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Flo80
Flo80 Member Posts: 349
edited January 2020 in Stage III Breast Cancer

Hi friends,

I was stage 3 b before surgery and Er/Pr positive and her2-. After surgery had 8 lymph nodes positive and still 3 cm tumour left and am now her2+. I did not receive herceptin before surgery but my oncologist wants me to start herceptin and Parjeta. I want to take kadcyla looking at its excellent results. Anyone with the same situation

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited January 2020

    If you are HER2+, the place to start is usually Herceptin &/or Perjeta. Not sure jumping to Kadcyla would be useful or paid by your insurance co.

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  • Flo80
    Flo80 Member Posts: 349
    edited January 2020

    Hi Minus two thank you so much for the reply. It seems that for residual cancer if found after surgery Kadcyla has reduced the risk of reoccurrence by 50percent. My oncologist knows about that trial but the problem is that those candidates had taken herceptin before. Just my problem is that I was her2 1 before

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