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Becky · 10-16-2007, 05:54 PM

You are not wrong that you would benefit from Taxol due to your pathology. Patb may have something to go on as she is still using Herceptin and is not far out from initial therapy however....

Barbara - you are at the 5 yr mark - hooray for you!! Your chances of recurrence are very, very low. None of us have a nonexistant chance but as time passes, that chance diminshes greatly. Also, you were able to be on Herceptin with Arimidex together for a whole year. There are studies that that is a great treatment in itself for metastatic Her2+ ER+ women (and you got that in an adjuvant setting).

One of the reasons ASCO drew a line in the sand on late Herceptin (if one was more than 2 years out) is because those folks were already past the time of the greatest chance of recurrence.

At this point, I would not pursue a Taxane drug. You will never need it since your chance of recurrence is so small. The odds are very much in yours (and Alaska Angel's) side.

10-16-2007, 05:54 PM	#8
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	You are not wrong that you would benefit from Taxol due to your pathology. Patb may have something to go on as she is still using Herceptin and is not far out from initial therapy however.... Barbara - you are at the 5 yr mark - hooray for you!! Your chances of recurrence are very, very low. None of us have a nonexistant chance but as time passes, that chance diminshes greatly. Also, you were able to be on Herceptin with Arimidex together for a whole year. There are studies that that is a great treatment in itself for metastatic Her2+ ER+ women (and you got that in an adjuvant setting). One of the reasons ASCO drew a line in the sand on late Herceptin (if one was more than 2 years out) is because those folks were already past the time of the greatest chance of recurrence. At this point, I would not pursue a Taxane drug. You will never need it since your chance of recurrence is so small. The odds are very much in yours (and Alaska Angel's) side. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"