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11-16-2006, 07:11 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Mark March 18, 2007 on the calendar
for approval of Tykerb. Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...&from=business
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Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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11-16-2006, 09:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: france
Posts: 1,648
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sounds good. thanks for the update.
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11-16-2006, 09:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 492
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Hooray!!!!!
My onc and I are considering using Tykerb with Herceptin in an adjuvant setting.
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Are we there yet?
Dx 10/05 IDC, multi-focal, triple +, 5 nodes+
MRM, 4 DD A/C, 12 weekly taxol + herceptin
rads concurrent with taxol/herceptin
finished herceptin 01/08
ooph, Arimidex, bilateral DIEP reconstruction
NED
Univ. of WA, Seattle vaccine trial '07
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11-16-2006, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Henderson, NE
Posts: 413
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Marjorie,
i'm stage 3b and my onc told me when Tykerb is out, he will order it for me. Since it'[s a pill, easy to take. I just wonder how long we will want to take it for? that's the question
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11-16-2006, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 492
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Michelle,Yes, good question. My onc said off-label use should reflect current studies, which is either tykerb + herceptin or tykerb + xeloda. I am electing a second year of herceptin (starts mid-Jan), so if we add tykerb in March, I will have both for 9 months. Assuming the ole heart hangs in, has been fine so far. Maybe go another 3 months to make a year of Tykerb. But that herceptin is going to break the bank. We have had to pay our HUGE deductible three years in a row- not too hot on 4 years. Don't think I want to try xeloda at Stage 3.
Let me know what your onc says.
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Are we there yet?
Dx 10/05 IDC, multi-focal, triple +, 5 nodes+
MRM, 4 DD A/C, 12 weekly taxol + herceptin
rads concurrent with taxol/herceptin
finished herceptin 01/08
ooph, Arimidex, bilateral DIEP reconstruction
NED
Univ. of WA, Seattle vaccine trial '07
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11-17-2006, 08:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Norridgewock, Maine
Posts: 778
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Why March 18th? I did not see anything mentioned in the article. Did I miss something here? hugs, Sandy
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Dx. 03/01, Rt. IBC
AC/Taxatere
Rt. MRM-with graft Lt. simple
5 rads-skin mets
Herceptin, taxol, carboplatin (taxol seem to be the magic drug)
Navelbine & xeloda (did not work)
topical miltex for skin mets
Tykerb/xeloda
thoracentesis x 2 left lung fluid shows cancer cells
Port removal (4 years) with power port replacement
Doxil
Updated 05-07 Scans show no bone or organ involvement we shall see!
I shall not pass this way again. Any good I can do or any kindness that I can show let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
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