What type of chemo?

Let me begin by congratulating you on 5 years, how wonderful that is and may it continue for at least another 90 years!  I am so sorry to hear about your friend's recent diagnose.  I am two years out from my diagnose, very similar to your friend's with the exception of my tumor was 1.2 cms.  I too had 4 A/C and 4 DD Taxol ( had to switch to taxotere after first taxol due to instant neuropathy) and my oncologist, who is also very proficient in treating many triple negs, is still doing that same chemo.  At the time of my first visit with her she gave me three choices as the best for triple neg - with the statement that the most agressive is the best way to go as this is your only chance at fully fighting this beast. 

TAC was her most agressive choice,

A/C & T was her second most agressive choice; and

T&C was her third choice.

I chose the middle of the road and went with A/C& T which she felt was a very wise choice.  I was 62 at diagnose, widowed, raising my teenage grand-daughter and worked full time, and she felt the TAC might have put me on my butt a bit longer than the A/C.  While some docs are adding a few of the platinum drugs, etc., I think you will find that most oncs are still giving the above schedule.  I was HER neg with no nodes and that did not influence her choice of the above three protocols at all.  There is an abstract recently posted in which some oncs are now giving the Taxol/Taxotere PRIOR to the A/C and that this is supposed to be a better approach - according to their findings.  However, when I discussed that with my onc at my last "3 month" just weeks ago, she stated that she is aware of that research testing, but does not feel it is substantial enough for her to change the way in which she gives the chemo. 

No real conclusive help for you here, I realize, but I hope it helps a bit.  I wish you continued cancer free decades and an uneventful and successful journey for your friend.  Please have her join us on the Calling all TN's thread.  We have newcomers all the time and would love to welcome her aboard and hold her hand along the way.  

Linda

I had negative nodes and I had 4 AC 4 Taxotere...every 3 weeks

April -

I did the same chemo as you and 33 rads to finish it all off.  I too am always on the lookout for long term TN survivors as well and still remain almost as frightened by this ugly beast we all were "gifted" with.  I hate this disease and the fact it just doesn't follow any rules - it does whatever the heck it wants.  I wish you a very successful journey.  As nasty as our disease can be - there are many survivors.

Oh, yeah, I also had rads - 25 treatments plus 5 boost treatments... but I was node positive.

I think the current chemo reginment for that sized TN tumor with 0 nodes is most commonly AC + T (4x for each) given once every 3 weeks.  If the tumor is larger or there are other complicating factors, they'll do dose dense.  That's what I just started on 2 weeks ago.

6 cycles of TC, besides hair loss I worked the entire time and felt generally okay....