Need Advise
My onc has told me that he does not know when to take me off chemo. Last scans were clear and the cancer we were fighting on my chest wall has disappeared after hyperthermia rads. I will continue with chemo for now. My second opinion at UCSF basically said the same thing. Here are the questions I am wondering about:
1. Should I consider getting a third opinion?
2. Should I stop chemo but ask to continue on herceptin?
3. Should I consider a clinical trial for locally advanced bc? I do not currently have measurable disease so I do not know if I will qualify.
Thanks for any input you may have.
Tonya
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DX 02/01/07
2.5 cm, Er/Pr-, Her2+++
18/20 Nodes
03/07 CT & Bone scan - Clear
AC x 4, Taxol x 4, Added Herceptin
Radiation until 09/07
Herceptin every 3 weeks until 06/08
01/10/08 local recurrence -IBC
01/28/08 CT & Brain MRI - clear
02/08 - Navelbine & Herceptin
05/08 -MRM
05/08 - Gemzar & Herceptin - didn't work
09/08 - Hyperthermia rads
03/09 - Tykerb/Xeloda
05/10 - Tram flap to fix wound
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