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Herceptin and Radiation at same time
I would like to know if there are any women on this board who have received Herceptin while undergoing radiation. My oncologist wants to start me on Herceptin this week and I will be starting my radiation July 5th. My last chemo treatment was May 17th and then 3 weeks later I had surgery. I was just starting to feel like an "almost normal" person again. I would personally like to wait until after I'm finished with the radiation to start the Herceptin.
I'm calling my oncologist tomorrow to schedule an appointment to discuss all my options with her before I start the Herceptin. I don't even have the staples removed from my mastectomy yet!
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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