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I just did what was suppose to be my last full cycle of chemo barring we see no recurrance. I have an appointment down at my current cancer center with the Rads dept...and one the next day at a well known cancer center.
But where I am currently going my case was already presented to the cancer board and it was decided back in Feb that I WOULD continue having my herceptin while doing rads. (At least that is how I understood it.) My first oncologist said I would do a year of herceptin once done with my chemo. He never once mentioned taking me off herceptin while doing rads.
Plus I know another women that has pretty much the same DX as mine...and she is doing herceptin and rads now as we speak. She is three weeks into it.
So I do know its done. But all these oncologist have their own ways...I don't know whats better....but they do both at the same time for some women.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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