Chemotherapy for secondary breast cancer | Make Healthy Lifestyle

Posted by reeyaedhoy on May 15, 2011 ? Leave a Comment?

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When is chemotherapy used? Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Your specialist may suggest either chemotherapy or hormone therapy when you are diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. Which is best for you depends on the treatment you have already had and responded to in the past, whether your cancer is oestrogen receptor positive, and where your secondary breast cancer is in your body. You may be offered chemotherapy if your cancer has stopped responding well to hormone therapy. If your breast cancer is oestrogen receptor negative, your specialist may suggest chemotherapy because hormone therapy is less likely to help. How you have your treatment You usually have chemotherapy as a series of treatments a few weeks apart. Your complete treatment may last several months. Some chemotherapy drugs can be taken by mouth, but often you have them as injections into the bloodstream. Most people can have treatment as an out patient. But sometimes you may need to spend a day or two in hospital. The chemotherapy drugs In many circumstances, the drugs used to treat secondary breast cancer are the same as the drugs for primary breast cancer. The drugs used most often for secondary breast cancer at the moment include paclitaxel (Taxol) , docetaxel (Taxotere) , capecitabine (Xeloda) , vinorelbine and gemcitabine (Gemzar) . There is more information about these drugs on CancerHelp UK.

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