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Re: Brain mets but no systemic disease
I think having stage 4 cancer means it is systemic.
It had to travel through your body to get to your brain,so I guess I don't see it as much different than having liver or lung mets.
I had cancer only in my liver, no where else. We have to assume that there are cancer cells floating around everywhere in our body and we don't know where they will start growing next.
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diagnosed stage 2- 3/2005
4.5 cm & 2+ nodes , er/pr- & HER2+
4 AC
12 taxol/Herceptin
Year of Herceptin
liver mets- July-2010
7 taxotere/Herceptin
RFA- Feb.2011
NED
U of Wa vaccine trial-oct 2011-Feb 2012
Herceptin/tykerb
Ned - 2 1/2 years
Herceptin & perjeta
Ned 3 years
Herceptin- reducing treatments , due to s/e, to 5-6 a year
NED- 3 1/2 years
Ned - 4 years
2/15- stopped herceptin - on no treatment
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