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Old 06-21-2015, 12:12 PM   #8
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Re: Herception

Dear Marion,

As others have said, that was a low initial ejection fraction. Your health care team must have thought it was worth a try, and that the benefits would outweigh the risks. Sorry it dropped so low.

Paul's advice to see a specialist sounds good to me. Talk to your primary care provider about a referral.

And, as we said in your other thread, there is no targeted treatment for HER2 that does not carry a slight risk of heart damage. Our cancer makes a huge amount of extra HER2, so Herceptin and other drugs go after that. The heart has a lot of HER2 protein. The drug can't tell "good" HER2 from "bad."

Amy
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