Hi Sheila
Good to hear your combo is working for you.
The last time I was on Taxol (second time around with it) it did nothing at all for me in combo with Carpo/and Herceptin. I was on Abraxane a few year ago and I went 8 months on that one. Good drug too. I liked Abraxane. Easy to tolerate.
I am passing those combo's around in my head also. Maybe they will work better in combo with a different drug this time. Who know's. Have to try to see.
I guess we just have to keep trying to see what will work for a while anyway. My onc. just started on a new trial (it has a number for a name) so am not even sure which one it is. He was so excited about getting it and possibly having it as a back up for me, but since I had a stem cell transplant (back in 99) I could not quilify.
This is a Genetech trial and my trial co-ordinator is very upset that they would dis-qualify a person that had a transplant so many years ago. She was going to check on this.
Keep doing well Sheila
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Irene from Tampa
1996 - INFILT DUCTAL CAR.W/ LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT. ADRIA/CYTOXIN/5FU
1999 - RECURR. TO AUXILA AND 2 TUMORS IN LIVER
TREAT: STEM CELL REPLACEMENT/HERCEPTIN.
2002 - RECUR TO LIVER
TREAT: NAVELBINE, THEN GEMZAR, THEN XELODA.
2004 - TUMORS STILL IN LIVER
TREAT: RFA TO LIVER
STABLE UNTIL
2004 - TUMOR PROGRESSION IN LIVER.
TREAT: RESECT HALF OF LIVER.
2005 - RECURR TO LYMPH NODE OUTSIDE OF LIVER.
TREAT: TAXOL/CARPO/HERCEPTIN. FAILED ON
THIS TRIO. STARTED ON ABRAXANE.
2006 - PROGRESS WITH 2ND TUMOR GROWTH.
TREAT: AUG. BEGAN ON TYKERB/XELODA
TRIAL. CONSIDERED STABLE TO DATE.
2007 - TAKEN OFF OF TYKERB/XELODA TRIAL DUE TO
PROGRESS STARTING TYKERB/AVASTIN.
NOV 2007 - SCANS SHOW PROGRESS TUMOR GROWTH
IN ABDOM. AND TWO NEW TUMORS IN NECK AREA.
BEGAN HERCEPTIN/AVASTIN/TAXOTERE
Feb 08 - Ixempra/Xeloda
June 08 - Her/DM1 trial
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY."
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