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julierene · 03-06-2006, 03:14 PM

Weekly Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin

4gm/kg loading dose of Herceptin
2mg/kg thereafter

3 weeks on, 1 week off - so I go in almost every Thursday

I just responded so well!! My Onc backed off a tiny bit on the Carboplatin and Taxol because after the 5th treatment, my counts dropped so much I couldn't get my chemo on the 6th round. I just got Herceptin. I felt so jipped. I came in on the break week asking for the chemo at that time. Since they had given me the Herceptin alone on the 6th, they didn't want to overload me. I just wonder how much more I will be able to get to maybe keep it away longer. Does it work like that? Like if I take a couple more months (6 treatments), would it give better or same results for recurrence time?

03-06-2006, 03:14 PM	#11
julierene Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 327	Weekly Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin 4gm/kg loading dose of Herceptin 2mg/kg thereafter 3 weeks on, 1 week off - so I go in almost every Thursday I just responded so well!! My Onc backed off a tiny bit on the Carboplatin and Taxol because after the 5th treatment, my counts dropped so much I couldn't get my chemo on the 6th round. I just got Herceptin. I felt so jipped. I came in on the break week asking for the chemo at that time. Since they had given me the Herceptin alone on the 6th, they didn't want to overload me. I just wonder how much more I will be able to get to maybe keep it away longer. Does it work like that? Like if I take a couple more months (6 treatments), would it give better or same results for recurrence time? Last edited by julierene; 03-06-2006 at 03:19 PM..