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...
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 »
Q. Unfortunately, I’ve just found out I need to have chemo. With no node involvement I thought I’d avoid it, but my Oncotype score is... Read more »
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with HER2-positive stage II breast cancer, and after surgery will be doing chemo (AC + T). After that’s done, my... Read more »
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 »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab) is one of the first targeted therapies used to treat breast cancer. It specifically attacks, kills off, or... Read more »
Source: Breastcancer.org
Herceptin can only be given intravenously, which means it is dripped into your body through a needle inserted into a vein. The first dose of... Read more »
Part III: Surviving Chemotherapy The Short and Long Of It Short-term side effects will subside after the last chemo dose – your hair will grow back... 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 »
Source: First DataBank
Generic Name: DOCETAXEL - INJECTION Pronounced: (doh-seh-TAX-ell) Warning Docetaxel has caused severe (rarely fatal) allergic reactions and... Read more »
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