Chemo treatment

[dhavalss]

My mother age 54 was diagonised with breast cancer T2N1M0 IDC GRADE 3 triple negative in october 2006, lupectomy was performed and after 55 days (because she had developed a severe infection in the breast)  chemotherapy was given 3 cycles FEC and three cycles Docetere, she than had undergone radiation therapy. Now she was detetected with cancer again and has undergone Masectomy in august 2008, the cancer was a recuurent cancer, and the pathologyy report shows T4N2M0 IDC GRADE 3 TRIPLE NEGATIVE breast cancer, i do not understand now what line of treatment should be followed. the Metastases was on all fifteen auxillary lymph nodes with pre-nodal spread.

[dhavalss]

The Doctor has suggested a combination of Gemcytobine and Carboplatinum in six cycles of Chemotherapy, are these drugs right for my mother, is this combination fine

[Cleveland Clinic]

Dear dhavalss, There are several different chemotherapy regimens that might be used for treatment of breast cancer.  The decisions about further treatment will take into account what treatment she has had in the past, her overall health, the characteristics of the cancer.  There is not one specific regimen used to treat hormone receptor negative and HER2 negative breast cancer.  Treatments that would not be used are the hormone therapies that would be used to treat hormone receptive cancers or medications like Herceptin or lapatinib which target the HER2 receptor.   The medical oncologist will  discuss the chemotherapy regimen best suited to your mother based on their evaluation of the entire situation.