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Re: Skin lesions
Hi Maree. I agree. You need to call your Dr. and have it checked. Better safe than sorry. I had skin mets on my mastectomy site every time I went off Herceptin. They never went anywhere else on my body. I have not had any for 3 years. Check with your onc. Best wishes. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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