I'm on a clinical trial at Stanford where I'm getting Tykerb before Herceptin. I started with 4 cycles of dose-dense AC (every two weeks), followed by 4 cycles of Taxotere at every three weeks with daily Tykerb (1250mg or 5 pills).
I'll have my last Taxotere in a couple of weeks and I'll take my first dose of Herceptin the same (next?) day I finish my last Tykerb pills. Then it's off to surgery. I'll be on Herceptin for a year.
I was glad to have found the trial at Stanford and to know that I'm getting a good combo of drugs from the get-go. I hope it works and more women will have access to it in the near future.
For those interested, here's a link to the trial:
http://med.stanford.edu/clinicaltria...d=136&age=adul
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ER+ (30%)/PR-/HER-2+, stage 3
Diagnosed on 02/18/09 at 38 with a huge 12x10 cm tumor, after a 6 month delay. Told I was too young and had no risk factors. Found swollen node during breastfeeding.
March-August 09: neo-adjuvant chemo, part of a trial at Stanford (4 DD A/C, 4 Taxotere with daily Tykerb), loading dose of Herceptin
08/12/09 - bye bye boobies (bilateral mastectomy)
08/24/09 - path report shows 100 % success in breast tissue (no cancer there, yay!), 98 % success in lymphatic invasion, and even though 11/13 nodes were still positive, > 95 % of the tumor in them was killed. Hoping for the best!
September-October 09: rads with daily Xeloda
02/25/10 - Cholecystectomy
05/27/10 - Bone scan clear
06/14/10 - CT scan clear, ovarian cyst found
07/27/10 - Done with Herceptin!
02/15/11 - MVA-BN HER-2 vaccine trial
03/15/11 - First CA 15-3: 12.7 and normal, yay!
10/01/11 - Bone scan and CT scan clear, fatty liver found
now on Tamoxifen and Aspirin
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