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Old 10-15-2007, 03:51 PM   #1
adrien
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Tykerb in Sydney
Hello Brony,
Tykerb is currently being issued by the drug company free to certain cancer centres for women who meet the criteria. It is part of the Drug familiarisation program until a ruling is passed by the govt as to whether to make it available on Medicare. If it is not passed then it will have to be paid for.

The criteria are; you must have had,
  • an anthracyclane (Epirubicen etc)
  • a year of Herceptin that is no longer working
  • metastatic breast cancer
  • chemotherapy -Taxane
It is being issued with Xeloda (chemotherapy tablet) as that is the basis of the research .
Speak to your oncologist about it.
Good luck
Adrien
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Old 10-16-2007, 10:31 PM   #2
Roz
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Hi Brony, I live in Rozelle (next suburb to Adrien, we are neighbours!) and have been getting Tykerb (Lapatinib) from Royal Prince Alfred hospital. I have been on it 2 weeks and had no trouble getting on it.
Regards, Roz
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diagnosed June 03. Rt sided Inflammatory BC in rt lower quadrant. 7cm tumour. Also 3 DCIS. 3 rounds of EC, mastectomy with axillary clearance (12 nodes+ of 19). 1 more EC. 5 weeks of rads, with weekly booster to attack skin lymph involvement. 4 cycles of Taxol. Tamoxifen.Recurrence December 04, Herceptin started early Jan05,+ Arimidex.
NED 26 mths. Recurrence early Mar07. Taxol added to Herceptin. NED. Will have total of 6 cycles, then Aromisan and Herceptin. Early Oct 07, recurrence to the pesky right upper lobe, with some pleural thickening upper rt hemithorax. T/X now the treatment. May 2008, Taxatere and Herceptin for lung recurrence
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Old 10-17-2007, 04:19 AM   #3
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St Vincents in Melbourne
Has Tykerb on trial.Phone 03 92883155
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