Thread: Grapefruit?
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Old 12-18-2009, 03:37 PM   #5
Sandra in GA
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Re: Grapefruit?

I had to avoid grapefruit while I was on lapatanib (Tykerb). Since I took my last Nov. 18th, I have been enjoying a half almost every morning! That was one of the warning labels they always put on my bottles down at Mayo.
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Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
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