Skoolmom
When my onc presented the HER2 story to me he was very encouraging because even though the HER2 tumor is very aggressive, Herceptin raises the success rate by, I think around 54%. He told me I was fortunate to have the opportunity to be able to utliize Herceptin because of this high suscess rate.
His nurse then gave me a brochure that explained abd simplified how Herceptin works.
The brochure refers to a website at www.herceptin.com that gives an even fuller explaination and is illustrated for easy understanding and may be helpful. Check it out along with the information on this support site, also.
Regards,
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pel50
DX 3/5/2006, age 56
Male Breast Cancer
Mastectomy, left breast
Stage 1, 1.5 cm tumor
Node negative, 7 nodes removed
ER+, PR+, HER2+, FISH = 2.5
4 rounds of A/C, completed 07/2006
12 rounds of Taxol complete 11/2006
52 rounds of Herceptin completed 11/2007
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