Xeloda for small rest tumor triple negative?

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Ilonas
Ilonas Member Posts: 3
edited July 2018 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

hai all,

Hope to have some anwers here, because I am from holland and seems very difficult to find anything on this subject.

I was dx this january with TN breastcancer stage 1 19mm tumor. Went trought chemo 16x and than surgery. Expexting to have a cpr but left with 2mm. My dr was happy with this results.. and so was I. But now I received a phonecall from the hospital about xeloda and having better survival rates then? Now I am scarred.... can anyone help me out here...

Thanks doe responding...

Regards ilona

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  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited July 2018

    I think you might want to post this on the Calling all TN thread https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/72/topics...

    I had surgery before so I won't ever know if I'd have responded to the chemo only. I'm in BC Canada & I think here we still reserve xeloda for stage iv but I know there was a study about it helping earlier stage TN women prevent a recurrence & I think others in the US who did not have a cpr have been put on a cycle of it.



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  • Frog-on-the-lilypad
    Frog-on-the-lilypad Member Posts: 190
    edited July 2018

    Hi Ilonas,

    I met my MO yesterday and she told me that for TNBC early stag, if there is residual cancer then Xeloda (Capecitabine) is becoming standard of care. I am in New Zealand. Its an eight week oral chemo drug. I feel its a good thing as being TN our choices are limited.

    The study Moth mentions is the CREATE-X study,

    Moth, I have come across your posts on other threads as well. You have a huge knowledge base on TNbc, I feel. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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