Stage IV NED and stopping Herceptin

[kk1]

Hi Gang-
I am slowly creeping up on my 3rd year of being Stage IV NED. Saw my Onc the other day for my routine visit, every 12th week, and he suggested we might want to think about stopping herceptin. The plan would be to continue the usual CT chest/ab and Brain MRI every 6 months and quarterly labs of CTC, Her2 serum, and other standard markers and metabolic tests. I was rather surprised as he has always said I would be on Herceptin for life. The thought of not having to go to the CTU every 3 weeks would be wonderful but I am very nervous about stopping the herceptin....wish I had a crystal ball.

Have any of you who are Stage IV stopped herceptin and not had a reoccurence?

KK1

April 2004 Dx 1.5cm, 4 nodes, with mets to the liver. Her2,er/pr+
May 2004 weekly taxotere,herceptin, xeloda
October 2004 NED followed by Masectomy
since 2004: 3-week herceptin, aromasin, and zoladex