Is 9 Weeks of Herceptin as Good as 1 Year of Herceptin?

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edited October 2018 in HER2+ (Positive) Breast Cancer

Is 9 Weeks of Herceptin as Good as 1 Year of Herceptin?
October 29. 2018
While 9 weeks of Herceptin was associated with fewer heart problems compared to 1 year of Herceptin, the difference in disease-free survival was small and the researchers said 1 year of Herceptin should remain the standard of care. Read more...

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  • Denise-G
    Denise-G Member Posts: 1,777
    edited October 2018

    Thanks for posting this...I had 11 weeks of Herceptin due to what turned out to be permanent heart damage from Herceptin. My EF dropped from 65 to 29 and has remained that ever since. I could not continue Herceptin which absolutely terrified me. My MO kept telling me about the study in Finland which showed that 9 weeks was as good as one year. That study, the FinHer study had just been released the time my heart damage occurred. Here is that study:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299447

    I sure didn't believe it, but I clung to that hope. Here I am, 7 years out and doing well.

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