taxol treatment for cancer
Paclitaxel and carboplatin (Taxol/Carbo) chemotherapy. Paclitaxel (Taxol Â®) and carboplatin (also known as Taxol/Carbo), is a chemotherapy treatment used to treat different cancers including ovarian, womb and lung cancer. This information is best read with our general information about chemotherapy and the type of cancer you have.
Some of these patients currently are not receiving Herceptin, while others are being treated with Herceptin plus more toxic chemotherapy drugs. The new study finds that an in-between treatment -- Herceptin plus a single chemotherapy drug Taxol -- is highly effective, with few adverse effects. Of the 406 patients studied, only 3.2 percent experienced severe neuropathy and only 0.5 percent experienced symptoms of congestive heart failure, which resolved after they discontinued Herceptin.