Anyone do Taxol and Herceptin only?

[SoCalGal]

There is a doctor at UCLA named Ken Conklin, in their Integrative Oncology Dept.

He has just finished a long term study using nutritional supplements, diet and acupuncture, to support women undergoing AC for Breast Cancer. Most of his study is about using CoQ10 to enhance the effectiveness of AC and to completely protect the heart. There is a lot of controversy about anti-oxidants.

You might want to check this out since you mentioned that you are in California. He is presenting his research at the Society for Integrative Oncology in SF on 11/15.

COENZYME Q10 DURING ANTHRACYCLINE-BASED CHEMOTHERAPY: A CASE SERIES WITH EVALUATION OF CARDIOTOXICITY AND CLINICAL RESPONSE, Kenneth A Conklin MD<o></o>


Kenneth A. Conklin, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine of the University of California, Los Angeles, California
(UCLA) and a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, where he practices integrative oncology. Dr. Conklin received his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Hawaii in 1971 and his MD from UCLA in 1974. Following the completion of an anesthesiology residency in 1977, he joined the faculty of the Department of Anesthesiology at UCLA where he served as the director of Obstetric Anesthesia until 1997. He completed the Medical Acupuncture for Physicians course in 1997 and began his practice of integrative oncology at UCLA that year. Dr. Conklin has published extensively. His most recent review articles pertain to the use of acupuncture for the cancer patient and the use of nutritional supplements during chemotherapy. Dr.
Conklin serves as a reviewer for the journal Nutrition and Cancer and as a consultant to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).

[hutchibk]

Py - In your list of questions, ask the Dana Farber doc about whether it is important that Carboplatin crosses the blood brain barrier...

[Pygmy_Nuthatch]

Thanks Flori, that study looks really interesting. Brenda, I'll add that question to the list, it is a good questions. Py

[jsattaw]

Hi Py --

Sorry to chime in a little late. I wanted to provide encouragement to you as I was diagnosed with a similar pathology in 1998 when I was 37. I just had a lumpectomy with radiation -- they weren't testing for Her2 at that time in my area.

I had a baby in 2000 -- I didn't want to take Tamoxifen as the results from studies did not show an increase in mortality.

My cancer did recur in 2005 -- and it was Her2 positive. My treatment included a mastectomy and taxol+herception for 1 year. I also had a hysterectomy so I could take an AI (Arimidex).

I hope everything goes well for you -- you're with one of the best docs in the country and that should give you a lot of confidence in your treatment plan.

I'm sorry you're going through this but you've found a terrific support group here. Let us know how your treatment is going.

Jill

[jml]

Hi PN~
I love Taxol + Herceptin!I know, such a strange thing to say, right?
Taxol + Herceptin has done wonders for me, melting away liver mets each & every time my disease has popped back up again.
I tolerated the TH so well- zero nausea, low counts -managed w/Procrit & Neupogen-& bald as a bowling ball, but it did the trick.
If this is your first round of treatment, my docs always say to start with the fewer agents first, see how you respond & then add add'l drugs to the combo if needed.

I wish you the very best & hope you have all the efficacy & minimal toxicity, as I did.
Keep the Faith~

jessica

[Pygmy_Nuthatch]

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