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Having Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. On Herceptin And TDM1 Trial Chemo. Not Responding To Treatment Instead Has Thickened The Liver, Chest Wall And Hip. Will Celldex Help?

My 49 year old sister has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, HER positive. She was diagnosed a little over a year ago. She has been on 5 different chemo regiments, including the Herceptin and most recently the newly approved TDM1 trial chemo. Her cancer did not respond to any of these treatments, and has thickened in her liver and recently spread to her chest wall and hip. She also had radiation in the right breast area. She is not doing well at all. She has 6 children, ages 8 to 20. Could this celldex help her
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Dear Ma'am,

Sorry to hear about your sister's problem. Sometimes breast cancer is very aggressive and does not respond to the conventional treatment. In her case when all the standard chemo regimes have failed, there is no harm in trying celldex, which is also in the experimental stage. You should consult your oncologist and discuss the various side effects of this treatment.

Hoping for the best.
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Having Stage 4 Metastatic Breast Cancer. On Herceptin And TDM1 Trial Chemo. Not Responding To Treatment Instead Has Thickened The Liver, Chest Wall And Hip. Will Celldex Help?

Dear Ma am, Sorry to hear about your sister s problem. Sometimes breast cancer is very aggressive and does not respond to the conventional treatment. In her case when all the standard chemo regimes have failed, there is no harm in trying celldex, which is also in the experimental stage. You should consult your oncologist and discuss the various side effects of this treatment. Hoping for the best.