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Help Me Understand Please
Help me understand please. After reading about the Tykerb approval and how it is to be used etc. I became confused. I was diagnosed with stage 2. Had Pet/Ct, MRI of both breasts and chest x-ray after diagnosis and had no mets. Just my 4.5 cm tumor in right breast and 1 microscopic cell in 1st sent. node. I received 4 dose dense A/C and 4 dose dense Taxol with herceptin (herceptin received every 3 weeks for 1 year). Now my question and confusion...........................hypothetically now (smile) IF (and that's a HUGE If) I would have a recurrence (which I am not - smile) would that mean that herceptin didn't work for me? Does that mean that I now have metastatic breast cancer? Would I then be given Tykerb and Xoleda (spelling?) Just curious and happy to hear that we now have yet another weapon in are arsenal against this disease. Praise God.
Thanks for your help in understanding this.
Mary Jo
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Dx. 6/24/05 age 45 Right Breast IDC ER/PR. Neg., - Her2+++ RB Mast. - 7/28/05 - 4 cm. tumor Margins clear - 1 microscopic cell 1 sent. node No Vasucular Invasion 4 DD A/C - 4 DD Taxol & Herceptin 1 full year of Herceptin received every 3 weeks 28 rads prophylactic Mast. 3/2/06
17 Years NED
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