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Hi Janet,
I am in the middle of moving. We are living in a tiny apartment while all our stuff is in storage. I don't have access to my filing cabinet, so I have to trust my memory. I wish I had the trial description in front of me.
The study that I was in at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton had three main arms. There was a group that was given the standard chemo, a group that was given Taxotere, and a group that was given Herceptin. The second two arms were sub-divided into groups that received different regimes of treatment with the Taxotere and the Herceptin.
I have attached a Word document that has a few news articles from the CBC going back to 2005. They don't mention anything about the Taxotere arm, only Hereceptin. When I saw my oncologist in Edmonton before I moved, July 5/05, I was told that the greatest success had been with Herceptin. This was during a short visit. We didn't discuss the whole trial and it's results in any detail. That doesn't mean that there hasn't been, or won't be success with Taxotere. It just wasn't mentioned. I was just adding my two cents worth to this forum. I don't think that you should base a change in your treatment on this. You have to have faith in your healthcare team. The Taxotere is miserable, but you have to give it a shot.
I felt rather sorry for myself when I first heard the news about Herceptin. I thought that I had gone through that miserable treatment with Taxotere for nothing. Now, I'm not sure. I am reading whatever I can on the topic, asking questions, and waiting to get into see a new onclolgist in Kamloops.
All the best,
Davlin
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