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emmastarr · 04-13-2011, 09:46 AM

Hi again girls! I saw the Onc this morning and I am on an herceptin break at the moment. He will do another Echo in 4 weeks to see if my score improves and I have to see him again in 5 weeks, he did say that he would not give me any more herceptin unless my score is over 60%. I thought they could treat you with scores in the 50's but he kept banging on about the risk of heart failure being greater than that of recurrence, not sure if I completely go with that. I'm not sure if my score can go up 12% points in 4 weeks, what do you gals think?

04-13-2011, 09:46 AM	#8
emmastarr Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: England Posts: 38	Re: Herceptin stopped-now what? Hi again girls! I saw the Onc this morning and I am on an herceptin break at the moment. He will do another Echo in 4 weeks to see if my score improves and I have to see him again in 5 weeks, he did say that he would not give me any more herceptin unless my score is over 60%. I thought they could treat you with scores in the 50's but he kept banging on about the risk of heart failure being greater than that of recurrence, not sure if I completely go with that. I'm not sure if my score can go up 12% points in 4 weeks, what do you gals think? __________________ Diagnosed Feb 2010, age 32 IDC 0.5cm & 0.1mm and DCIS Had mastectomy Lymph nodes clear, no vascular invasion Stage 1, grade 1, ER+, PR-, HER2+ Had 5x FEC, on tamoxifen and herceptin