Lumpectomy

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Hi lovely people I am having a wired lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy on the 24 of March for a 9mm and a 1 mm HER2 positive and going to have also have radiotherapy afterwards , but my surgeon has not mentioned anything about targeted drugs due to the type of cancer  maybe my oncologist will when I go for biopsy results, my question is has anyone had the same cancer but not needed the targeted drugs?? Thank you for taking the time to read my message x

  • Hi, for my HER+ cancer I had phesgo injections. I had 18 treatments, each 3 weeks apart, at first with my chemo and then this carried on afterwards.  Might be worth asking the oncologist. Best wishes 

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  • Hi

    Yes i was HER2+ so had a year’s worth of Herceptin (=Trastuzumab) injections (every 3 weeks - very few side effects)

    However, i think they only prescribe Herceptin in the UK if you also have chemo - in my case 12 weeks of Paclitaxel

    Best wishes x