Adjuvant Herceptin APPROVED
 

http://www.gene.com/gene/news/press-...etail&id=10207


Regards
Joe

Oh good,
now my first oncologist would probably allow me to have it. Oh, wait, now I am too far out of diagnosis for him to prescribe it.
Thank heavens for this site and that I knew about Herceptin and went out found a different oncologist and finished my one year of it last July! Yeah!

Janet

Amen to that Janet. If it had not been for this site I wouldn't have known a thing about Herceptin. I was dx 3/4/05, began chemo 4/1/05 and was due to start my Taxol right when the news broke about the trials. Because of this site I insisted on Herceptin starting with my Taxol. At first I was told no. A week later, after I signed financial responsibility if my insurance wouldn' cover it (which they did, every penny) I was told yes. I started right on schedule with my Taxol and the subsequent year. Thank you Joe and Christine for being so far ahead for us! You are saving lives.

Do we know how effective Herceptin is on her2positive but node negative people like me who are stage I?