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Dear Patty:
My wife had a 7cm lung tumor and several tumors in her liver. After 8 weeks of herceptin and Gemzar she had a complete response to the drugs. She had RFA on the residual tumors in her liver, but a biopsy of one showed no living cancer cells. She was on Herceptin alone for almost two years and remained NED for that period.
My wife had a recurrance in the scar tissue of her lung tumor in January and the top portion of her lung was removed. She remains on herceptin and her onc has added Gemzar to the treatment over the last few months. Her last set of scans were clean and she is again NED.
Gemzar has few side effects for her. She suffers fatigue, constipation and a few other mild symptoms. Her blood counts are affected but she has been placed on Arancep for her counts. We hope that after 6 months of this we will be back on Herceptin alone.
Good Luck,
Brian
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