Early Stage Breast Cancer and Herceptin????

[RalphIII]

UPDATE:

We met with the surgeon today and got the final pathology report. There was one dissapointing aspect but truly minor and as it errs on the side of caution. The surgeon achieved clear margins but one part wasn't to the degree he desired. So we are scheduled to undergo surgery again next Friday to remove a little more of the area where the tumor was. The surgeon wants to insert an IV port and will do so at that time also. So it really isn't much of a set back. We just weren't prepared to hear that at the moment but feel better about it now.

Final results:

Estrogen +
Progesterone +
Her2 + (3)
Ki-67 (IHC) 50%
Tumor .9 cm
Lymph nodes(2 tested) -- (negative)

Grade III (8-9) (Nottingham) 2,3,3


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Questions:

1) We are very involved in tennis (league/tournaments). Were y'all able to continue with normal such activity given a Herceptin regimen with/without Chemo?

2) What Chemo did any of you with similar conditions use in conjuntion with Herceptin and what was your regimen schedule? Did you also undergo hormone or radiation treatments at the same time?

God Bless,
Ralph

[Jackie07]

Hi Ralph,

For a while, FEC (Fluoruracil, Epirubicin, Cytoxan) was used (still are standard in England, I think) in place of the harsh AC (Adriamycin, Cytoxan). Then TCH (Texatere, Carboplatin, Herceptin) was widely adopted after Herceptin was found to be 'the' weapon for Her2 breast cancer. Lately a schedule of AC+TH has been adopted by some cancer centers. All are followed by Herceptin to make a total of 1 year treatment.

Below is the link to a recent thread that contain several members' schedule and comments:

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/sho...sed#post288570