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Rolepaul · 05-20-2012, 12:09 PM

Alexandra1

Yes. Nina's was a left breast of 6.0 cm with 4 out 20 lymph nodes positive.

The 5% LMD is going to go up because of the Herceptin being able to get most everything other than brain and spine. If other areas than the cancer in the LMD was never noted, but it is estimated it would have been found in most of the patients (source not able to be cited for fear of being terminated.) We need to get positive results and get them now. The info from ASCO is great. I will start looking at this from a pharm guys viewpoint.

Paul

05-20-2012, 12:09 PM	#15
Rolepaul Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boulder Colorado as of January 2013 Posts: 389	Re: Intrathecal Herceptin/Topotecan for Leptomeningeal Disease Alexandra1 Yes. Nina's was a left breast of 6.0 cm with 4 out 20 lymph nodes positive. The 5% LMD is going to go up because of the Herceptin being able to get most everything other than brain and spine. If other areas than the cancer in the LMD was never noted, but it is estimated it would have been found in most of the patients (source not able to be cited for fear of being terminated.) We need to get positive results and get them now. The info from ASCO is great. I will start looking at this from a pharm guys viewpoint. Paul