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her2 newBEE · 12-31-2011, 04:24 PM

Really sorry to hear about your situation, but as others have mentioned there are so many good treatment options for HER2+ breast cancer. And, while technically stage 4 is incurable, there is more advancement in HER2+ bc than any other population, increasingly HER2+ is moving into the realm of a chronic disease rather than a death sentence. Herceptin has really changed the prognosis of this disease.

One thing you might want to question your onc on is the addition of Carboplatin to the regimen. My wife was diagnosed Stage 4 about a year ago, and we had several oncologist suggest the "gain to pain" ratio is not all that favorable with the addition of Carboplatin. Plus, at Stage 4 this is marathon as opposed to a sprint, so considering the toxicity of each line of treatment is in order. Carboplatin at 1st line is probably debatable, but worthy of a discussion.

12-31-2011, 04:24 PM	#1
her2 newBEE Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 15	Re: It's official Really sorry to hear about your situation, but as others have mentioned there are so many good treatment options for HER2+ breast cancer. And, while technically stage 4 is incurable, there is more advancement in HER2+ bc than any other population, increasingly HER2+ is moving into the realm of a chronic disease rather than a death sentence. Herceptin has really changed the prognosis of this disease. One thing you might want to question your onc on is the addition of Carboplatin to the regimen. My wife was diagnosed Stage 4 about a year ago, and we had several oncologist suggest the "gain to pain" ratio is not all that favorable with the addition of Carboplatin. Plus, at Stage 4 this is marathon as opposed to a sprint, so considering the toxicity of each line of treatment is in order. Carboplatin at 1st line is probably debatable, but worthy of a discussion.