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Re: Stable...do I stop taxol and stay on just herceptin/zometa
Kim,
Actually I didn't have any additional biopsies done- instead my doc dug up my lymph nodes that were taken at the time of my mastectomy, over a year ago. They save all tissues in the case of future needs- and then he had the lymph nodes tested for ER status. And interestingly they do not routinely check ER status in the lymph nodes AND in the breast tumor- they assume that they are one and the same cancer. Not the case for me. Apparently they only check the lymph nodes for the presence of cancer- not the receptors.
Amelia- wow, you and I are on the same page exactly. I too want to stay on Tykerb because it passes the BBB. I did cut my dose down to only 3 pills a day- so much easier.
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[B]Kristin
Aug 2010: diagnosed stage 3b, 4 mo. after birth of son. 29 yrs old and breastfeeding, ER/PR-, Her-2+ started Neoadjuvant therapy: 4x FEC, 10x abraxane & Herceptin
Feb 2011: L mx with recon. Path. showed only DCIS but 4/10+ nodes.
March 2011: 6 wks rads.
Mother passed, lower back pain.
Late May 2011: Bone mets but organs clear; Tykerb, Xeloda, Xgeva. Stopped Herceptin. Implant infected: removed implant.
October 2011: Bone progression; Gemzar and Carboplatin & restarted Herceptin.
Jan 2012: Progression, re-classified as ER+; Tykerb, Herceptin, Zoladex & Femara. Anti-E is working!
May 2012: ovaries out, markers stable but elevated. Cont. Herceptin, Tykerb, Xgeva & Femara.
Dec 2012: aromasin
Jan 2013: faslodex, herceptin, tykerb
Jun: Kadcyla
Aug: Rads to hip, then Perjeta, Herceptin & Taxotere
Nov 2013: Perjeta, Herceptin, Halaven
Early 2014: Affinitor, Aromasin, Perjeta, Herceptin.
June 2014: Estradiol, Perjeta, Herceptin
Aug 14: Tamoxofin, H & P
http://kristin-notdying-blog.blogspot.com/
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