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Rolepaul · 06-10-2012, 07:56 PM

Ommaya does not need any other protection than you normally do. They put the Ommaya into the head and it is just like a vaccine when they give the treatment. It is the same Herceptin as used via IV. They use 5 mls of sterile saline or water for injection to dissolve the amount of material targeted. Please contact me via private message and I will give you the contact information at MD Anderson and they will take your doctor's call to let you know what was done for Nina. All I want to tell you is that this will take a compassionate care protocol at the hospital there. I will do everything I can to help you.

Paul

06-10-2012, 07:56 PM	#21
Rolepaul Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boulder Colorado as of January 2013 Posts: 389	Re: Intrathecal Herceptin/Topotecan for Leptomeningeal Disease Ommaya does not need any other protection than you normally do. They put the Ommaya into the head and it is just like a vaccine when they give the treatment. It is the same Herceptin as used via IV. They use 5 mls of sterile saline or water for injection to dissolve the amount of material targeted. Please contact me via private message and I will give you the contact information at MD Anderson and they will take your doctor's call to let you know what was done for Nina. All I want to tell you is that this will take a compassionate care protocol at the hospital there. I will do everything I can to help you. Paul