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Re: Just started Herceptin, worried about effects on heart.
Jean, I had A/C followed by Taxotere and then when my cancer recurred I had Carboplatin and Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin for almost 5 years but it did effect my ejection fraction and I was put on Coreg. Did you mean A/C with Herceptin? Just curious. My heart has healed and I am fine. Actually my cardiologist says that if my cancer would reccur, I can have Herceptin again. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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