I had Taxetere with Carboplatin for 2 cycles (1/wk x3, +1 wk off) after I had mentioned to my MO that I had experienced some additional hearing loss under Taxol/Carbo.

He said he did so (change the Taxol for Taetere) because Taxetere was formulated to reduce the neuropathy that Taxol causes.

That suggests that Taxol mght be more effective for you, being stronger.

I also knocked out my latest recurrence with Xeloda, a pill form of 5FU. It took 5 cycles (14 days @ 3000 mg/day + 7 days off = a cycle) Just got the word that I'm clean, three weeks ago.

My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post163644

09/09 - Dx OC Stg IV
10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad
11/09 - PET CLEAN
07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver)
06/12 - PET CLEAN
09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver)
04/13 - PET CLEAN
06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node)
10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective
11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres
02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node
03/15 - Begin 15 Rads
03/24 - Final Rad! Woot!
7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!