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Need your advices
A friend of mine was diagnosed with breastcancer, HER2 in 2001.This was treated with FEC only. Two years later she got recurrence - to the bones. Then she was given Herceptin - which was somehow new in our country. She also had Taxol. Every third week she has Herceptin - for 6 years. She works 80% and is doing fine!!!!! Every progression has stopped and she is - well - NED (if it is possible. No pain, no evidence of nothing!)
Anyway - now the doctors asks her to consider to stop having Herceptin. They don't know what this long treatment will do with her heart, liver, lungs etc. (all fine now) And they think may be she doesn't need it anymore..
She gets very scared by this thought!
I think this is a very difficult matter!
What would you do, if you were her?
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Norwegian
Diagnosed Dec 06, tumor 1.3cm. 1/10 node. PR/ER-, Her2+, DCIS, Mascetomy right side. FEC100 x4, Taxol x4, 25 Radiations, Herceptin finished in June 08. Lymphedema right arm
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