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I tried sending this last night and it didn't go through. I'll tryagain. This is what Dr. Pegram said to me when I asked him about taking more than a year of Herceptin:

Is there any thought about the possibility of “maintenance” Herceptin after, let’s say 5 years of NED early stage breast cancer, to keep the cancer from returning?
No. One year should be enough. Now the issue is whether you need actually a whole year or not. There is some evidence that you may need as little as 9 weeks even, instead of a whole year. It was a small study. So now they’re doing 6 months vs. 12 months; if that shows no difference ultimately (which will take another few years to get those results) then people will start looking at like three months. But probably a year is plenty. That’s why I don’t recommend any more.