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I have just started my herceptin treatments yesterday with a full year to go. Congrats to all of you who are finished or about to finish. I have mixed feelings about when I finish in a year. On the one hand it will be nice but on the other it will be scary to be left with no defense in fighting off a metastisis or reoccurence. Plus, I am an early stager, stage 1, no node involvement so I don't even know if herceptin is going to do anything for me or not. My onc only does 1 year herceptin for everyone at this point. He said there is no research that proves anything over a year of herceptin is helpful and it can increase your chances of heart complications. Yet I have read on this forum that many of you have taken it for much longer than 1 year so I am very confused on this issue. Any feed back from anyone on this issue?
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~Rina~
Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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