HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Suspension of herceptin during radiation, please advice

Lien · 01-24-2009, 05:25 PM

Hmm. that's a tough decision. Perhaps, if your onc won't listen to you, you can keep in mind that I never got herceptin at all and am doing ok 5 years later. So if you have to stop, you've already had quite a bit of herceptin, and you will get more later.

But it seems as if you should be able to get herceptin during rads, so go and fight for that.

Love

Jacqueline

PS. How are you doing with chemo?

01-24-2009, 05:25 PM	#13
Lien Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Haarlem, the Netherlands Posts: 835	Hmm. that's a tough decision. Perhaps, if your onc won't listen to you, you can keep in mind that I never got herceptin at all and am doing ok 5 years later. So if you have to stop, you've already had quite a bit of herceptin, and you will get more later. But it seems as if you should be able to get herceptin during rads, so go and fight for that. Love Jacqueline PS. How are you doing with chemo? __________________ Diagnosed age 44, January 2004, 0.7 cm IDC & DCIS. Stage 1, grade 3, ER/PR pos. HER2 pos. clear margins, no nodes. SNB. 35 rads. On Zoladex and Armidex since Dec. 2004. Stopped Zoladex/Arimidex sept 2009 Still taking mistletoe shots (CAM therapy) Doing fine.