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Q: Treatment Alternatives for Stage 3 Breast Cancer?
asked by: DoctorQuestion on September 8th, 2006
HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIE AND IN MARCH THIS YEAR I WAS TOLD HAVE HAVE BREAST CANCER, I HAVE HAD MY LEFT BREAST REMOVED IN JULY AND NOW I AM GOING THOUGH CAF CHEMOTHERAPY, IT IS MAKING ME VERY ILL AND I CANNOT COPE WITH IT, AFTER MY FIRST LOT I ENDED UP IN HOSPITAL FOR 1 WEEK AS MY BLOOD COUNT DROPED TO LOW, AFTER MY SECOUND LOT MY NECK AND MOUTH GOT SO BIG I COULD NOT EAT OR DRINK SO ENDED UP BACK IN HOSPITAL I NOW HAVE STOPED HAVING MY CHEMO AND I AM WAITING TO SEE A DIFFERENT DOCTOR AS I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE ONE I AM UNDER AT THE MIN, PLEASE COULD YOU TELL ME IF I COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF TREATMENT IT IS STAGE 3 AND 11 OUT OF 14 NODES WERE CANCER, IT CAME BACK HORMOAN POS, PLEASE HLP


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on September 19th, 2006
Breast Cancer Answer A1498
According to the symptoms that you mentioned (“neck and mouth got big”), you may experiencing an allergic reaction to the medicine. Allergic reactions are totally unpredictable and the only solution for treating them is to change the medicine. A drop in blood count is a common side effect for all chemotherapeutic drugs and can’t be avoided. The only thing that can be done is to stop the treatment and wait until the blood count gets better. Breast cancers that have hormonal receptors (are hormone positive) can be also treated with estrogen inhibitors (tamoxifen). Local radio-therapy is also used for preventing local recidiv after surgical removal. For proper treatment, you can consult an oncologist.


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