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#100448 07-30-2009 08:44 AM
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Hello all,

I would like to know if anybody has experience with Taxol in treating SCC. We've had to push my mom's oncologist to offer up some options for her fight with this disease. Mom has been with this oncologist since her struggle with breast cancer years ago and he is reluctant to put her through anything else. She wants to continue to explore her options. He mentioned Taxol as an option because she has used it in the past to treat her breast cancer and did not have adverse reactions.

Lesley

PS: For the oral cancer, mom has gone through mandibulectomy, radiation and Erbutix.


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My husband was treated with Cysplatin and Taxol, last treatment 5/8, Pet scan scheduled for 8/3.


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Husband age 55
SCC BOT and 3 nodes HPV 16+ Diagnosed 2/13/09 Stage 4 T2N3M0
Neck Dissection 2/13/09, 6 chemo cysplatin/taxol, 35 rad TX completed 5/8/09, PEG removed 6/26/09, PET Scan 8/3, 2/3 Clear!
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same here...Cis and Taxol.



Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!

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I had Carbo/Taxol and will get cisplatin with rads although I don;t have SCC but MEC. Best of luck!


Dx 3/27/09 @ 28 years old with High Grade MEC T4N2M0
Elizabeth, 33, mother of 3 girls (4,7, &8yrs old)
3 rds of chemo(Carbo/Taxol)
Rt Mandibulectomy, rt fibular flap,& rt ND with trach, picc,& g-tube.
30 rds of rads with weekly cisplatin
SCANS ALL CLEAR!
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Thanks for the responses everyone. I wanted to see if Taxol was used for oral cancers.

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Hi Lesley, on the first go round my wife was treated with seven doses of carboplatin and taxol and had no problems tolerating it. Didn't have much in the way of side effects and did not lose her hair. Unfortunately it did not keep the cancer from spreading but at the time, they didn't think she was strong enough to tolerate the harsher chemos.

Best of luck and will keep your mom in our thoughts.


Tom-CG to wife, Pam 46@dx
Stage IV Tongue Cancer T2N2C
Dx 6/08, Surgery 7/08, 3 nodes positive
9/08 33IMRT/7Carbo/Taxol
4/09 node biopsy positive, mets to lungs/stomach
5/09 Cisplatin or Cis/Alimta study
6/09 Cis/Taxotere
9/09 Taxotere
1/10 Xeloda
3/10 Cetuximab weekly
6/29/10 lost battle
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My mom went through a few rounds of taxol/Erbitux. She tolerated it okay. Her hair started to thin and on her third infusion she had a mild reaction which the nurses said was normal.


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Mom 48 diagnosed Sep 08 Stage IV SCC
full glossectomy, neck dissection traech and peg Nov 08
35 radiation treatments and 3 chemo
Mar 09 mets to lungs
Started Erbitux 3/09/09
06/26/09 mets to rib
Stopped Erbitux 6/26/09
Start erbitux/taxol 7/06/09
Started Hospice 7/24/09
Passed away 8/09/09
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For my recurrence I started out on a mix of Cisplatin, Taxol, and 5FU. I had to switch chemos after a few treatments because I developed SMA (totally unrelated but with it the chemo was too much). I did fine on it until the SMA complications. Now I'm on Cis and Erbitux. I lost my hair with the Taxol at about 2 weeks, other than that I was fine. and I was getting it every three weeks at the time. Now I go every week for the Cis/ Erbitux.


Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.

**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****


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Hi, Stephanie! I'm glad to "find" you again, but I'm sorry to hear of your recurrence. I've been irregular with checking the forum lately, and I'm now trying to catch up with everybody. Did you get your latest treatments in BR or in Tulsa? I hope all is going ok now!! XO--Colleen (Alexandria, LA)


Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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Hey Colleen! I'm still in BR. We will be here for a few more months and I may be here longer depending on treatment and stuff and where I am at when our job ends down here. I am responding well to treatment so I hope that continues!


Stephanie, 23, SCC on the right side of my tongue, surgery on 5-19-08, over half my tongue removed, free flap constructed from my forearm, bilateral neck dissection, one positive node. Radiation (32) and chemo (carboplatin) started on 6-16-08. Recurrence 4/09 in lungs.

**** Stephanie passed away 12.15.09.... RIP our dear friend****



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