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Old 04-27-2008, 04:26 PM   #24
fullofbeans
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 617
Karen,

i have had 3 chemoemolisation (TACE) and all went absolutely great.. and well Iam still NED. I recommended it to someone else here in London and she is now NED too. You can go home on the same day. My liver functions have been fine since and my friend also.

I am not sure what drugs you will be using and if you are trully wanting to get involved with it I can find out what it is I received.

I went to chemoembolistion not as a last resort but as my first treatment option I was still doing taxotere at the time. Both in combination worked like a treat, once my tumours reduced by 30%in one afternoon, sweet. I had absolutely no doubt that I have made the right choice for me.

Best wishes
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35 y/o
June 06: BC stage I
Grade 3; ER/PR neg
Her-2+++; lumpectomies

Aug 06: Stage IV
liver mets: 6 tumours
July 06 to Jan 07: 2*FEC+6*Taxotere; 3*TACE; LITT
March 07- Sept 07: Vaccination trial (phase 2, peptide based) at the UW (Seattle).
Herceptin since 2006
NED til Oct 09
Recurrence Oct 2009: to internal mammary gland since October 2009 missed on Oct and March 2010 scan.. palpable nodes in May 2010 when I realised..
Nov 2011:7 mets to lungs progressing fast failed hercp/tykerb/xeloda combo..

superior vena cava blocked: stent but face remains puffy

April 2012: Teresa Trial, randomised to TDM1
Nov 2012 progressing on TDM1
Dec 2012 blockage of my airways by tumours, obliteration of these blocking tumours breathing better but hoping for more- at mo too many tumours to count in the lungs and nodes.

Dec 2012 Starting new trial S-222611 phase 1b dual egfr her2+ inhibitor.



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