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Old 04-20-2008, 08:30 PM   #1
Roz
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Sydney Australia
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Crusty nose with Tykerb

Has anyone else experienced a crusty nose while on Tykerb? It is similar to the Herceptin crusty nose, but didn't appear until I had been on Tykerb 6 months. This was the same with Herceptin.
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diagnosed June 03. Rt sided Inflammatory BC in rt lower quadrant. 7cm tumour. Also 3 DCIS. 3 rounds of EC, mastectomy with axillary clearance (12 nodes+ of 19). 1 more EC. 5 weeks of rads, with weekly booster to attack skin lymph involvement. 4 cycles of Taxol. Tamoxifen.Recurrence December 04, Herceptin started early Jan05,+ Arimidex.
NED 26 mths. Recurrence early Mar07. Taxol added to Herceptin. NED. Will have total of 6 cycles, then Aromisan and Herceptin. Early Oct 07, recurrence to the pesky right upper lobe, with some pleural thickening upper rt hemithorax. T/X now the treatment. May 2008, Taxatere and Herceptin for lung recurrence
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