Many women with breast cancer are now offered chemotherapy - often shortened of course to "breast cancer chemo" - after their initial surgery.

Marjory was treated with more than one chemotherapy combination. She had CEF chemo - or FEC chemotherapy as it's known in the UK - initially and then a further four sessions of Taxotere combined with Herceptin.

This page presents the collected postings about chemotherapy from the main Beating Breast Cancer blog site. You'll find a mixture of personal reflections about breast cancer chemo and some more medically based commentary about the role of chemotherapy in breast cancer treatment

Choosing breast cancer chemotherapy
Marjory met with her oncologist and a program of breast cancer chemo was planned

Breast Cancer Chemo
Meeting with the oncologist and the initial planning stages of deciding what chemotherapy options were available.

Tamoxifen and Raloxifene
Hormone treatments for breast cancer

New Drugs for Breast Cancer
A review of the new breast cancer drug options - some important questions to ask your doctor about new breast cancer treatments.

CEF Chemo and Herceptin
FEC chemotherapy or CEF chemo and herceptin are becoming a common combination in the treatment of breast cancer.


Hats for Chemotherapy Hair Loss
If you want to get ahead ... get a hat !!

CEF Chemo
Marjory's journal describes her first experience of CEF chemotherapy

Side Effects of CEF Chemotherapy
The title of this post is "Not so bad ... " which pretty much says it all really.

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