What does taxol do in chemotherapy

WHat are good strategies to offset cysplatin/Taxol chemotherapy??

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It really depends on your personal tolerance but it is possible to use something as simple as Essense of Peppermint (to control smell that may trigger nausea) or you may need to establish a routine med like lorazepam taken every two to four…

What should breast cancer patients eat on Taxol chemotherapy?

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Taxol and other taxanes can result in serious side effects. While obtaining relief from these side effects obviously is desirable, it is very important for breast cancer patients to avoid consuming foods or taking supplements that interfere…

Can Avastin And Taxol…be Combined For Chemotherapy??

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Avastin contains bevacizumab which is an monoclonal antibody to treat different type of cancers. This medicine work by inhibiting growth of tumors by blocking their blood supply. Taxol contains paclitaxel which is a cancer chemotherapy. It …

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Breastcancer.Chemotherapy.Experiences with TAXOL ?

Q: After the operation I got 4 times AC treatment, this week for the first time Taxol. I have heavy side effects ! Who got Taxol tratment too and has any tip for me what helps with the pain and loss of feeling in the fingertips ? Will it become less after a few days ?How many mgr of this medication did they inject ?Thank you so much !

A: Hi Shanti,I had the whole gammit ~ surgery (mastectomy), chemo, radiation, & now the hormonal therapy (5 yrs worth). I had the 4 cycles of AC treatment then 4 cycles of the Taxol treatment. Finished chemo Jan ’07. The majority of women will have very mild to moderate tingling & it usually is completely gone in 6 mos. It is called “peripheral neuropathy”, it is nerve damage, in this case from drugs/toxins. I call it “chemo feet” as it is worse in my feet than hands, but I’m in the 4% group of women who get this side effect to my severity. That is a very small number 4%, so you shouldn’t worry. It is also very common in diabetic patients. Most women make full recoveries. I have it, & knowing what I now know I would still do it all over again, as the alternative is even worse. I also went to the internet & did research. There are some very good websites regarding this, contrary to some opinions, but you can also scare yourself if you’re not careful. There is medication that you can take for it. It just depends on the severity of it. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions about my post.Good Luck!!

If cancer travels from the breast to the lymph nodes and both are removed via surgery what are the chances it?

Q: went elsewhere? She was taking Adriamycin and cytoxan for 15 weeks. Week 14 she had a MRI done and her lymph nodes were noted as “Normal appearing”. Then she waited 3 weeks and had surgery, and after examining them they found 1 of 14 nodes had evidence of cancer size 8mm. So, obviously it started growing after the chemotherapy drugs were stopped or it was not detectable on the MRI.So, now after her mastectomy we will begin taxol for 12 weeks and then it will be followed up by 6 weeks of radiation. Then her treatments will be over.What can we expect her life to be like once it is all completed? How often will she be tested for cancer? Will her body have pains and aches that we have not experienced yet? Will she always be in fear of it reoccurring?If the cancer cells have a chance to re-group between now and her taxol treatments should we do another MRI before her taxol treatments begin?I guess I may have asked part of these questions before, but I am afraid and worried.

A: It will be a little hard to give you good numbers as they are based of pre-treatment findings. However, even early stage breast cancer has a 10-20% chance of distant mets occurring 10-20 years after treatment. The chances of recurrence depends on several factors, but mainly on the tumor size, the number of lymph nodes involved and the Her2 findings. There is so much information needed to answer your question it is really one that you should be asking her oncologist. You say her treatment will be over after she receives radiation. Is she not going on hormone treatment? Typically that lasts 5 years.It is very unlikely her lymph node involvement began between chemo and surgery. It was most likely already there, as her response to the chemo would have shrunk the tumor and the amount of lymph node involvement. Using pre-surgical chemo gives doctors the chance to determine how well her cancer responds to a particular drug(s) so they know how well it will work after surgery.Having another MRI will not be helpful at this point and will not change the course of things. She will likely have a PET scan after her treatment is over to make sure there are no positive findings. She will be followed by her oncologist and radiation oncologist closely probably every few months at first and as time goes on the time between appointments will be further apart. Everyone experiences different aches and pains due to treatment and these are the things she should bring up at her doctor’s appointments. I remember your name and I know I have answered your questions before. It seems like you have given yourself a crash course on breast cancer since your wife’s diagnosis. It is a good thing for patients and their families to understand their disease as it helps to make informed decisions and in some respects it gives some piece of mind. I must say you sound a little less freaked out now than you did a few months ago. However, you should also know the best answers anyone can give you are based on statistics and experience. Sometimes these things have little meaning to the individual involved. I cannot tell you how many times we see patients who should have died years ago when we are reviewing cases and we don’t know why they are still with us. The human body really is a remarkable thing. Despite our technology and all of our research, we still have very little knowledge about how it all works and we are reminded everyday about how little we really do know.What I am trying to tell you is to not let this consume you. Cancer is not your life or your wife’s it is a bump in the road. None of us knows what the future has in store for us or how much time we have. Speaking as a woman, I know just having a sweet concerned husband helps her tremendously and gives her comfort. Try to not fear or worry about the unknown. Be happy and enjoy your life together that is what this fight is all about.

Tonight she came home and cried sometimes it is so overwhelming, when it is…what do you do?

Q: She started a job two weeks ago after not working for six months, she is taking Taxol and we thought that going back to work would keep her mind off of the aches and pains this chemotherapy brings. But work is pretty stressful and I am not sure if she can handle it. Nobody knows she is going through treatments, she said that a co-worker told her that she would go home and cry for the first two weeks when she started there. (mortgage underwriter) I think part of it is the stresses of a new job and the other part of crying is because of her treatments and the next phase which is radiation.How can I support her? It kills me when she is crying, I often cry when she is not around. But to see her cry, it breaks my heart. I try and write answers to questions in this cancer category, but when it hits me at home I am mystified. I think we are both scared of the radiation and going into the 6th week of Taxol (numbness in fingers and toes have begun)Becky decided and I support her decision to quit working for now. I could see all the stress she was having and it was too much for her to bear. They have cut my hours at work, so we are in for a very hard time. Somehow, we will make it though, thanks to all responses!

A: Oh Dave, I so know what she’s feeling. I was dx aug 29. I’ve pretty much numbed myself to the uncertainty, fright and the treatments. I’ve researched my tail off, till it’s just a thing, you know. I got my radiation out of the way, used to cry every time they put on my mask and left the room. I would cry when they’d show me the mri scans. Now I only cry when they put me on the mri table with my head pinned down. That’s when things creep up on me still. She’ll get through this, just like I will. Wish you both the best and long, happy lives.