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What is Trastuzumab Emtansine Trastuzumab emtansine is a type of targeted cancer drug. It is also known by its brand name Kadcyla and TDM1.

Gill Cory continues her 'SBC & Me' story.

What is Everolimus Everolimus is a targeted cancer drug that blocks cancer growth. You might have everolimus if you have advanced breast cancer that is hormone receptor positive.

Rachel Stewart continues her 'SBC & Me' story.

What is Pertuzamab Pertuzumab is a targeted cancer drug and is also known by its brand name Perjeta. What is it?It is a treatment for breast cancer.

Trastuzumab is a targeted cancer drug also known as Herceptin. It is a treatment for early and advanced breast cancer, advanced stomach cancer and cancer of where the food pipe joins your stomach.

This week's blog is about Ribociclib in the treatment of secondary breast cancer. 

What has your experience of Ribociclib been?

When were you diagnosed with secondary breast cancer? I was diagnosed with SBC on 16th March 2020.

This week’s blog is about Palbociclib in the treatment of Secondary Breast Cancer.

What has your experience of Palbociclib been?

You may have steroids as part of your treatment or to control symptoms and help you to feel better. Steroids may be given: with certain chemotherapy drugs to prevent an allergic reaction or to reduce sickness to reduce swelling and control pain when there is a secondary cancer in the liver to reduce pressure and relieve headaches and sickness when there is a secondary cancer in the brain.

Thermal ablation is used to treat different types of cancer. It uses extreme temperatures (thermal) to destroy (ablate) cancer cells.

When were you diagnosed with secondary breast cancer? I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in May 2021 What type do you have?

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When I was diagnosed out of the blue in March 2014 with advanced breast cancer, I never thought that I would be living with a good quality of life 8 years on. I’m Her2 positive, and spent my first 18 months post diagnosis rattling through all the standard treatments, (including an expensive self-funded spell on Kadcyla before it was approved in Scotland – and which didn’t work,).

When were you diagnosed with secondary breast cancer? March 2016 confirmed.