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Re: Invited to a talk by Dr Slamon.
Carol and Karen, he said in early stage they see very few late reaccurances, so if you're okay by year three the chances are you'll be okay and he believes early stage ladies who do not recurr by year three may well be cured of their disease. 
Going on to the stage iv ladies, he said if someone is on Herceptin for three years with no progression he'd suggest stopping the Herceptin with close checking every few months. If a person goes three years as stage iv with no progression he'd stop herception and just monitor and he has lots of ladies he feels "cured" at stage iv of disease when they reach this stage.
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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