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 Asked: 2/2/2012 How often should a TTE (Echo)be performed during Herceptin therapy if the initial LVEF (left ventricle ejection fraction) is normal?
 Asked: 1/20/2012 Hello! interesting site! I''m really like it! Very, very good! .
 Asked: 1/12/2012 Are oophorectomies the safest way to go for ER+ PR+ cancers in premenopausal women? thank you very much.
 Asked: 12/14/2011 Re: MUC1 TNBC Vaccine trial.
 Asked: 12/7/2011 I had lumpectomy, er,pr,and her2 positive, lymph node negative.
 Asked: 11/20/2011 Thank you so much for your answers,appreciate it!!! Still a chance of distant recurrence even with chemo 4 x tc and 6.5 weeks of radiation? Also,...
 Asked: 11/18/2011 In response to the other question...stage 1,grade 3,Triple neg., no nodes,0.9cm BRCA + Having bilateral masectomy.
 Asked: 11/18/2011 I am 46 years old,dx 2010,stage 1,grade 3 tripleneg.no nodes.0.9cm.
 Asked: 10/31/2011 Hello. I am writing a book entitled "Our Little Neck of the Woods: A Study of Breast Cancer in Southwest Washington".
 Asked: 10/3/2011 I was recently diagnosed with DCIS, Grade 3.
 Asked: 8/9/2011 I am a 37 year old diagnosed with IDC .9mm with DCIS.
 Asked: 8/3/2011 hello, I have a question about herceptin .Is there any contraindication about use of it in wolff parkinson white syndrome ? thankyou.
 Asked: 8/1/2011 Lily, Thank you for answering my question this morning.
 Asked: 8/1/2011 Hi Lillie, I had a double mastectomy in April.
 Asked: 7/19/2011 We left out one piece of information on our question concerning our 89 year old Mom.
 Asked: 7/18/2011 Hi Lillie, My mom had a lumpectomy last Friday and they found cancer in two nodes.
 Asked: 7/12/2011 Hi Lillie, My mom just had a lumpectomy and lymph node removal on Friday and her Doctor said the tissue would be sent out for Onco Typing Score.
 Asked: 6/23/2011 Thank you for all your help in the past.
 Asked: 6/23/2011 Hi Lillian, Thank you for answering my questions in the past.
 Asked: 5/12/2011 I have read journal abstracts saying 30% of Er, PR, HER2+ women don''t respond to tamoxifen or herceptin.
 Asked: 3/25/2011 This is in response regarding my mother-in-law that just had a mastectomy.
 Asked: 3/25/2011 My mother-in-law just had a right mastectomy.
 Asked: 3/24/2011 Does Herceptin alone do anything for metastatic disease? I do not want to do gemzar..
 Asked: 3/15/2011 Where can I find statistics on survival rates beyond 5 years for her2 positive breast cancer? I have seen statistics from the initial clinical trial,...
 Asked: 2/26/2011 HelloMy question is somewhat similar to the question of 2/9 in regards to Tykerb.
 Asked: 2/11/2011 My breast surgeon told me that in my case I would ordinarily not need any chemotherapy.
 Asked: 2/9/2011 I am 5 years out from a BC diagnosis, Her2neu+, Er/PR negative.
 Asked: 2/1/2011 What treatment would you recommend for a 76 year old diagnosed with IDC 8mm,node negative, HER2 positive on FISH (3.3 ratio), HER2negative on Oncotype.
 Asked: 12/13/2010 It is my understanding that Herceptin in given over a 12 month period.
 Asked: 11/29/2010 her2 positive BC seems to rarely reoccur after 4-5 years but rather before due to its aggressiveness.
 Asked: 10/10/2010 I am almost sorry to ask this question as I know that it is probably not possible to answer but I thought I try to...
 Asked: 9/25/2010 I have read that with chemo+herceptin 4-year DFS for patients even with 4-9 lymphnodes involved is not worse than 80% (Presentation of Dr.
 Asked: 9/1/2010 Is Johns Hopkins giving Herceptin for 3mm,grade1,stage1,er/pr negative, Her2(3+)positive tumors-at present?
 Asked: 8/23/2010 this is a p.s. to a question I asked earlier today.
 Asked: 8/23/2010 I have had a lumpectomy and a guided mri biopsy.
 Asked: 8/9/2010 I am concerned about the severe joint and muscle pain along with weakness that I have developed while on Herceptin alone.
 Asked: 8/1/2010 Thanks for the response to my question now I have a follow up...my onco score was 30 (high intermediate range) so I opted for the chemo.
 Asked: 8/1/2010 still confused....I had a BMX for 6mm of IDC.
 Asked: 7/27/2010 1. I am on the Tykerb only arm of the ALTTO trial where I have Tykerb for a year.
 Asked: 5/22/2010 Do I need to go off the Herceptin for minor surgery?Is there anyhting to help get rid of black spots from radiation? The skin is...
 Asked: 5/15/2010 dear dr.shockneyhow strong is the available evidence on tykerb ability to cross the blood brain barrier thank you.
 Asked: 5/8/2010 I completed TCH x6 and am currently on my year of herceptin.
 Asked: 4/25/2010 dearest lilliein the preion information of tykerb you read(could Divided daily doses of TYKERB resulted in approximately 2-fold higher exposure at steady state (steady state...
 Asked: 4/15/2010 I am a triple negative, brca1+ 54 year old post menopausal woman.
 Asked: 4/1/2010 I first want to thank you for sharing your time and knowledge to help so many of us understand this disease a little better.
 Asked: 3/19/2010 I am living with a lady in Panama.
 Asked: 2/25/2010 I have completed 6-TCH treatments and am currently on herceptin only treatments for the remainder of the year.
 Asked: 1/24/2010 dearest lillie does tykerb cause pruritis without rash,and my second question is about tykerb storage in travel ,could it be stored outside the coating film...
 Asked: 11/16/2009 I was on Taxol and Herceptin for 3 months and am now on Herceptin once every three weeks to finish a year.
 
 
 
 
 

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