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Genentech: Press Releases - News Release March 14, 2001: "Herceptin is approved by the FDA for the treatment of women with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer both as first-line therapy in combination with paclitaxel and as a single agent in second-and third-line therapy. Herceptin is not approved for use with AC. (UH OH, MY DOCTOR IS GOING TO GIVE ME HERCEPTIN WITH AC PLUS PACLITAXEL AND THIS SAYS IT IS NOT APPROVED AS OF 2001, I HOPE IT'S APPROVED AS OF 2006!!!) UPDATE: doctor is going to give me the herceptin + adriamycin separately + sequentially to lessen heart toxicity. still very scarey. 'Cardiac safety is important when considering the use of Herceptin,' said Dr. Slamon. 'However, given the extremely poor clinical prognosis of women with HER2 positive disease and the fact that it is essentially incurable with current regimens, the risk of cardiac dysfunction must be weighed against the potential significant clinical benefit of Herceptin therapy when used within indication.' by ~mod*mom~ at 8.2.06 © 0 Comments: |