View Full Version : Bad results while on herceptin
Jeanr
02-09-2012, 11:24 AM
I was diagnosed in august 2011 with breast cancer, the lump was mostly made up of pre-cancer however found traces of active cancer both within the dcis and lymph glands under the arm. I also tested positive for her2. I have responded very well to the first set of chemo (red devil) 3 month treatments. I then started on my weekly sessions, on the fourth session, i started my first of the three weekly herceptin treatment. Within a couple of days my lump had almost grown to the orginal size as to when i started. Now the oncologist says we should give it another three weeks of weekly dosages of herceptin to see how i respond. Has anyone expeirienced this before and does that mean that herceptin will not work for me?
CoolBreeze
02-09-2012, 05:46 PM
Didn't you have a lumpectomy or mastectomy? I hadn't heard of neoadjuvent chemo for early stage cancer before. How big was the lump? I guess I'm confused about your staging and treatment.
Maybe somebody else who did neoadjuvent chemo can share their experiences?
Jeanr
02-09-2012, 08:52 PM
Hi, the lump is about 4 by 5 cm, my breast surgoen wanted to try and reduce the cancerous part first before doing the mastectomy and only do it after the chemo treatments. I have this question alot but according to them they wanted to track the reduction in cancer with the v marker otherwise the would do the mastectomy and not know if they got everything. Does that make sense
Yes it does make sense. It's just unusual for DCIS to spread to the lymph nodes. I suppose it was the IDC component that spread.
Jacqueline
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