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RhondaH · 12-14-2006, 08:35 AM

there isn't one, but if you look at my post and Joe's response, it sounds like there may be some possibility once it is FDA approved in the spring, that maybe some oncs may give it for NON metastatic off label (Michele U is persuing it this way). Take care and God bless.

Rhonda

12-14-2006, 08:35 AM	#3
RhondaH Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,516	No... there isn't one, but if you look at my post and Joe's response, it sounds like there may be some possibility once it is FDA approved in the spring, that maybe some oncs may give it for NON metastatic off label (Michele U is persuing it this way). Take care and God bless. Rhonda __________________ Rhonda Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish) 2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy 5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan) 8/1/05 Finished 33 rads 8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06) 2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;) " And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln