Q. I’m having TCH chemotherapy for breast cancer. What is it?
A. The chemotherapy drugs Paclitaxel (Taxol) or docetaxel (Taxotere) and carboplatin, paired with a biologic therapy, Herceptin, comprise the most common treatment for women with HER2-neu-positive (HER2+) breast cancer.
Q. Can we backtrack a minute? I know I’m HER2+, but what does that mean, anyway???
A. Cells do three things: they grow, they rest, and they repair themselves. Genes inside the chromosomes in your cells regulate...
As a medical oncologist, I recently met with a breast cancer patient and her breast surgeon to determine the best course of treatment for... Read more »
Like many other people, I had Taxol (paclitaxel) as part of my chemo. Both Taxol and its cousin Taxotere (docetaxel) need to be dissolved... Read more »
Except with certain types of breast cancer (such as inflammatory); or in certain cases where advanced cancer has generated a tumor so large... Read more »
A breast cancer treatment study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week has the national media hopping–and me... Read more »
Last week I mentioned to a patient that "her case" had been discussed at our breast tumor board, and there was a consensus opinion (i.e.... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Chemical name: Carboplatin Brand name: Paraplatin Class: Platinum-based chemotherapy. There are no other platinum-based chemotherapies used to treat... Read more »
A new clinical trial has found that adding the drug paclitaxel to chemotherapy may improve disease-free survival in some breast cancer patients. Of... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Breast Cancer
The treatment strategy for breast cancer depends on the stage of the disease and the goals of care for the individual. Treatment usually consists of... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
ChemotherapyChemotherapy drugs are "cytotoxic" (cell-killing) drugs. They are given orally or by injection. They work systemically by killing cancer... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The three major treatments of breast cancer are surgery, radiation, and drug therapy. No one treatment fits every patient, and combination therapy is... Read more »
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