CEF Chemotherapy and Herceptin

CEF chemotherapy or FEC chemotherapy and HER2 status

CEF chemotherapy is a combination of three drugs: cyclophosphamide + epirubicin + fluorouracil

The combination is called CEF in the USA and is known as FEC in the UK

Recent research has shown that this combination is much more effective than others when the breast cancer cells are strongly HER2 positive - the kind of cells that respond to herceptin in other words.

The research was published in 2006 and provides yet more encouragement for those women with breast cancer who are HER 2 positive

Gordon

Marjory and Gordon have published more herceptin articles on the herceptin treatment overview page. You can follow the link in the right hand margin for more herceptin information