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Re: Her2 serum test?
Hi margiermc, I've read most your posts on this board and I am sorry you had to join our club...but in saying that I can see you have a wonderful onc you can depend on. It's obvious from your posts that your onc wants the best for you...as he uses all tools available to him. His follow-up care of you is impressive! Your truly are in good hands. I've been trying for 3 yrs to get my onc to use the Her2 serum test...but she won't. I was stage III but now I'm IV so I thought she would go for it. But she still says its not ready for prime time...I happen to disagree. From what I understand it's not even that expensive a test to run, which is why I first thought she was against it.
I'm sure you will get good results on Thrus! Looking forward to your update. I'm glad you found a great onc...it makes a world of difference.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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