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agness · 11-16-2015, 07:11 AM

A little out there for the topic but has some of the most detailed explanations I've found about what makes HER2+ cancers. They are looking for immunotherapies that can be given when the tumor burden is high. Cancer cells evolve our immune systems to work against that which is hurting us.

HER2 Carcinogenesis: New Mouse Models for Novel Immunotherapies
http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/42313.pdf

11-16-2015, 07:11 AM	#11
agness Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 285	Re: HER2 and Immunotherapy Studies for reference A little out there for the topic but has some of the most detailed explanations I've found about what makes HER2+ cancers. They are looking for immunotherapies that can be given when the tumor burden is high. Cancer cells evolve our immune systems to work against that which is hurting us. HER2 Carcinogenesis: New Mouse Models for Novel Immunotherapies http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs-wm/42313.pdf __________________ Dx 2/14 3b HER2+/HR- left breast, left axilla, internal mammary node (behind breast bone). Neoadjuvant TCHP 3/14-7/2. PCR 8/14 LX and SND. 10/21-12/9 Proton therapy to chest wall. Dx 7/20/15 cerebellar met 3.5x5cm HER2+/HR-/GATA3+ 7/23/15 Craniotomy. 7/29/15 bone scan clear. 8/3/15 PET clean scan. LINAC SRS (5 fractions) Sept 2015. 9/17/15 CSF NED, 9/24/15 CSF NED, 11/2/15 CSF NED. 10/27/15 atypical uptake in right cerebellum - inflammation? 12/1/15 Leptomeningeal dx. Starting IT Herceptin. 1/16 - 16 fractions of tomotherapy to cerebellum, break of IT Herceptin during rads, resume at 100 mg weekly 3/2016 - stable scan 5/2016 stable scan 7/2016 pseudoprogression? 9/2016 more LM, start new chemo protocol and IV therapy treatment with HBOT 11/2016 Cyberknife to temporal lobe, HBOT just prior 12/2016 - lesions starting to show shrinkage 8/2017 - Stable since Dec 2016. Temporal lobe lesion gone. Using TCM, naturopathic oncology, physical therapy, chiro, massage, medical qigong, and energetic healing modalities in tandem. Stops at nothing. Mother of 2 boys - ages 7 and 10 (8/2017) and a lovely partner with lots to live for.