Shobha, The clinical trial can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov search for the trial by this NCT00524277. The trial is being conducted thru Walter Reed Hosp. in DC There are six testing sites here in the US and 1 in Greece. I am participating in the on at Wake Forest Baptist Hops. in Winston Salem, North Carolina. You must be her2 positive and no longer than six months out of treatment.
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Debbie in North Carolina
Diag 10/2006-high grade invasive ductal carcinoma- mastectomy L breast
2.5 cm tumor ER/PR pos-Her2+++
4 rounds A/C, 4 rounds Taxol
Herceptin every 3 weeks until Jan. 2008
6/18/07 prophylatic mastectomy R breast
8/2007 started aromasin/stopped arimidex (side effects)
12/07 stopped aromasin due to side effects (now what?)
Finished herceptin 1/8/08
started tamoxifen for 2 years then will switch to femera
allergic to tamoxifen started femera 4/2008
June 20, 2008 portacath removed
Learnig to live life to the fullest!
Stopped Femera due to side effects
July 28, 2008 start trial for breast cancer vaccine
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