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Herceptin FAQs – Targeted Therapies (Immune Targeted Therapies) for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...that’s done, my oncologist says I’ll be taking Herceptin. He called it a “targeted... Read more »
All HER2 Positive Breast Cancers Should Get Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Herceptin
By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert...benefit from adjuvant Trastuzumab, also known as Herceptin, (for one year, the standard in... Read more »
Breast Cancer Awareness in 2008
By Fran Visco , Health Expert...breast cancer research has been the development of Herceptin, a drug used to treat some women... Read more »
HER2 (HER-2) Positive Breast Cancer? Here’s Some Stunning News about Tykerb
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...the arsenal of effective treatments. Up till now, Herceptin has been the only somewhat effective... Read more »
Two Steps Forward in the Fight Against Breast Cancer
By Kevin Knopf, MD , Health Expert...and I was thrilled too. She comes in weekly for Herceptin (I’ve offered to change to every 3... Read more »
Health Guide
Chemotherapy 101 Part III: Surviving Chemotherapy
...taken to limit or prevent osteoporosis. Women like me, who are Her2 positive, may receive infusions of Herceptin. This 52-week therapy, with treatments every three weeks, has some long-term... Read more »Meet Jacki Donaldson
...positive women hit the scene and my trek continued. I began receiving every-three-week infusions of Herceptin in July 2005 and the last traces of this drug that were administered over 52 weeks... Read more »Types of Breast Cancer: Invasive/Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (IDC)
...long-term drugs, once I’ve finished the initial treatment? A. You may take tamoxifen (Nolvadex), Herceptin, or an aromatase inhibitor (Arimidex, Femara), depending on whether or not your... Read more »Types of Breast Cancer: Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)
...Receptor positive, then she will receive hormone therapy. If they were Her2neu positive, she will get Herceptin. OutcomesBecause IBC has a high recurrence rate within the first three years,... Read more »Breast Cancer Information and Types of Breast Cancer
...inherited types of breast cancer should consider taking these drugs for prevention.TrastuzumabTrastuzumab (Herceptin) has emerged as an important treatment for women with HER2-positive breast... Read more »Medications
Trastuzumab is used alone or with other medications to treat certain types of breast cancer (tumors... Read more »
Trastuzumab is used alone or with other medications to treat certain types of breast cancer (tumors... Read more »
Trastuzumab is used alone or with other medications to treat certain types of breast cancer... Read more »
Trastuzumab is used alone or with other medications to treat certain types of breast cancer (tumors... Read more »
Related News
Chemo+Herceptin may reduce surgeries
October 03, 2008According to a new study, the combination of chemotherapy and the medication Herceptin could drastically reduce the need for mastectomy. Researchers... Read summary »
Herceptin+Tykerb may delay cancer's progress
October 03, 2008A combination of the breast cancer drugs Herceptin and Tykerb may slow the progression of the disease, a recent study suggests. In a study of 300... Read summary »
Tykerb may treat inflammatory breast cancer
May 04, 2009Patients who have inflammatory breast cancer that has not responded to chemotherapy or to Herceptin may be helped by trying Tykerb, researchers say.... Read summary »
FDA okays genetic test for breast cancer
October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a genetic test that can determine if women with breast cancer will be helped by the drug... Read summary »
Better Breast Cancer Treatment
May 05, 2008ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- More than 211,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Many of them have advanced disease... Read summary »
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