number of weeks on herceptin

[pie]

How many weeks in total did you receive herceptin? I can't tell from most of the profiles what the total number of infusions were. Were they given weekly? I'm asking because I received 2 different opinions from 2 doctors.

[Becky]

Basically, they are given for a year - 52 weekly infusions or 18 triple doses given every 3 weeks. Sometimes a combo of these are given such as 12 weeklys then it switches over to the every three weeks after that. None the less, its a year total.

[Hopeful]

I had 17 total Herceptin infusions, every three weeks, which adds up to 51 weeks. I asked my onc if he did 17 or 18. He said there is no magic to it (he knew I was itching to be free of the tx) and that docs differed in the number of treatments adminstered.

Hopeful