Her2 Recurrence Rates pre-Herceptin

[Barbara H.]

I was diagnosed in 1998 and didn't recur until 2004. I was given AC + T and radiation. I asked for Herceptin, but was unable to get it back then. After the breast cancer metastasized to the brain, liver, skin, and lungs, with numerous nodes also involved, a few treatments of Herceptin along with brain surgery brought me to NED. Unfortunately, a year and a half later I developed bone mets. I am now on the Herceptin DM1 trial and it seems to be working. I really do wish that I had been able to receive Herceptin in 98. I'm glad it is now available to patients with early HER2 breast cancer.

Thank you to those of you who are posting from the conference.

Barbara H.