Has anyone who has had Her2 also have Psoriasis. My concern is that even they are not related, they both are caused by the multiplying of cells.

Just wondered if anyone has had this happen to them. I have. I was Her2 Pos IIB in May of 2001. I had the chemo, radiation, including Herceptin for one year, once a week, and then once every 3 weeks for 8 months after that.

I am NED, but have Psoriasis. When I was taking Herceptin, the Psoriasis was gone but returned when I ended Herceptin.

Thank you for any info you all might have and God Bless.

I have friends who have psoriasis but do not have cancer. They are the only people I know with this disorder, and it is difficult to control.

None of my cancer survivor friends (any kind of cancer) has psoriasis that I have heard about. Cannot think of a link between the two. We get all kinds of disorders that are caused by cells multiplying and not Her2 related.

Hope you are able to get that itchy rash under control again. Maybe it is nerves?

I have two quarter size spots on my scalp. I have not been bothered by them, since I began taking Herceptin 8 months ago. I did not realize this, until you asked the question. Curious, indeed. I will ask my oncologist about it.

I am in stage IV, HER2 3+ @ greater than 90% and I will be taking Herceptin for some time to come.

Dolores:

Very interesting that you should ask that. My twin sister passed away from breast cancer and never had it. I got it 30 years ago when I was 18 and it has been with me on and off. No one else in my family has had it. It stopped when I was pregnant 15 years ago and then comes back, usually on the elbow but was horrible when I first got it and I tried everything.

It was all over my body face and scalp. Finally it was calmed down with steroid creams and saran wrap. Now I have Skin Cap which my dermatoligist stocks and of course insurance doesn't cover.

Was wondering about anyone having it and cancer.

Linda in Chicago

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http://dukeforward.duke.edu/article/...t-cancer-cells

I was researching rapid cell growth and overexpression and found the above link. Quite interesting. (The HER2 link also popped up, so I thought I'd post here).

Karen

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I used to get fairly frequent outbreaks of eczema on the palms of my hands. Since I began being treated for HER-2+ breast cancer I've had fewer outbreaks and they are much milder. In fact, it's practically cured. I mentioned this to my oncologist. She thought it was interesting.

Given a choice, I'd keep the eczema and ditch the breast cancer, but of course I don't have that choice.