>TanDem Trial
>....Therefore, could Arimidex be started and when
>the women progress, add Herceptin, and get an even longer time to >progression (for quality of life purposes) before chemotherapy is started.
After disease progression while on Femara (similar to Arimidex), Herceptin was added to give my wife an additional 6-8 months of stable disease.
- Nguyen
01/2005 - current: Herceptin and Femara
07/2004: It returns via several small nodules in the lung
10/2002: NED (via CT and CA27.29)!
10/2001 - 01/2005: Femara, (Fosamax)
12/2000 - 10/2001: Herceptin and Navelbine
12/2000: lung metastatic was diagnosed (a few small nodules)
02/1998 - 12/2000: Daily Tamoxifen
05/1997 - 04/1998: Modified Radical Mastectomy, many many cycles of chemo regiments (CAF,Taxol, Carpoplatin, Thiotepa, Navelbine, Taxotere), including HDC, and radiation
05/1997: First diagnosed with BC stage 3A, ER+, PR+, HER2 +, poorly differetiated, nuclear grade 3.
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