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Re: Anyone with liver cancer, please reply
Hi Adriana,
I am also on T-DM1, and my liver enzymes both rose like crazy (both AST and ALT). They were so high that I had to be reduced to a lower dose after my first treatment, and they were scared they would have to reduce the dosage again. Thankfully they have come down finally to just above normal, although I do have to stay on the initially reduced dose. And I have not had liver mets during treatment (they have not come back after my initial treatment in 2007, they are in my armpit lymph nodes now). My doctor had me stop all vitamins/supplements to try to reduce the enzyme levels, and I even had a liver biopsy, although that didn't show anything. I'm not sure why the numbers finally came down, it did take several months. At my last visit the nurse said it could have been that I had a virus.
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diagnosed April, 2007, age 36 - stage IV, mets to liver; ER+ (slightly), PR-, HER2+
MRM April 26, 2007
started chemo May 25, 2007 - Taxotere and Herceptin
finished chemo Oct 2007, continue on Herceptin for life, also on Tamoxifen
MRI in Jan 2008 shows no evidence of cancer in liver - NED!!
recurrence in left axilla nodes April 2010
now highly ER+, still HER2+
oophorectomy July 2010
start TDM1 (Emilia) trial Sept 2010
it's working!! can still palpate small node in axilla, but remain NED everywhere else
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