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herceptin/with congestive heart failure
by PRISSY8, May 11, 2008 08:28PM
im gonna receive herceptin along with doesetaxel and karboeplatin. iwas diag. with infiltrating ductual carcinoma and intraductal carcinoma had a simple mascetomy no lymph node involvement, estrog neg. progestronneg but her+3 hr2 what do you think of this approch?
This discussion is related to The effect of chemotherapy on her2/neu cancer.
This discussion is related to The effect of chemotherapy on her2/neu cancer.
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Anyway, assuming that there really is no lymph node involvement, the appropriateness of giving chemotherapy after surgery would depend on the size of the primary tumor. If the tumor is 0.5 cm or less, no additional chemotherapy is needed. If the tumor is greater than 0.5 cm in size, then chemotherapy plus herceptin is appropriate treatment, even if the nodes are negative for tumor.