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Lani · 11-05-2006, 08:34 PM

where they suggested intraductal Herceptin therapy for DCIS!

Just as they are just now separating out the different kinds of breast cancer which each have different behaviors and need different treatments, they are starting to do the same with DCIS and recognizing that(at least some) her2neu+ DCIS with
certain other characteristics are probably just precursors of her2+ bc that you happened to catch early. We certainly live in interesting times! Hopefully these things will be sorted out soon enough for others to be treated differently (and better!) than is often currently the case. As these things are better understood, treatment can only improve.

11-05-2006, 08:34 PM	#6
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	I previously posted an article from Medical hypotheses where they suggested intraductal Herceptin therapy for DCIS! Just as they are just now separating out the different kinds of breast cancer which each have different behaviors and need different treatments, they are starting to do the same with DCIS and recognizing that(at least some) her2neu+ DCIS with certain other characteristics are probably just precursors of her2+ bc that you happened to catch early. We certainly live in interesting times! Hopefully these things will be sorted out soon enough for others to be treated differently (and better!) than is often currently the case. As these things are better understood, treatment can only improve.