Herceptin - weekly or every 3 weeks?

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Ca1Ripken
Ca1Ripken Member Posts: 1,254
edited June 2014 in Stage III Breast Cancer

I'm just curious for those doing Herceptin for a year... are you going weekly or every 3 weeks.  Someone posted a link in another thread showing the recurrence rates for herceptin and they were lower for the weekly treatments, so I'm curious if I should ask my onc if I can switch over to weekly (since I won't finish until July) or just continue on the 3 week schedule??  Thoughts?

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  • littletower
    littletower Member Posts: 333
    edited February 2011

    I just started on an every three week schedule and have been thinking of asking the same thing of my onc. But for me its because I've read here that the side effects are less intense and I have to say, Herceptin seems to be truly kicking my ass! Be curious to see what both your onc says and my onc says. Good luck and let me know how it goes!

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  • littletower
    littletower Member Posts: 333
    edited February 2011

    Just saw you live in charleston. I used to live in Summerville. Want to move back, escape these nasty NY winters.

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