Purrs on the way for your mother, too

Lot and lots of purrs for your mom's treatments to work and work quickley.
Prayers of comfort for her family.  Please keep us up dated.

Charleen

Oh Dan lots of Purrs from my crew to your Mom, I had Brest Cancer 2 years ago and am terrified everyday that they are going to find it again somewere else. Purrs, prayers, cuddles and scritches that all turns out well. You and your mom are in our prayers for speedy recovery and piece of mind.

Purrs and healing thoughts.

There really have been recent developments that give additional hope for
minimizing the complications of bone metastasis. One of the problems had
been that radiation would weaken the bone and cause fractures. Current
practice, however, is to give anti-osteoporosis drugs such as the
biphosphonates, which strengthen the bone.

For everyone, the rate of advances in breast cancer treatment, over the
last year or two, are stunning even to someone used to following the
scientific literature.  In clinical trials, the equivalent of a "hole in
one" is having the safety review board stop the trial because the
experimental treatment is so superior that it would be unethical to
withhold it from people on the (control) best accepted treatment.  There
have been at least two such events with the new family of aromatase
inhibitors, which showed major superiority over tamoxifen -- which
itself was a major breakthrough. It may be that they are useful in
combination, and there are several aromatase inhibitors. Overall,
though, long-term survival and quality of life are improving immensely
-- it is, indeed, a situation where there are new techniques coming out
every few months.

As much time as I spend on Usenet every day, I never though of looking
for Usenet support groups! Thanks for the pointer. I'll check that out.

Dan