HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Encouragement needed to decide whether to join a vaccine trial

bejuce · 01-11-2011, 01:55 PM

Thank you all for your responses! I have an appt scheduled for the 18th to find out more about the trial and I'll let you know how it
goes. I'm willing to try it out as it is close to where
I live and it was the vaccine that my oncologist had been working on and has so much faith on. Not sure I there are any other research results reported in the literature besides the ones I posted, but I'll find out.

I discussed joining this trial with Dr. Slamon back in October (albeit not in too many details) and he encouraged me to do so saying
that although nothing has been proven yet about the vaccines, it wouldn't hurt.

For more info on the vaccine, you can google MVA-BN HER-2.

Thanks!

Marcia

01-11-2011, 01:55 PM	#7
bejuce Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 510	Re: Encouragement needed to decide whether to join a vaccine trial Thank you all for your responses! I have an appt scheduled for the 18th to find out more about the trial and I'll let you know how it goes. I'm willing to try it out as it is close to where I live and it was the vaccine that my oncologist had been working on and has so much faith on. Not sure I there are any other research results reported in the literature besides the ones I posted, but I'll find out. I discussed joining this trial with Dr. Slamon back in October (albeit not in too many details) and he encouraged me to do so saying that although nothing has been proven yet about the vaccines, it wouldn't hurt. For more info on the vaccine, you can google MVA-BN HER-2. Thanks! Marcia __________________ ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3 Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding. March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin 08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy) 08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best! September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda 02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy 05/27/10 - Bone scan clear 06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found 07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin! 02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial 03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay! 10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin