[Avinash Shetgar]

My mother is fighting with breast cancer from past 3 years and she is having her 2 positive. She got surgery done(left breast), following chemo therapy epirubicin and docetaxel, plus herceptin. She has received 21 doses of radiation. She got local recurrence after 1 year, then herceptin(after 13 cycles) stopped and from second year lapatinib and capacetabine started. She continued lapatinib and capacetabine for 1 year,( 2 years completed) until she got skin lesion on the chest(surgery area) and small lung nodule. Our Oncologist started abraxane and herceptin(from 3 beginning). She took 6 cycles of abraxane and herceptin. Herceptin is still continued ( 10 cycles completed). Today she got PET CT done, and in report is saying and all the skin lesion and nodule are resolved, but there is a significant skin thickening with subcutaneous fat stranding & nodularity with mild increased FDG uptake on right breast. Please let us know what need tto be done next. Only herceptin and lapatinib is available and affordable in India.