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Has anyone had all 6 cycles of Taxol/carboplatin before surgery?

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My mom's care team is playing with the idea of doing all 6 chemo cycles before debulking surgery. She's finishing her 4th cycle tomorrow. Has anyone else had all 6 up front? Her growth has significantly shrunk and would be operable, according to them. So wondering why this is the care teams's new approach. Thanks!

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I had my surgery first then had the 6 cycles of chemo but that was in 2015 and things can change very quickly in the world of medicine,it may have been decided through trials that this option has shown better results perhaps, also the smaller the tumour the easier the surgery for your mum, less collateral damage to surrounding organs etc so maybe they're hopeful that it'll shrink even more. Best of luck to your mum hope everything goes well for her

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Hi, I finished my 6th cycle in July and has my surgery on the 26th of October. My surgery was very successful. I had three large tumours, 18, 13 and 8 cm. Two on my ovaries and the other spread out . Not sure where it grew from. One was wrapped around my bowel and originally I was told I would loose half my bowel and get a colostomy bag. Thankfully my surgeon was able to remove the tumour from the bowel without any damage to it. The 6 cycles shrunk the tumours by over half. Hopefully this will be the same for your Mum. I now have to do chemo for a year. Was told this on Wednesday. Waiting to meet my oncologist to discuss this. Hope all goes well for your Mum.

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quillette

I have had 7 cycles - only operation had was when emergency operated

now there will b no debulking ever now or future

She is lucky to get operation - after ops there will be waiting period for healing then am not sure what they will put her on

The primary peritoneal cancer i have is surrounding the superiour mesentery artery and on some lymph nodes

will be on some big pharma pills that have dangerous side effects (but not for some) either zejula or lynpraza however its spelt

i wish all better health

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