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Chemotherapy drugs are "cytotoxic" (cell-killing) drugs. They are given orally or by injection. They work systemically by killing cancer cells throughout the body. (Unfortunately, they also kill some normal cells, which accounts for many of their side effects.) Chemotherapy is always used for advanced breast cancer, but may also be used to treat types of early-stage breast cancer.
Newer biologic drugs target specific proteins involved in cancer. Treatment with these drugs is called...
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All HER2 Positive Breast Cancers Should Get Adjuvant Chemotherapy and...
From the San Antonio Breast Conference in December, new data shows a higher than predicted rate of breast cancer recurrence even with very... Read more »
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast...
Data presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium show that basically all women with HER2+ breast cancers benefit from adjuvant... Read more »
Taxol Effectiveness: Tempest in a Teapot?
A breast cancer treatment study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week has the national media hopping–and me... Read more »
Timing of Adjuvant Chemo after Surgery
Something not to worry about: No Need to Rush Adjuvant Chemotherapy after Surgery We have always had uncertainty about how long one... Read more »
Chemo Regimen FAQs: AC + Taxol/Taxotere chemotherapy (ACT, TAC)
Q. I've just found out I have to have chemotherapy. The doctor said it's AC and Taxol [or Taxotere]. What does that mean, exactly? A.... Read more »
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Systemic Treatments for IDC: Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy, T...
Source: Breastcancer.org
Unlike local treatments, which focus on the area (or areas) where the invasive ductal carcinoma was found, systemic treatments involve the entire... Read more »
Systemic Treatments for ILC: Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy, T...
Source: Breastcancer.org
Unlike local treatments, which focus on the area (or areas) where the invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) was found, systemic treatments involve the... Read more »
Clinical trial: Adjuvant chemo for women with breast cancer
This is a study to determine if chemotherapy is effective in treating women who have undergone surgery and radiation for relapsed breast cancer. This... Read more »
Taxol Increases Risk of Chronic Pain
Results from a new study suggest that the chemotherapy drug Taxol increases the odds of chronic neuropathic pain in women who've survived breast... Read more »
Taxol may not help most women
Two new studies suggest the chemo med Taxol may not work for all women. In both cases, researchers found that Taxol helped only women who had... Read more »
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