[Lani]

but there have been papers out of Toronto on "metronomic chemotherapy" ie giving tiny doses of chemo daily. It doesn't kill the fastest growing cells as normal doses of chemo do (thus both cancer and fast-growing normal cells such as blood-forming cells and GI lining cells) but rather the cells lining the "new blood vessels" which tumors cause to form to supply them with their voracious appetite for nutrition. These are the weakest link, the Achilles heel. Should your mom ever need more, and should there not be another targeted therapy approved or considered ie, lapatinib or avastin (the latter having possible serious side effects on the kindney, etc), you might want to look into it.

Hope this helps!