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GoldMamas

11/12/2021 at 2:35 PM

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I've been told that I'm going to be started targeted therapy... I've heard more about radiation and chemo for cancer so I'm not really familiar with what targeted therapy involves... Does anyone know if targeted therapy is more or less effective than chemo or radiation?

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11/16/2021 at 6:13 PM

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Hello @GoldMamas‍, thank you for sharing your question with us.

For those of you who have undergone targeted therapy, can you share your experience? Was it effective? Did you have any side effects? Did you precede or follow it with another treatment? Is it more or less effective than other breast cancer treatments?
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Is targeted therapy effective for breast cancer? https://www.carenity.us/forum/breast-cancer/your-opinion-on-breast-cancer-treatments/is-targeted-therapy-effective-for-breast-cance-3937 2021-11-16 18:13:16

Rainyralynn

12/01/2021 at 5:25 PM

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What is considered Targeted therapy?

GoldMamas

12/06/2021 at 5:07 PM

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Hi @Rainyralynn‍,

I found this definition to stay simple : "A type of treatment that uses drugs or other substances to identify and attack specific types of cancer cells with less harm to normal cells"

"can be used by itself or in combination with other treatments, such as traditional or standard chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation therapy."

"But targeted therapy drugs don’t work the same way as traditional or standard chemotherapy"

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07/08/2021 at 7:19 PM

@Courtney_J I am getting very nervous and scared because the surgery is July 13, 2021. My parents both died this year so I dont have them to talk to. My mom died on Feb 16, 2021 with a sickness she was suffering for 18 months so i was dealing with that for the last months and then my dad had a major stroke 3 weeks after my mom passed away and he could no longer go back to his assistance living so we had to find a nursing home. We found one he was only in there 3 weeks and then he passed away on May 6, 2021. Right after all that I was diagnosed with cancer so I have been on a train that is non-stop. I feel like I am so tried out and I dont have much energy left. My sisters are not helpful they keep telling me just pray. They both got to take 2 weeks vacation after my mom and dad passed away. I have not even had time to take a breather I am just on the train of bad luck. That is how I am feeling.

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