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Glad to hear you finished your chemo! Celebrate! As for Herceptin, at Her2+++, it would benefit you more than others. Yes, even with neg. nodes (I had 21 of 21 4 years ago), you can get recurrences. Or you may not. However, knowing what I know now, if I could have started Herceptin after my initial chemo for invasive ductal carcinoma (I am also Her2+++), I would have! At that time, it was only available to women with bc recurrences. (Now, 4 years later, I have liver and bone mets.) I personally believe it will prevent many, many such recurrences in the future. Herceptin is not a chemo; it clings to the Her2 protein which causes cells to quickly multiple and prevents them from doing so. It can be effective with recurrence to any organ, although the brain has a blood-brain barrier which prevents chemo and related drugs from entering. Ask your onc about it again; ask, too, about trials that you might enter with it. Most of us on this site credit Herceptin with prolonging our lives.
Love and healing light,
Lisa
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