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eileen · 07-09-2006, 09:23 AM

I would like to take Herceptin for more than a year but my oncologist is refusing.
Does anyone know of anyone in the New York area who would give it for more than a year? I'm currently with Memorial Sloan Kettering & they won't do anything unless it's been proven effective. I understand that in Europe they give it for more than one year.

I was diagnosed in 10/04; stage 3 with 7 positive nodes; her2+; ER postive, PR negative; had a lumpectomy, chemo, radiation & finished my last herecptin 3/06 & am currently on Arimidex.

07-09-2006, 09:23 AM	#15
eileen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 27	I would like to take Herceptin for more than a year but my oncologist is refusing. Does anyone know of anyone in the New York area who would give it for more than a year? I'm currently with Memorial Sloan Kettering & they won't do anything unless it's been proven effective. I understand that in Europe they give it for more than one year. I was diagnosed in 10/04; stage 3 with 7 positive nodes; her2+; ER postive, PR negative; had a lumpectomy, chemo, radiation & finished my last herecptin 3/06 & am currently on Arimidex.