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Re: Weekly Or Once Every 3 Weeks---herceptin
I too am taking Herceptin every three weeks now after taking it weekly with Taxol for 12 weeks. My onc said that they have had less cardiac toxicity giving it every week and that if I had any problems I could switch to that. So far my heart function has held steady after I finished the Taxol. It went down slightly then and the last one I had a couple of weeks age, it actually improved a little bit. I have not had any problems with the larger dose. They will monitor you very closely and you can make adjustments then. Good luck! I will get my last dose of Herceptin Nov. 18th!! I am almost three houre away, so the three week works best for me. If I lived closer, I probably would have chosen the weekly option.
Sandra
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Diagnosed: 7/25/08 ~ age 63, no family history
Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
Vaccine: Walter Reed GP2/AE37 vaccine study ~ last booster 9/17/2012
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