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hutchibk · 03-19-2007, 04:50 PM

Hi - I too have had recurrance while on Herceptin. I did not get Herceptin until my first recurrance (small metatstatic spots in lungs, chest nodes, and one under arm node - Sept 05)

At that time my doc put me on Herceptin/Taxol/Carbo, every 3 weeks until NED. (about 7 or 8 cycles) Then he left me on Herceptin alone, every 3 weeks. I did very well, until July 06 when we saw the tumor markers start to inch up. PET revealed that the chest nodes were shining again and he immediately added Taxol back to the mix in August 06. At that time, he shared with me that Herceptin alone does not always do the trick for some, that often Herceptin is more effective in combo with chemo. So that is where I am today. I will find out more next week, but last check 3 weeks ago, my markers were still stable and CT and bone scans showed nuttin' new. We will schedule a PET soon to make sure all is still quiet.

03-19-2007, 04:50 PM	#7
hutchibk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,519	Hi - I too have had recurrance while on Herceptin. I did not get Herceptin until my first recurrance (small metatstatic spots in lungs, chest nodes, and one under arm node - Sept 05) At that time my doc put me on Herceptin/Taxol/Carbo, every 3 weeks until NED. (about 7 or 8 cycles) Then he left me on Herceptin alone, every 3 weeks. I did very well, until July 06 when we saw the tumor markers start to inch up. PET revealed that the chest nodes were shining again and he immediately added Taxol back to the mix in August 06. At that time, he shared with me that Herceptin alone does not always do the trick for some, that often Herceptin is more effective in combo with chemo. So that is where I am today. I will find out more next week, but last check 3 weeks ago, my markers were still stable and CT and bone scans showed nuttin' new. We will schedule a PET soon to make sure all is still quiet.