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donalddonald · 05-26-2009, 09:01 AM

Is this news new? How about Tykerb combo with vinorelbine and capecitabine?

...............The trial mixed two chemotherapy drugs, called capecitabine and vinorelbine, and a drug called Herceptin, used to treat patients whose breast cancer is the aggressive HER2-positive form.............

http://www.jacksonville.com/news/met...slowing_growth

05-26-2009, 09:01 AM	#1
donalddonald Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 36	promising drug regimen for slowing growth of breast cancer Is this news new? How about Tykerb combo with vinorelbine and capecitabine? ...............The trial mixed two chemotherapy drugs, called capecitabine and vinorelbine, and a drug called Herceptin, used to treat patients whose breast cancer is the aggressive HER2-positive form............. http://www.jacksonville.com/news/met...slowing_growth __________________ My wife: 03/06 First diagnosed at age 33 04/06 resected ER/PR- Her2 +3 05/06 AC + TH followed Herceptin full 1 year 03/08 Right lung mets 04/08 resected 05/08 Xeloda + Tykerb (500 mg) 10/08 Brain mets 1 big (4 cm) and 3 small (1 CM) 02/09 Brain radiation 03/09 left lung spots found 04/09 Vinorelbine + Tykerb (1250 mg)