Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy. It was discovered in a U.S. National Cancer Institute program at the Research Triangle Institute in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia and named it ...
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...his November surgery delayed until January due to blood clots and went on gemzar abraxane for just 3 weekly treatments. At the end of the two months the tumor was not only still...
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...I have been on Xeloda for 3 years. 2,000 ...shows slight progression in my bone mets. No new ones. Now ...what happens. She then mentioned Abraxane to me.
Can anyone tell...
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...would be broken and would greatly increase the risk of spreading it around. When I got home they put me on Abraxane. I am not sure if ...The one round of Abraxane reduced my tumor from...
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Are you on pain meds? I'm on oxy for joint pain. I got spasms on some chemos and it's starting up a bit with Abraxane, mostly in my calfs. I...
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I know just how you feel about feeling ugly. I am also on abraxane and my hair is falling out by the handfuls. It had just come back in really well when I found out I had liver mets. It...
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...SE when I had abraxane because I was hungry all the time (I used to take Prednisone a lot for my asthma/allergies). I didn't have any pre or post treatment with abraxane but I swear it...
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Jan, I was on Abraxane from aug - oct. I ...had sepsis and pneumonia. My docs all agreed that Abraxane caused my immunity to drop to .02 and should ...me to go back on Abraxane but I am not. The...
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I was on abraxane for 8 months, didnt have many side effects to ...it. 3 wks on 1 off? Could be the nurse was worried about possible infection since it does lower your...
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...I to had severe nausea with my ...meds to work. I was given Kytril and decatron the Kytril is for severe nausea lasts 12 hours..haven't ...chem tx was carbo/abraxane/herceptin first then surg...
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...Well tomorrow morning I go in for my 1st scans since starting on abraxane. Even though my tumor markers have gone down and my liver panel is almost normal, I am terrified. Im tired of...
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