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Old 11-29-2010, 07:38 AM   #9
Hopeful
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Re: bladder dysfunction may be associated with herceptin use--anyone with symptoms?

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The epidermal growth factor receptor is involved in the cellular response to mechanical stretch in the urinary bladder.
Hmm, that is interesting to me. I did not experience urinary problems while on Herceptin (or since my tx), but the bladder is not the only organ that "stretches". I had (and still have) an issue with vaginal stretching, despite hormonal tx for Vaginal Atrophy that my gyne tells me was 100% successful, based on the re-eptihelialization of the cells. Wonder if the year of Herceptin is the culprit in this?

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