Stage 2 Grade 3 TNBC

Hi Dee162 

I was diagnosed with TNBC two years ago and, like you, had surgery followed by chemo and radiotherapy and I'm now on 6 monthly zoledronic acid.

I had 3 cycles of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC), which was given once every 3 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of paclitaxel.

Obviously everyone's treatment plan is tailormade for them so you might not have the same type or frequency as me.

Hi

Thank you for that, how much radiotherapy did you have.  I hope you are doing well now x it’s such a rollercoaster ride.  I still don’t think it’s actually sunk in yet that I have cancer, I think it will hit me when I start the chemo treatment xx

I'm very well thanks Dee162 .

I had 10 daily sessions of radiotherapy. The first 5 were to the whole breast and the second 5 aimed at just the tumour bed.

This sounds similar to my situation. I was diagnosed in November 2023 with a 2.6cm tumour. Had surgery in December. Fortunately no node involvement.  Then had 4 cycles of EC followed by 12 weekly paclitaxel and 3weekly carboplatin. I also had  London acid every 6 weeks while having chemo to then be followed by every 6 months for 3 years. I then had 5 sessions of radiotherapy. Everything seems very daunting at 1st but strangely it seems easier once you have a treatment plan and get started. In total the chemo and radiotherapy took 6 months. Hope this helps but every one is different and every oncologist seems to have a different way of approaching things. Good luck. Keep strong   You can do this