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Becky · 04-12-2008, 06:29 PM

You are young and stopping Herceptin at 3 months is not proven nor is the FinHer trial. Standard of care in the USA, Europe and Australia is one full year. There is a trial that will test if 6 months is as good as a year. In my opinion it will be but until then, one year is standard. Discuss this fact with your oncologist. They seem to love trials in general and there are 8 worldwide on one year of Herceptin and only one trial (FinHer) on 9 weeks (with a very,very small trial population).

04-12-2008, 06:29 PM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	You are young and stopping Herceptin at 3 months is not proven nor is the FinHer trial. Standard of care in the USA, Europe and Australia is one full year. There is a trial that will test if 6 months is as good as a year. In my opinion it will be but until then, one year is standard. Discuss this fact with your oncologist. They seem to love trials in general and there are 8 worldwide on one year of Herceptin and only one trial (FinHer) on 9 weeks (with a very,very small trial population). __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"