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Re: Better news
Hi Pam,
I also had success with taxotere for my liver mets. I had 2, one was 11 cm. After 6 months of Taxotere, the small one was gone, and the large one had shrunk to 3 cm. The dr actually thought that all that was left was scar tissue, as a pet scan did not show any activity in the tumor.
I ended up having rfa (radio frequency ablation) on that remaining tumor, just in case there was any cancer cells left in it.
Taxotere is rough, but hopefully you will continue to have good results on it.
Laurie
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diagnosed stage 2- 3/2005
4.5 cm & 2+ nodes , er/pr- & HER2+
4 AC
12 taxol/Herceptin
Year of Herceptin
liver mets- July-2010
7 taxotere/Herceptin
RFA- Feb.2011
NED
U of Wa vaccine trial-oct 2011-Feb 2012
Herceptin/tykerb
Ned - 2 1/2 years
Herceptin & perjeta
Ned 3 years
Herceptin- reducing treatments , due to s/e, to 5-6 a year
NED- 3 1/2 years
Ned - 4 years
2/15- stopped herceptin - on no treatment
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