WHERE & WHY WINTER STORMS OCCUR. Winter storms are generated, as are many of the thunderstorms of summer, from disturbances along the boundary between cold polar and warm tropical air massesâthe fronts where air masses of different temperatures and densities wage their perpetual war of instability and equilibrium.
Depending on the characteristics of the cancer, a targeted therapy medicine, such as Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab), may be used in combination with some chemotherapy regimens. For example, the TCH regimen includes Taxotere, Herceptin, and carboplatin. Your doctor may talk about certain groups of chemotherapy medicines: 1  Anthracyclines are chemically similar to an antibiotic. Anthracyclines damage the genetic material of cancer cells, which makes the cells die. 2  Taxanes interfere with the way cancer cells divide. Taxol, Taxotere, and Abraxane are taxanes.
Chemotherapy drugs can be given in different ways, including: Chemotherapy infusions. Chemotherapy is most often given as an infusion into a vein (intravenously). The drugs can be given by inserting a tube with a needle into a vein in your arm or into a device in a vein in your chest. Chemotherapy pills.