Ixabepilone & Tykerb
 

Success with this combination after only 3 treatments. My wife, Kathleen, is 58 yrs old, original breast cancer 7 years ago, removed left breast, standard chemo & radiation. Followed for 6 yrs with Herceptin when treatment discontinued. 9 months later her cancer returned with 3 lymph nodes involved and a mass above her heart. Treated with Tykerb & Xeloda for 9 cycles with terrible side effects & progression of disease. PET scan disclosed 8 lymph nodes involved, growth of mass above heart, & small mass in plura space below left lung. Discontinued Xeloda and began infusions of Ixabepilone every 3 weeks and continued daily Tykerb. After 3 infusions cancer is undetectable on PET scan. Will continue infusions for at least 2 more cycles & thereafter the plan is to continue daily Tykerb and monitor cancer. Consider this treatment!

rcj,

Thanks very much for this information.

It's wonderful that your wife's PET scan shows she's NED!

Joan

Thank you for your success story. We can never get enough of them

Kim

Ixabepilone & Tykerb
 

Fantastic. Keep us posted.

oh that is just great !!!

Happy to hear this, Maouno

Fantastic to hear! I am so happy she is having such tremendous success with this combo. I am a fan of Tykerb after my very successful ride with it for the last 18 months, and love hearing that there is yet again another combination that apparently works very well with it. I now have another tool in my toolbox. Thanks for sharing.

and of course, the most important question... does your hair fall out with ixempra?

Yes, Kathleen's hair did fall out using ixempra. However, it is growing back while using Herceptin & Abraxane.

RCJ11