week..

She had an mri scan after the 7th weekly PC chemo and today she received the results.

Sadly, the scan only showed a 5mm shrinkage of the tumour. There was talk of the volume within the tumour reducing , but not too sure what this would indicate.

It could have been worse news, but we are very disappointed as we were hoping for more shrinkage after 7 weeks of chemo, especially as I had heard that triple negative cancer responds well to chemo.

We were hoping for a complete response, but maybe we won’t get that now?

Anyone experienced anything similar? 

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Dear Clare,

Thank you for writing. I am sorry your mum did not have a better result. 

Unfortunately, there is some TNBC that seems to be chemo-resistant at times. 

I am a patient advocate working on a volunteer basis for SAGE Patient Advocates(SAGE), a non-profit foundation, and I have helped several hundred women on this site over the last 11+ years. I am not a medical professional and I will not give you/your mum medical advice but I am hoping I can be a useful resource for you. There are Breast Medical Oncologists, in the UK, who are experts in TNBC and hopefully I can help secure a consult, IF you are interested.

There are no charges to you/your mum, from myself or SAGE.

Please send me a PM and I will be happy to invite you to a Zoom conference or have an email conversation. Will also send you my phone number.

sometimes I don't receive PM so you can also send me an email at 

contact@sagepatientadvocates.info

warmly,

Steve
I am a BRCA1+ grandson, son and father of women affected by breast/oc-my daughter inherited mutation from me, and at 36, was dx 2004 TNBC I am a volunteer patient advocate with SAGE Patient Advocates
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Steve,

You are the best for offering to assist Clare.

Also, you are one of the few individuals who will express that some subtypes of TN are chemo resistant. Also, I appreciate it when you shared information on getting your tumor tested. These are the messages that patients are not getting or hearing. I get it. Patients want to be positive and want to have positive outcomes. That is why I pray daily that research focuses more on TNBC subtypes. We need targeted treatments for the different subtypes.

Thank you for all you do.

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Dear Clifford,

I feel truly blessed to be a Patient Advocate and your kind words re-invigorate my efforts.

with my love to all here,

Steve


I am a BRCA1+ grandson, son and father of women affected by breast/oc-my daughter inherited mutation from me, and at 36, was dx 2004 TNBC I am a volunteer patient advocate with SAGE Patient Advocates
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Clifford1,

I ditto and agree with everything you said.

Donna
DX IDC TNBC 6/09 age 49, Stage 1,Grade 3, 1.5cm,0/5Nodes,KI-67 48%,BRCA-,6/09bi-mx, recon, T/C X4(9/09)
11/10 Recur IM node, Gem,Carb,Iniparib 12/10,MRI NED 2/11,IMRT Radsx40,CT NED11/13,MRI NED3/15

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