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Reviewer: Fishin'Mom, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I have been on the Xeloda for about 2 months 2 months this go around. Was on it initially but taken off. May not have combined well with the other IV treatment. Working well with Taxol and Faslodex. Hand/foot syndrome tolerable. Use many kinds of creams. Put Tea Tree oil in other creams. After 2 weeks on X, I'm ready to be off a week. Then the cycle begins again. CA 27-29 marker down to 187. 100 p
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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Reviewer: Superstar, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Metastatic breast cancer of the liver and lung. This was my fourth time on chemo. Started out taking 4,000 mg per day, on 14 days off 7. After second cycle developed hand-foot syndrome. Treatment put off for 7 additional days and dosage lowered to 2,000 mg. After 7th cycle severe hand-foot syndrome intolerable. Had to stop Xeloda and go back to IV chemo. Recommend alcohol free lotions. Overal
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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My 75 yrold mom took this oral chemotherapy.it seems to have arrested the cancer mets that surround her heart&lungs,but in the first three weeks of taking it her colon severely/possibly permanently damaged.we now face the possibility of hospice within a few days.hard to say whether it was the best treatment.I would say it definitely needs close observation&monitoring of dosage amount&
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Reviewer: Danielle, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Meds are working successfully. No complaints!
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