Lisa,
Others can probably answer this question better than I. I only know that
they are not the same drug. What the difference is and why one is
suggested over the other, I don't know.
Good luck to you and your brother. Please keep us updated - I also had
(hopefully past tense) lung cancer and am trying to determine what kind of
followup treatment - if any - would be best.
Thx. Barbara.
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> From: Lisa Whiting <lisa@top.net>
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Subject: Re: [MOL] Update on My Mom (Mary)
> Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 4:08 PM
>
> Just a question......is Taxotere the same as Taxol? My brother starts
Chemo
> on Thursday, January 8th and he'll be taking Taxol/Carboplatin for 4-6
> cycles, 21 days apart.
>
> Marty, isn't this what Barb was treated with?
>
> As always, Blessings to all!
>
> Lisa
>
>
> At 09:49 PM 1/1/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >My mom has been taking Taxotere/Carboplatin in a clincial study here in
> >the Bay Area for non-small cell lung caner (bronchogenic - nonsmoker),
> >dx 10-29-97. Her first chemo was on 12-18. She was fine for a few days
> >afterwards, but on the third day she became very fatigued and by the
> >eighth day she wouldn't eat or drink anything. She was scheduled for a
> >chest x-ray, which confirmed increased pleural effusion. We went to the
> >ER where she was placed on I.V. and had the fluid drained. The doctor
> >said that what they are hoping for is that eventually the chemo will
> >stop the fluid build-up. Unfortunately, my mom has what they call
> >loculation(sp?) which means that if they place a tube in her for
> >drainage, they won't be able to get to some of the "pockets" that
> >contain fluid. This is the third time they have drained fluid from her
> >lungs. Is anyone else taking these two chemo agents? My mom is going
> >for her second treatment next week. Thanks, Shirley
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