herceptin + tykerb (no xeloda)

[Basilic]

I have been on a drug trial for neoadjuvant therapy. I get Herceptin infusion every 3 weeks and take 4 tablets of Tykerb in the morning on an empty stomach. I've had very little problems with it. I started off with a tumor that measured >7cm by mammogram and ultrasound (>9 by MRI) and IBC. By the end of the first three weeks of treatment, my tumor had shrunk to half. When I had my 12 week mammogram/ultrasound, my tumor was 0.8 cm and too small for them to biopsy for the study. I'm now nearing the 24 wk trial and will be having surgery on July 3rd. I'll then find out if anything remains. I don't know how other patients are doing on this particular study, but so far my results have made my oncologist very happy (and me, of course).