Second Diagnosis

Hi Bear001 

I am sorry you have been diagnosed with TNBC and that it’s your second run in with breast cancer. Oncology departments use treatment protocols that are evidence based and set by NICE. I understand Carboplatin is only used for TNBC tumours larger than 2cm or where lymph nodes are involved. Taxanes like Paclitaxel are the backbone of modern treatment and are very effective. It’s good your cancer has been picked up when it’s very small.

Thanks for your response coddfish. My tumour was picked up by a ct scan I had for something else so consider myself lucky that it was found so early. Yes, my tumour was small and perhaps I am being ultra sensitive but just don't want it to come back ever!! 

I had both and red devil before surgery I also had 7cm tumour in left breast and 2 lymph nodes under arm and one behind chest muscle I refused immunotherapy during chemo cancer had completely disappeared but one lymph node became cancerous so they removed 8 lymph nodes and that was the only sign of cancer in that one lymph node I had double masectomy and reconstruction with implants at the same time I got cancer free results and I am just getting radiotherapy now as far as I know taxol is given on its own for reoccurence tnbc to manage it not cure it I think once you have reoccurence you are stage 4 but it can be managed for years and you can live a normal life