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How long can you be on Herceptin?

florist
florist CSN Member Posts: 45
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Does anybody know how long you can be in treatment with Herception?
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  • confused123
    confused123 CSN Member Posts: 251
    #2
    I think most people go on it
    I think most people go on it for one year, getting it every three weeks. I read somewhere that sometimes people have to get put back on it though. That's all I know, sorry

    Kim
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  • tgf
    tgf CSN Member Posts: 950 Member
    #3
    confused123 said:

    I think most people go on it
    I think most people go on it for one year, getting it every three weeks. I read somewhere that sometimes people have to get put back on it though. That's all I know, sorry

    Kim

    herceptin
    Like Kim said ... I think most people are on it for a year. I had taxol and herceptin every week for 12 weeks ... then the taxol stopped but I continue with the herceptin every 3 weeks for a year. Actually ... it's not a year after I stopped the taxol .. it's a year from the date I started taxol and herceptin.

    hugs.
    teena
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  • ladybug22
    ladybug22 CSN Member Posts: 646
    #4
    I have talk to a lady that
    I have talk to a lady that has I B C for the past 8 years she goes every 2 weeks and has herceptin why because she has a hot spot.
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  • tommaseena
    tommaseena CSN Member Posts: 1,769
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    ladybug22 said:

    I have talk to a lady that
    I have talk to a lady that has I B C for the past 8 years she goes every 2 weeks and has herceptin why because she has a hot spot.

    Herceptin
    I am on Taxol w/Herceptin once a week for 12 weeks and then I will be on Herceptin alone starting in August for one year. So the total time I am having Herceptin is 15 months.

    Everyones treatment is different depending on their oncologist.

    Margo
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