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03-12-2007, 07:51 AM	#1
RhondaH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,516	*FDA Website...* for all those EAGERLY awaiting the approval of Tykerb. http://www.fda.gov/cder/whatsnew.htm Rhonda __________________ Rhonda Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish) 2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy 5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan) 8/1/05 Finished 33 rads 8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06) 2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;) " And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln

03-12-2007, 09:36 AM	#2
Sandy H Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Norridgewock, Maine Posts: 778	Thanks Rhonda but I did not see anything on Tykerb. I saw avastin. hugs, Sandy __________________ Dx. 03/01, Rt. IBC AC/Taxatere Rt. MRM-with graft Lt. simple 5 rads-skin mets Herceptin, taxol, carboplatin (taxol seem to be the magic drug) Navelbine & xeloda (did not work) topical miltex for skin mets Tykerb/xeloda thoracentesis x 2 left lung fluid shows cancer cells Port removal (4 years) with power port replacement Doxil Updated 05-07 Scans show no bone or organ involvement we shall see! I shall not pass this way again. Any good I can do or any kindness that I can show let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.

03-12-2007, 09:37 AM	#3
RhondaH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,516	I know sweetie... but I figured this would be the FIRST line of information and will check it frequently. Take care and huggs. Rhonda __________________ Rhonda Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish) 2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy 5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan) 8/1/05 Finished 33 rads 8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06) 2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;) " And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln

03-12-2007, 11:02 AM	#4
Andi Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 243	Thanks Rhonda - I have the page marked and will check often. __________________ Andi -- ------------------------ Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++ Diagnosed 6/30/05 Lumpectomy 7/13/05 Dose Dense A/C x 4 Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12 Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06) Radiation completed 2/28/06 Currently on Tamoxifen Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis Now er/pr-, her2++ 1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin Discontinued Tamoxifen 4/27/07 CTshowed progression 5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa 5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression

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