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What can be done for someone with stage 4 her2 cancer with brain metastasis?
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There is Treatment: For HER2 positive breast Cancer, there are some good treatments available. Ask your medical Oncologist and let us know what treatments have been offered or done already. Radiotherapy to brain is one good solution to controlling the brain metastases, in addition to chemotherapy and Herceptin (trastuzumab) which is a good drug. Give us some more details.
Answered 11/1/2015
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Guarded results: One approaches stage IV breast Ca with targeted therapy. With HER2/neu + cancer,, radiation and at times high intensity US given to brain followed by Herceptin( trastuzumab), Perjeta (pertuzumab) Kadcyla ( T-DM1), and Tykerb ( lapatinib). Brain lesion produces most risk . While half of HER2+ will develop brain mets, there are in general no long term survivors.
Answered 11/1/2015
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