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Herceptin weekly or 3 week dose?
I know this has been discussed before...and everyone has to decide what is best for them. But I finally finished my chemo other then weekly herceptin.
I have been told by two different oncologists at my center that they feel getting herceptin weekly is better...but it really makes no difference if I do it weekly, or the 3 week dose.
Has there been any *real* studies done to see if one is better then the other? Where I go to get my herceptin is CLOSE...but it sure would be nice not to go weekly if it really doesn't make much difference? But being stage IIIA, Er & PR positive...I still want to fight this as aggresive as possible.
Can someone point me to any studies that have been done to see if one way is better then another?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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