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Zoid · 04-24-2007, 01:25 PM

Hi there,
I had mets to liver and brain 2 yrs after stage IV breast cancer. I had herceptin and navelbine for the last 2.5 yrs, but the tumors had started growing again. I had full-brain radiation since the oncologist said that the three tumors were probably just the ones we could see. After radiation, I started on Tykerb and Xeloda (3 mo ago). Based on scans 6wks ago, the T/X combo is shrinking all of the tumors. One in my brain is gone and the other two are significantly smaller.

Hope this helps,
Susie

04-24-2007, 01:25 PM	#2
Zoid Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mountain View, California Posts: 8	Brain mets and T/X Hi there, I had mets to liver and brain 2 yrs after stage IV breast cancer. I had herceptin and navelbine for the last 2.5 yrs, but the tumors had started growing again. I had full-brain radiation since the oncologist said that the three tumors were probably just the ones we could see. After radiation, I started on Tykerb and Xeloda (3 mo ago). Based on scans 6wks ago, the T/X combo is shrinking all of the tumors. One in my brain is gone and the other two are significantly smaller. Hope this helps, Susie