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Re: Scan results weren't good
Sorry to hear progression. I'm in a similar situation. I had mixed results in my liver, some shrunk, some grew, some new. I'm on Tykerb because it breaks to blood brain barrier, and since I have brain mets, that's necessary, but my doc says it hasn't been tested with much other than Xeloda, and they consider the Xeloda a fail (especially since I didn't tolerate it well). So they're trying to figure out what kind of options I even have left. We are going to try Herceptin and Tykerb to see how that does. And I'm going to have a liver biopsy Thursday to see if the new growth has changed from HER2. crossing my fingers and praying hard. My doc is also looking for trials to get me into, especially TDM-1.
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Krissi
12/27/10 - IDC, rt breast (approx. 15 cm), lymph nodes, age 36. 1/7/11 - stage 4 IDC, extensive liver mets, Bone mets (spine, sacrum, rib, sternum, upper arm), ER-/PR-, HER2+++; 1/12/11 - port, 1/17/11- startweekly Taxol/Herceptin, monthly Zometa
3/8/11- decrease in all tumors, bones healing. 3/11- 3 wks on/1 off Taxol/Herceptin, +Zometa
6/6/11 - decrease in all tumors, healing bones, 2-4 new liver lesions. 3 wks on/1 wk off Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, +Zometa
7/29/11 - liver progression, others stable; 8/11-drop taxol/carbo, start Navelbine
12/11 - liver progression; begin AC, drop Herceptin;
1/12 - liver enzymes normal, 2/6 results show regression in liver, stable others, but 9 tiny brain mets (largest 7 mm). Begin 13 WBRs 2/6; 2/29-start Tykerb, 3/7, start Xeloda
5/2012- liver progression and regression, liver biopsy confirms HER2+++. drop Xeloda, start Herceptin, Tykerb, Zometa.
5/2012- brain MRI shows all lesions gone except 1, 2mm shrinking!
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