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John,
Your wife may be one of the lucky ones and not loose all her hair while on Taxol. I lost mine while on Adramycian/Cytoxan and Taxatore. I was bald in a matter of 2 weeks times. I'm now on Taxol/Carboplatin and after my fourth treatment (weekly) my hair began to fall out or shall I say realy thin out. I opted to shave my head. Not everyone on Taxol looses their hair.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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