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meo · 09-23-2012, 10:05 AM

I've just completed my year of Herceptin and am looking for a trial in which to participate. There are three that look very promising and hope to be accepted into one of them. (UW, MDAnderson, Mayo).

In spite of all the research and questioning and reading, I still have questions. Are all vaccines equal, or does each research facility develop its own? Each seems to pair the vaccine with a different booster, but is the basic vaccine the same?

Is there any documentation of which booster paired with which vaccine seems the most promising?

The vaccine teams all seem very personable and helpful and answer my questions thoroughly, but I don't know of anyone that can help me compare each trial against the other. (This is my traveling vacation money I'll be spending, so I'd like to make the best possible decision.

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Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

09-23-2012, 10:05 AM	#1
meo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 85	How do the vaccines differ? I've just completed my year of Herceptin and am looking for a trial in which to participate. There are three that look very promising and hope to be accepted into one of them. (UW, MDAnderson, Mayo). In spite of all the research and questioning and reading, I still have questions. Are all vaccines equal, or does each research facility develop its own? Each seems to pair the vaccine with a different booster, but is the basic vaccine the same? Is there any documentation of which booster paired with which vaccine seems the most promising? The vaccine teams all seem very personable and helpful and answer my questions thoroughly, but I don't know of anyone that can help me compare each trial against the other. (This is my traveling vacation money I'll be spending, so I'd like to make the best possible decision. ) Any advice would be greatly appreciated. __________________ dx 7/2011 open incisional biopsy w/o clear margins IDC IIa Her2+++ ER-PR- Ki-67 72% changed doctors 9/2011 Rt breast mast w/expander Sentinel node neg scans clear 10/2011 port in 10/2011 began TCH 2/2012 last TC. Herceptin through 10/2012 severe osteopenia 7/2012 prophylatic left mast, node clear 11/2012 anemic 12/2012 began MDAnderson clinical trial 1/2013 implants in, port out!