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If done before surgery, Taxol weekly times 12 followed by Adriamycin and Cytoxan every other week times 4. If after surgery Adriamycin and Cytoxan followed by Taxol. I have seen Taxotere and Cytoxan every 3 weeks times 4 for micro Mets in a lymph node or a marginal Onco type.
I’m sure doctors do things differently. My chemo was pre surgery and it was AC for 4 times every 2 weeks and Taxol 4 times every 2 weeks. It shrunk it so much they didn’t see it on ct scan after chemo but there was a little when they did surgery.
Hi Tonya, I had AC followed by T. I was diagnosed last August with ER and PR positive. I had chemo 8 sessions), double mastectomy, and 5 weeks of radiation. I am now taking anastrozole. Today was my first day back at work.
Common chemotherapy drugs used to treat invasive ductal carcinoma include:
- Adriamycin (doxorubicin)
- Adrucil (fluorouracil or 5-FU)
- Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)
- Ellence (epirubicin hydrochloride)
- Taxol (paclitaxel)
- Taxotere (docetaxel) Since your cancer is hormone receptor-positive (PR+), hormone therapy will Show Full Answer
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