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Most folks on this board know I keep up even though I have been done with treatment for years. I have NOT heard of 4 TCH treatments or any studies on doing less than 6. I would ask your oncologist to forward those studies to you and tell her that you have not heard of less than 6 and would like to know what the standard of care with TCH is. Also, are you getting the full year of Herceptin (herceptin to continue alone until one yr?).
I do want to state that I keep up and may have missed things so approach your onc in a nice manner but I am sure someone on this board would have picked up on any new early bc protocol (and I have gone to the big shows and seen the most up to date studies).
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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"
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