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Welcome to the board. Yes you can have Herceptin and Taxol at the same time. I'm currently getting Herceptin, Taxol and Carboplatin. Just make sure that your oncologist orders either an echocardiogram or MUGA and that you have them repeated every 3 months while on Herceptin. Herceptin can reduce your LVEF (left ventricular ejection factor). If it drops to 50% or below Herceptin would have to be stopped.
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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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