Spoke today to chemo nurse and they are now using carbo only on a number of patients esp. those with potential toxicities from cisplatin or if taxol was added to the carbo; again they do not anticipate any *significant* reduction in control but much better tolerance of the treatment. All the people on carbo alone had some potential medical concern from the other drugs (such as my husband's with neuropathy and another lady with renal function) as this also has to be taken into account in planning treatment.

"First do no harm..." -- first words of Hippocratic oath.

Gail