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RobinP · 08-23-2006, 12:33 PM

To penelope and others concerned about getting or not getting a taxane for early stage her2+bc.
I just wanted to say that not having a taxane is not the end of the world if you did have Herceptin, which most people do now days for adjuvant her2+bc. You may recall that n the HERA trial, the subsequent addition of a year of Herceptin therapy yielded similar benefits REGARDLESS what the chemo type was. And those who had recieved a taxane actually had less disease free survival than those who did not. Probably the addition of the taxane was negative because those who got taxanes were of higher bc stage with more risk of relapse to begin with.

08-23-2006, 12:33 PM	#19
RobinP Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 943	To penelope and others concerned about getting or not getting a taxane for early stage her2+bc. I just wanted to say that not having a taxane is not the end of the world if you did have Herceptin, which most people do now days for adjuvant her2+bc. You may recall that n the HERA trial, the subsequent addition of a year of Herceptin therapy yielded similar benefits REGARDLESS what the chemo type was. And those who had recieved a taxane actually had less disease free survival than those who did not. Probably the addition of the taxane was negative because those who got taxanes were of higher bc stage with more risk of relapse to begin with. __________________ Robin 2002- dx her2 positive DCIS/bc TX Mast, herceptin chemo