Intrathecal (IT) Herceptin (Trastuzumab) for brain mets (Leptomeningeal Metastases)

[ehower]

Mario,

First of all, thank you for your posts. I hope your wife is continuing to do well. I, too, have brain mets-her2neu breast cancer. I am supposed to start Tykerb and Xeloda but Xeloda is a chemotherapy drug and OH- I just don't want to do any chemo again if I can help it. So, my question is, while your wife is taking intrathecal Herceptin, is she also on any chemotherapy, or is it just the IT Herceptin that is so effective. Your posts have been a buoy for me and have offered me hope. Thank you! I hope you are both doing well.

[Rolepaul]

Nina (my wife) had IT topotecan at the same time as IT Herceptin, but Carol (Mario's wife) only had straight IT Herceptin.