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Dear Sandy,
Your oncologist is right. My mom has been on herceptin since 2000 for lung and liver mets. She was taken off it in 2003 because a mugascan showed a weakened heart muscle which interfered with her blood pumping properly. After she took a break though, her heart muscle strengthened up and she went back on herceptin again. Now her latest mugascan showed muscle damage again so she's off it now. I really believe that for Stage 4 it's a great drug with relatively few sides affects compaired to other drugs.
Take Care,
Penny
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