Hi Kellijojo, the cocktail of Chemo that you are getting is one of the potent anti-cancer combination. If it works for you then the tumor will certainly be in control and can be operated upon. You'll start losing hair within a week. What I additionally suggest is that before you go for next round, do get a PET/CT/MRI scan done against the old one to see if it worked.

Don't lose hope so soon, sometimes believing that you will be cured helps.

Note: Palliative Chemo does not mean that there is no cure, the intent here is to reduce the tumor size prior to curative treatment.