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Rolepaul · 08-07-2012, 12:17 PM

This trial was used as the basis for treatment for my wife. We felt the dosage was a little lower than was effective in other literature so we went to his highest dose of 40 mg for four weeks and doubled that to 80 mg weekly for 8 weeks, and now are on every two weeks 80 mg. I can tell you that Dr. Raizer has 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, and 40 mg arms of this trial. This is a very worthwhile trial and will lead to additional work, we just felt like we could not wait. I respect the work, but if you have brain/spine involvement you cannot wait for higher dosage levels to be explored. Time to get to the right level of treatment as soon as possible. Excellent work by Dr. Raizer.

08-07-2012, 12:17 PM	#2
Rolepaul Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boulder Colorado as of January 2013 Posts: 389	Re: Clinical trial targets breast cancer cells by injecting trastuzumab directly into This trial was used as the basis for treatment for my wife. We felt the dosage was a little lower than was effective in other literature so we went to his highest dose of 40 mg for four weeks and doubled that to 80 mg weekly for 8 weeks, and now are on every two weeks 80 mg. I can tell you that Dr. Raizer has 10 mg, 20 mg, 30 mg, and 40 mg arms of this trial. This is a very worthwhile trial and will lead to additional work, we just felt like we could not wait. I respect the work, but if you have brain/spine involvement you cannot wait for higher dosage levels to be explored. Time to get to the right level of treatment as soon as possible. Excellent work by Dr. Raizer.