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I'd be interested in what paula21 and rainna have to say about their experiences with LenPem, too. I have Stage IV serous cell endometrial cancer, and have been given a choice between LenPem or participating in a clinical study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) for the treatment of selected HER2-expressing tumors, which are usually present in a variety cancer types, including serous cell endometrial cancer. I've read the scientific literature on both treatments and see that both appear to have serious side effects. The T-DXd so far is hypothesized to "show meaningful clinical activity and a favorable risk benefit" (whatever that really means). No study results have been published, that I can find. My situation is that I must allow the cancer to grow to a size that qualify me to participate in the study. This makes me nervous, given that this is a study and no results have been published, and that LenPem has been the recommended treatment for treatment for late-stage endometrial cancer. This I can start on immediately. The choice is up to me:(

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Do you know if your tumor is HER2-positive at a high level? Or does it have lower levels of HER2? My understanding is that T-DXd (Enhertu) has been approved by the FDA for all high level HER2 positive tumors, including gynecological. So if your tumor's HER2 level is high enough, you should be able to get T-DXd outside of the trial without waiting for the tumor to grow, if that seems like the better choice to you. There are Enhertu discussions on this board, and some women have taken it at least somewhat successfully.

I personally am planning to avoid LenPem, since I already failed on carbo/taxol / pembro, and have no faith that LenPem would be any better. It's going to be clinical trials for me. (My tumor is HER2 negative so no Enhertu for me.)