emails from the doc:
Hi Jill,
The scan could have been better. It is available in My Chart for you to see, but it showed some growth in the lung nodules. Nothing new was popping up anyway. I haven't heard of the specific trial you are talking about, but there are likely a number of phase I trials at various locations. These are new drugs being tested, with little data so far regarding safety and effectiveness. They are always administered at a university setting (or at the NCI in Bethesda). The idea of a trial is probably a good one, as the standard drugs have failed to work well. I'll see what I can find out about the NCI trial, but I think there may be other standard options to think about (as they are more likely to work, honestly). I will see you when you come in.
Dan
They do have a trial that may be interesting, but you need to have a sibling who is HLA matched to donate blood cells. If you are interested, I believe the NIH requires you to be the point of contact rather than the physician, so call and see what they say about the trial...
Let me know. Here's the trial info:
Phase I Trial of T Cell Exchange With Th2/Tc2 Cells for Allogenic Stem
Cell Transplantation After Reduced Intensity Conditioning for Metastatic
Breast Cancer NCI-04-C-0131
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Jill, Hannah and Kim at the FORCE conference
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 12/04. I did lots of chemo to prevent it's return. In 6/06 I was told that I had a new primary tumor. I was tested and found out that I was BRCA 1+. I had surgery and did more preventative chemo that ended in 1/07. In 2/07 I was told that I had lung mets. At this time my cancer seems to be chemo resistant. I had a Stem Cell Transplant through a clinical trial in 8/07. I had some liver mets show up in 2/08.
Jill, Hannah and Kim at the FORCE conference
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