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Basilic · 06-01-2012, 10:44 AM

I am on this trial. I started in mid-January and will be finishing off in 4 weeks. So far results have been great and side effects have been minimal to non-existent. When I began treatment, I had a >7 cm tumor and also had IBC. By the 2nd infusion, my tumor had shrunk to 1/2 its original size and the redness had substantially reduced. By week 12, the tumor could only be detected by mammogram and ultrasound and was merely 0.8 cm. The IBC identifyers (peau d'orange, adema, redness) are gone as well.

I'll be having surgery some time in the first week of July and hopefully the cancer will have cleared. I'll still have to do standard adjuvent chemo and more Herceptin after.

06-01-2012, 10:44 AM	#6
Basilic Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 13	Re: " Our data strongly suggest that selected pts with HER2+ tumors may not need chem I am on this trial. I started in mid-January and will be finishing off in 4 weeks. So far results have been great and side effects have been minimal to non-existent. When I began treatment, I had a >7 cm tumor and also had IBC. By the 2nd infusion, my tumor had shrunk to 1/2 its original size and the redness had substantially reduced. By week 12, the tumor could only be detected by mammogram and ultrasound and was merely 0.8 cm. The IBC identifyers (peau d'orange, adema, redness) are gone as well. I'll be having surgery some time in the first week of July and hopefully the cancer will have cleared. I'll still have to do standard adjuvent chemo and more Herceptin after.