Anybody still doing Serum HER2 testing?
 

There was hope that Serum HER2 testing would become an additional marker to monitor cancer and treatments. I haven't read about it lately. Does anyone have information about the studies that are going on. Anybody still using it?

Re: Anybody still doing Serum HER2 testing?
 

Hello Michka!

Hope things are going well for you.

Yes, I still have the HER2 Elisa blood test twice a year. Basically every other lab screening. My insurance is still paying for it.

By this time this marker is part of my "security blanket." Like to see those numbers stay stable!

Re: Anybody still doing Serum HER2 testing?
 

Bonjour Steph!
you seem to be the only one on this board doing this testing. In the first hospital where I started the TDM1 trial they also did Serum HER2 testing but as another trial. When I moved to a hospital in Paris, they said that they did not think this was reliable or even the future. As I am supposed to be NED and that TDM1 on a long period is toxic, I was hoping that it could help me decide in the future, if I could stop TDM1 and take it again if the Serum HER2 test went up. I figure we are all dreaming on this board of a reliable test to help us decide of treatments.....
Porte toi bien! M

Re: Anybody still doing Serum HER2 testing?
 

Not serum Her2, but nice to see someone is working on testing for cancer:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/280257.php