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mamacze · 11-08-2012, 04:37 AM

Hey StephN! As always you have words of wisdom - thank you for chirping! I didn't know its trade name is Afinitor - and Afinitor I am familiar with. I am comforted to know it is already approved for use for some other cancers; so when it is my time to change therapies my doctor won't be WASTING time on tykerb, T-dm1 trials, etc; he knows that my tumor will respond to this everolimus or Afinitor. The strides they are making today are incredible - gives me so much hope for my daughters -
xoxo

11-08-2012, 04:37 AM	#11
mamacze Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madison, Connecticut Posts: 638	Re: Tumor Profiling - I have to share with you Hey StephN! As always you have words of wisdom - thank you for chirping! I didn't know its trade name is Afinitor - and Afinitor I am familiar with. I am comforted to know it is already approved for use for some other cancers; so when it is my time to change therapies my doctor won't be WASTING time on tykerb, T-dm1 trials, etc; he knows that my tumor will respond to this everolimus or Afinitor. The strides they are making today are incredible - gives me so much hope for my daughters - xoxo __________________ 2001 - Stage 0, lumpectomy, radiation, tamoxifen 2004 - Stage 4, mets to 4 lobes of lungs and liver, lumpectomy, er/pr -, her2 neu+++, Herceptin and Navelbine then Herceptin only. 2005 - Breast Ca vaccinations with the Tumor Vaccine Group in Seattle 2011 - Still Herceptin only and NED 2011, June - STOPPED Herceptin and kicked up my heels! 2012, February - 1 small tumor came back to haunt me in my lungs - back on Herceptin only, tumor stable. 2015, November - tumor on lungs removed (Segmentectomy), back on Herceptin only Received U of W vaccine clinical "booster" Vaccine 2022 On Herceptin and NED continues - WOOT WOOT!