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Newly diagnosed here. TNBC stage 1b grade 3. I met with my BS, MO, and RO for the fist time yesterday. Breast MRI shows a 1.5cm mass that hasn’t grown since mammo and US a month ago and no nodes involved. So the plan is: -Surgery first (I am leaning towards SMX no recon) -Chemo: 4 rounds of TC spread 3 weeks apart -No…
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Keytruda Improves Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer September 15, 2024 People diagnosed with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer who received the immunotherapy Keytruda (chemical name: pembrolizumab) along with chemotherapy before and after surgery had better event-free survival — how long they lived without…
Top Breast Cancer Research at ASCO 2025 Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky explains DESTINY-Breast09, ASCENT-04, and SERENA-6. Jun 2, 2025 The 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting featured five days of presentations and educational sessions on all types of cancer. Dr. Eleonora Teplinsky, a board-certified…
Trodelvy and Keytruda as First Treatment for Metastatic TNBC: A New Standard of Care? May 30, 2025 People lived longer without the cancer growing when they received Trodelvy and Keytruda compared to the current standard treatment. Read more…
Hi Since the standard of care for early TNBC has changed and now includes Keytruda (Pembrolizumab) with chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting, followed by Keytruda alone for 9 cycles in the adjuvant setting, I was wondering if everyone on the current regimen could share their experiences? How has it affected you? Have…
My wife noticed a family large lump (4cm) on her left outer breast on 8th sept. We immediately consulted a general surgeon who said he was absolutely certain that it was a fibroadenoma. He sent us to get an ultrasound, and the radiologist saw two lesions 3cm and 1cm next to each other, and said they're definitely…
I was diagnosed in December with TNBC - stage IIB in my right breast. I started ac+ Keytruda on 1/17 and finished my last dose on Tuesday 3/21. I begin taxol, carboplatin & Keytruda for 12 weeks beginning 4/11. The response was small on the original mass. They have now found two more lesions that are actively growing…
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