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Becky · 04-09-2007, 08:40 AM

This is very much the way I took Herceptin. I started 4.5 months after my last chemotherapy and about 2 months after completion of radiation. Standard of care says that Herceptin should be started within 12 months or sooner from the last chemotherapy and you are in that window.

Ideally, it should be done right after athracyclines (if you only receive Adriamycin or Epirubicin) or with the taxol (if you receive this also). But your protocol is fine too.

Get the nipple discharge checked out asap. May be a radiation "left over" but get it checked out.

04-09-2007, 08:40 AM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	This is very much the way I took Herceptin. I started 4.5 months after my last chemotherapy and about 2 months after completion of radiation. Standard of care says that Herceptin should be started within 12 months or sooner from the last chemotherapy and you are in that window. Ideally, it should be done right after athracyclines (if you only receive Adriamycin or Epirubicin) or with the taxol (if you receive this also). But your protocol is fine too. Get the nipple discharge checked out asap. May be a radiation "left over" but get it checked out. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"