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I am her2+, er/pr-,nodes negative, clean margins, stage 1, grade 3 and it was a question if I was even going to get herceptin but I am going to start receiving it starting tomorrow, 8/17/2006 for 1 year only. Onc ssid they don't know the effectiveness beyond one year and if you build up a resistance or not and also not sure of safety of it as the build up of it over longer time could have increased heart ramifications. Newest news on Herceptin also states an increased percentage of patients who get heart complications...originally the statistics were only 4-5% of those people gettiing Herceptin ended up with heart complications but that has now been raised to 28%. I am not sure how needed or effective Herceptin is for patients like me who were node negative stage 1 early her2 breast cancer since alll the studies were done on more advanced her2 breast cancer patients. Any feedback?
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~Rina~
Dx:3/06 had a lumpectomy April 19, 2006
Her2+ er/pr- Stage I Grade 3 tumor size 1.4 cm, node negative
AC 4 dense doses
34 radiation treatments including booster doses
receiving herceptin every 3 weeks since late August 2006 for 12 months
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