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Herceptin + Tykerb
Flori (and any others),
I was wondering if you could tell me how you and your doctor were able to come to the decision to use Herceptin and Tykerb together. Also - how were you able to get insurance approval?
My sister is currently on Tykerb-Xeloda-Zometa and would like to add in Herceptin - but her doctor is not convinced. And of course insurance is a whole different issue.
Since she has already been on Tykerb for more than a year, she is not eligible for any of the trials combining Tykerb and Herceptin. And, since there is some evidence that the Xeloda is helping to keep the brain mets at bay, she does not want to stop Xeloda.
Thanks in advance for any help and best wishes for continued healing.
Amy
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Amy age 37 at dx
Feb 2008 Multifocal DCIS
Apr 2008 Bilateral Mastectomies
Sister to Laura age 37 at dx
April 2006
9 cm ER-/PR- Her2 +++/bone mets
neoadjuvant TCH plus Zometa
November 2006
bilateral mastectomy - Change to ER+/PR- Her2 +++
January 2007
innumerable tiny brain mets - WBR
March 2007
good response to WBR - some gone, all smaller
currently on Lapatinib and Xeloda
Feb 2008
Brain MRI: brain mets went from innumerable (jan '07) to 5 (june '07) to 3 (oct '07) to 1 that is getting less conspicuous(feb '08) PET/CT: Slight uptake in some sclerotic bone mets
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