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01-03-2006, 11:49 PM

I am triple +, although ER/PR are actually at low %'s & my her2 at +3.

I remember one time when my onc nurse once mentioned to me that my cancer was somewhere between a good kind & a bad type. The good one would be hormone positive, so this cancer could be kept at better control w/ hormonal blockers. The bad type is the cancer w/ her2 overexpression.

Apparently, my cancer doesn't respond to Herceptin alone; in order for this to be much more effective, I would need to add a chemo drug to it.

I'm all out of hormonals options, in order for 6 months each which had kept me stable: Femara (brain met), Faslodex, and then Aromasin. They didn't bother to try me with Arimidex, cuz it works very similarly to Femara. They said MAYBE I could try Tamoxifen in the near future.

Currently, I am on Xeloda (3,300mg) & weekly Herceptin.

01-03-2006, 11:49 PM	#2
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	I am triple +, although ER/PR are actually at low %'s & my her2 at +3. I remember one time when my onc nurse once mentioned to me that my cancer was somewhere between a good kind & a bad type. The good one would be hormone positive, so this cancer could be kept at better control w/ hormonal blockers. The bad type is the cancer w/ her2 overexpression. Apparently, my cancer doesn't respond to Herceptin alone; in order for this to be much more effective, I would need to add a chemo drug to it. I'm all out of hormonals options, in order for 6 months each which had kept me stable: Femara (brain met), Faslodex, and then Aromasin. They didn't bother to try me with Arimidex, cuz it works very similarly to Femara. They said MAYBE I could try Tamoxifen in the near future. Currently, I am on Xeloda (3,300mg) & weekly Herceptin.