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Gcook
Gcook CSN Member Posts: 25
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I was diagnosed with stage 2 triple negative  breast cancer in May 2015. I have had 4 doses of A/C every two weeks.Now I am getting taxol for 12 weeks. The tumor has not responded to the chemo. I will be getting 2 doses of carboplatin to try and shrink the tumor. Can anyone told me the side effects they may have gotten from this drug?

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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 CSN Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    Just sending hug...no

    Just sending hug...no adivice.

     

    Denise

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  • Mrs_Kenney
    Mrs_Kenney CSN Member Posts: 3
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    carboplatin side effects

    http://www.drugs.com/sfx/carboplatin-side-effects.html

    hope this link works, if not search carboplatin on www.drugs.com

     

    all the best

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  • Gcook
    Gcook CSN Member Posts: 25
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    Mrs_Kenney said:

    carboplatin side effects

    http://www.drugs.com/sfx/carboplatin-side-effects.html

    hope this link works, if not search carboplatin on www.drugs.com

     

    all the best

    thanks

    thanks

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  • GlowMore
    GlowMore CSN Member Posts: 789 Member
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    No Surgery?   Three months and no plans for surgery?  How did they make the diagnosis of Triple Negative Stage 2 ?  I had the A/C plus 5FU drug but not that Carboplatin....they didn't have that then.  What does your Oncologist say about this and what is the Plan ? 

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  • Gcook
    Gcook CSN Member Posts: 25
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    GlowMore said:

    ??

    No Surgery?   Three months and no plans for surgery?  How did they make the diagnosis of Triple Negative Stage 2 ?  I had the A/C plus 5FU drug but not that Carboplatin....they didn't have that then.  What does your Oncologist say about this and what is the Plan ? 

    Hi Glowmore I have surgery in

    Hi Glowmore I have surgery in November. My oncologists said that adding carboplatin is relatively new. After I wrote the post I had a very encouraging conversation with the woman who will be doing my surgery. She stated that the alot of times when she goes in to remove the tumor she finds that on a molecular level the tumor is dead. So although the ultrasound may show a mass it does not always tell the whole story. So again, you really dont know until they actually go in take te tumor out and do the biopsies.

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