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Beginning Targeted Therapy? Start here.
Please start a new post/discussion for a targeted therapy that you'd like to discuss, if you don't see it here already, so others can join in with their experiences. Note: If you are Stage IV (metastatic), there are many threads addressing these medications for Stage IV patients in the Stage IV forum you may find helpful.…
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Kisqali
hello everyone, I am new to this forum and wonder if anyone can help me. I have invasive lobular cancer which had spread to my lymph glands by the time I was diagnosed, a year on and I an I have had a mastectomy, completed radiotherapy and have started taking Letrozole.. My Oncologist yesterday has offered to start me on…
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Joint pain on Trastuzamab (Kanjinti)
Hi everyone, I completed 12 weeks of Taxol + Kanjinti at the end of January. Since then I have received 2 Kanjinti infusions, and will continue with these every 3 weeks until November. I am wondering if anyone has experienced joint pain in their elbows related to this treatment? Both of mine ache, especially after sleeping…
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Finishing verzenio
I have just finished two years of abemaciclib, following on from surgery, chemo and radiotherapy. I was lucky that just as I finished radiotherapy, Verzinio was approved in the UK for stage 3 BC patients with high risk of recurrence. Given the pretty awful side effects as well as the timing, it means that there aren't many…
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Kisqali for prevention
Hi! Is anyone on Kisqali for prevention? I was diagnosed with early stage 2 breast cancer, did surgery and radiation treatment. Still do some infusions and letrozol. Now the doctors are recommending Kisqali as well, saying that it can reduce chances of the cancer to come back. Because this is kind of new, it has been hard…
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Verzenio
H was your experience taking Verzenio???
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Afinitor - anyone have input?
Hello out there, I am switching from Verzenio after bone mets have spread to possibly multiple organs. Still waiting for PET and results. Tumor markers climbing along with liver enzymes. One of the meds I am being told is next for me is Afinitor (everolimus). Info I have been given is not sounding like it’s going to be…
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Phesgo vs. H&P side effects
Hello all, I’m interested in hearing from others who’ve been on both Phesgo and H&P. Specifically, I’d like to know if you experienced more fatigue and worse side effects with Phesgo. I was dx’d in 2018 Stage IV de novo and did 6 rounds of Taxotere and H&P. I’ve been on maintenance treatment since then and have completed…
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FDA Approves Kisqali for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
FDA Approves Kisqali for Early-Stage Breast Cancer September 17, 2024 Kisqali (chemical name: ribociclib) can now be used after surgery in combination with an aromatase inhibitor to treat stage II or stage III hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with a high risk of recurrence. Read more…
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Low invasive duct alcarcinoma
I had a lumpectomy in October and node clearance december, then radiotherapy for 5 days My cancer was grade 2 low invasive ductal carcinoma I need to go on abemaciclib tablet for 2 years and wondered if anyone is on this tablet thank you
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Verzenio and implant complications
Hello, I am excited to join this virtual community. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October of 23, stage 2 with one lymph node involvement. I did a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and I'm now taking anastrazole, lupron injections and had been on Verzenio for 7 months. About 3-4 months after taking…