Chemo Pills??

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HomeMom
HomeMom Member Posts: 1,198
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

My BS made a note on my sheet when she was writing notes for me at my dx, in the area of treatment,"Chemo Pills". I don't know if I will need Chemo just yet , but has anyone taken the pills instead of IV? Is it a lower dosage?

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited April 2014

    HomeMom, looking at the list of Chemotherapy Medicines at the main Breastcancer.org site, we see only a couple of them that list a possible pill form; the majority are given intravenously. Did your doctor say which chemo drug/s you might be getting, if they're needed?

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  • MsPharoah
    MsPharoah Member Posts: 1,034
    edited April 2014

    Homemom, hello.  Only your doctor knows what he/she meant by the term chemo pills.  My oncologist refers to all anti-hormonals as chemotherapy and these are all taken in pill form.   There are very few traditional chemotherapy agents that are administered in pill form, so I think that your doctor is expecting that you will be taking anti-hormonals. 

    Love, MsP

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  • HomeMom
    HomeMom Member Posts: 1,198
    edited April 2014

    She just said that she felt good about me not needing Chemo, but next to her notes where she noted the three instances where I would need chemo, she wrote "chemo pills".  

    Thanks for the answers. Tomorrow is my surgery and I'm hoping for the best!

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  • MsPharoah
    MsPharoah Member Posts: 1,034
    edited April 2014

    All the best, HomeMom!  Make sure that you baby yourself.

    Love, MsP

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