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Herceptin in Wales

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Herceptin in Wales Have just noted that Health Chiefs in Wales have agreed to prescribe Herceptin for easly BC for all of Wales in order to end post code lottery.

Think I am right in saying that Scotland & Ireland have also done this so does this now just leave England as the only part of UK where you may get depending on where you live, if so then this is a sorry state of affairs.

Rgrds/Siggy

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— Hi Siggy — Where did you read that?

Joy xxx

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It’s on CEEFAX —

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Challsi Thanks for telling us this very good news.

Best wishes
Roisin

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herceptin in wales i have watched on the news with interest today. i live in south east wales and have been advised that i am HER2 positive. my oncologist is going to write to my PCT to see if they will fund herceptin for me but i am not confident that i meet the criteris. All the reports say that in wales you can get it ‘if’ you meet the criteria. i was grade 2 with no node involvement but have tested HER2 positive. I had my last chemo session today and am waiting to start rads and then tamoxifen. is there anyone out there in wales who has been given herceptin where no node involvement was found? i have to admit i was shocked when i tested positive and felt like i had been given a diagnosis all over again. i dont know what to believe from the press, reports etc. i have read that with HER2 positive cancers it is more likely that the cancer will come back even with conventional treatments or have i got this worng?

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Hi Hatter The results from the HERA study that were published in December indicate that her2+ node-negative, hormone receptor positive has a fairly low level risk of recurrence, at least in the short-term. However, your oncologist may be thinking that herceptin is advisable in your circumstances. Having read your profile, I am guessing that you were diagnosed within a year of giving birth and/or breastfeeding, and this tends to make breast cancer more difficult to treat. Nobody knows why, but it seems to involve the way that pregnancy and weaning affects the structure of the breasts. This may be why your oncologists wants to go the ‘exceptional circumstances’ route.