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Michelle,
I would say at Stage 3 with lots of nodes it would be to your advantage if you tolerate Herceptin well and your insurance will also pay for the extra year. HERA TRIAL, as you well know, is a European study and not sure if your insurance will treat it as an investigastional adjuvant therapy since you already have had the one year on Herceptin. But if your heart EF is normal, and insurence will kick in to help, ask your Onc to leave you on herceptin alone every 3 weeks triple dose for up to a yearif possible. Weekly is probably okayyou will be able to get easier on second thought. It 's a matter of expense. Will the end justify the meams???
We don't know! We're hoping to irradicate the micro-mini-cells through extending the tx with herceptin for another round. Eventually you might want to ask your Onc to do a preliminary her2 serum test to help monitor your progress and then continue every 3 months. It may be an extra tool for him/her for you and all the her2+ patients in the practice.
My very best to you. Regards to your mom. Hugs, Christine
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