Length of Herceptin Infusion
Hi All,
When I went for my "every 3 week" Herceptin on Friday, instead of a 90 minute infusion I got a 30 minute infusion.
One of the oncologists in the practice had been to the San Antonio conference and said that she learned there that this would now be normal practice. However, I can't seem to find anything that supports that.
Don't get me wrong - I'd rather get done with treatment an hour earlier...I just want to be sure it is safe. I get regular echocardiograms and they have all been normal since I started Herceptin over 3 years ago.
Any thoughts from this group of knowledgeable people would be appreciated.
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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