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I have been receiving my herceptin every 3 weeks in 30 minute infusions with no premeds and no problems. I am being treated at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester but spent the winter in Phoenix so I recieved my treatments at Mayo in Scottsdale. They always wanted to make me take it over 90 minutes, but I got the doc to order the 30 minutes. The staff in the infusion room always acted like it was highly unusual, so there are differences even within the same medical system.
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Andi
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Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
Diagnosed 6/30/05
Lumpectomy 7/13/05
Dose Dense A/C x 4
Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
Radiation completed 2/28/06
Currently on Tamoxifen
Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
Now er/pr-, her2++
1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
Discontinued Tamoxifen
4/27/07 CTshowed progression
5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression
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