If you haven't already -- please check out this propellor head discussion on finding the right chemo match for your particular cancer. Test it in a lab, not on you (needlessly)...
Tumor Profiling Lab Tests - HER2 Support Group Forums
Lots of good info here... And there... Stuff your doc won't tell you...
Yes, it's not for prime time, but frankly when Herceptin was fast-tracked out of clinical trials, cause women were being given 3 mnths to live and this was a viable possibility -- Herceptin was in its infancy too! And -- it's saved many lives!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am one!
Thank you Dennis Slamon. And the newer versions of Herceptin might work for those for whom Herceptin did not match their tumor's characteristics!
I was in uncharted waters and there were no studies to ask, How long do you stay on this? Or answer many of my questions. I moved ahead with faith and certainty anyway.