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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: Laura on March 26, 2008, 08:58:58 am

Title: Chemo
Post by: Laura on March 26, 2008, 08:58:58 am

Hey everyone, it's been a long time since my last post... sorry :(.

Does anyone know if Chemo will shrink the AN or have any kind of good effects on it?

Title: Re: Chemo
Post by: ppearl214 on March 26, 2008, 09:40:27 am

Hey Laura,

Great to see you again! :)

My understanding is that chemo does not affect/treat AN's.  The ANA office may have further info/studies regarding it, but my understanding, since it's a benign growth, is that chemo is not used for AN treatments. 

Don't be such a stranger!
Phyl

Title: Re: Chemo
Post by: Sam Rush on March 26, 2008, 10:42:59 am

Chemo is not indicated for AN.  The  AN grows too slowly for chemo to have any effect, and would not be worth the side effects.  They wouldn't be able to localize the treatment like w/ radiation

Title: Re: Chemo
Post by: Laura on March 26, 2008, 12:57:59 pm

I understand you won't be treated with Chemo for an AN; I guess I didn't ask the question properly. Say if a person were to require Chemo (for Breast Cancer or something of the like), do you think the AN might benefit from the treatment?

Title: Re: Chemo
Post by: Jim Scott on March 26, 2008, 02:49:24 pm

Quote from: Laura on March 26, 2008, 12:57:59 pm

Say if a person were to require Chemo (for Breast Cancer or something of the like), do you think the AN might benefit from the treatment?

Apparently not.  Chemo doesn't seem to affect benign tumors. 

Jim