HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - MUST READ-- metastatic her2+ breast cancer not necessarily the death sentence it was

This article mentions Stage IV but these don't seem to be Stage IV statistics. "The median duration of trastuzumab for CR patients in the two institutions was 67 months (range: 49 to 107+) in Dublin...". Am I missing something? MJ got about 12 months of effectiveness from Herceptin before recurrence.

__________________

08/10 ~ Dx IBC, Her2+++ ER-/PR- Stage 4, mets to liver. Age 43.
08/10 ~ Began 12 weeks of Taxetere/Carboplatin/Herceptin tx
[10/10 ~ Scans show liver lesions are gone. NED!
11/10 ~ Ended chemo. Herceptin-only tx
01/11 ~ Mastectomy
03/11 ~ Radiation
07/11 ~ Reconstructive surgery
10/11 ~ PET/CT shows NED :)
01/12 ~ Malignant tumors found in uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and lymph nodes. Dx as endometrial cancer. Stage III2c
02/12 ~Hysterectomy(all tumors removed). Back to NED.
02/12 ~ Final Herceptin treatment.
03/12 ~ Began Cisplatin/Adriamycin tx for endometrial cancer.
03/12 ~ Tumors dx her2 metastisis, not entdometrial cancer. Back to BC tx.
03/12 ~ CT scan shows NED. :)
04/12/~ Began Tykerb/Xeloda.
06/12 ~ Ended Xeloda. Continuing Tykerb. Still NED.
09/12 ~ PET/CT scans show NED. : )
04/13 ~ Rash on original breast biopsied as cancer.
05/13 ~ Surgery to remove skin and tissue around rash. Continue Tykerb.
06/13 ~ PET/CT scans show NED : )
11/13 ~ Jaundice eyes and skin. CT scan show mets to liver as well as peritoneal carcinomatosis with malignant ascites. Began Abraxane/Herceptin tx.
02/14 ~ CT scan shows NED. :)

07-07-2012, 10:07 PM	#4
MJsHusband Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 87	Re: MUST READ-- metastatic her2+ breast cancer not necessarily the death sentence it This article mentions Stage IV but these don't seem to be Stage IV statistics. "The median duration of trastuzumab for CR patients in the two institutions was 67 months (range: 49 to 107+) in Dublin...". Am I missing something? MJ got about 12 months of effectiveness from Herceptin before recurrence. __________________ 08/10 ~ Dx IBC, Her2+++ ER-/PR- Stage 4, mets to liver. Age 43. 08/10 ~ Began 12 weeks of Taxetere/Carboplatin/Herceptin tx [10/10 ~ Scans show liver lesions are gone. NED! 11/10 ~ Ended chemo. Herceptin-only tx 01/11 ~ Mastectomy 03/11 ~ Radiation 07/11 ~ Reconstructive surgery 10/11 ~ PET/CT shows NED :) 01/12 ~ Malignant tumors found in uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and lymph nodes. Dx as endometrial cancer. Stage III2c 02/12 ~Hysterectomy(all tumors removed). Back to NED. 02/12 ~ Final Herceptin treatment. 03/12 ~ Began Cisplatin/Adriamycin tx for endometrial cancer. 03/12 ~ Tumors dx her2 metastisis, not entdometrial cancer. Back to BC tx. 03/12 ~ CT scan shows NED. :) 04/12/~ Began Tykerb/Xeloda. 06/12 ~ Ended Xeloda. Continuing Tykerb. Still NED. 09/12 ~ PET/CT scans show NED. : ) 04/13 ~ Rash on original breast biopsied as cancer. 05/13 ~ Surgery to remove skin and tissue around rash. Continue Tykerb. 06/13 ~ PET/CT scans show NED : ) 11/13 ~ Jaundice eyes and skin. CT scan show mets to liver as well as peritoneal carcinomatosis with malignant ascites. Began Abraxane/Herceptin tx. 02/14 ~ CT scan shows NED. :)