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I am finding this very interesting. I was diagnosed in Feb. of 2000 and my surgeon is the one who told me of my Her2 status and that it was an agressive cancer but the good news was that there was a drug, Herceptin, specifically for my kind of cancer. After meeting with my oncologist I was devastated to learn that I didn't qualify for that trial. My tumor was too close to the chest wall and that excluded me from the trial for patients who were not metastatic. At least that's what I understood at the time. I talked to someone at the Oncology office about this and she told me that the good news was that I would get the drug if I had a recurrence. At the time I thought, no, the good news would be if I never had a recurrence. I had that recurrence and started Herceptin along with Taxotere in July of 2001. I have always been grateful for Herceptin and the timing of the drug for me but after watching the movie I'm even more grateful!
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