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How Much Chemotherapy Is Required For Breast Cancer?

Hello Doctor, My mother is suffering from Breast cancer which was detected 5 months ago. For now she is under treatment and chemotherapy is going on for which she has been injected 5 times. She had been operated and the cancer lump has been removed from the body. Still I am curious and confused to know whether she need more chemotherapy shots. Doctors treating her are trying to justify 8 chemotherapy shots to be compulsorily given to her. The issue is that doctors are unable to find more blood veins as all the veins are blocked due to multiple chemotherapy done earlier. My question is what details should I provide you to get a satisfactory reply in this scenario whether more chemotherapy is required or not? Please help me !
Mon, 20 Jun 2016
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hi. I understand your problem . not finding veins is pretty common problem with people on chemotherapy. hence most often chemo port is advised.

deciding duration of chemotherapy depend a lot on your initial stage grade and hormone status as week as which protocol your oncologist has employed.

also her 2 status determine maintenance therapy. kindly revert with these detail

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How Much Chemotherapy Is Required For Breast Cancer?

hi. I understand your problem . not finding veins is pretty common problem with people on chemotherapy. hence most often chemo port is advised. deciding duration of chemotherapy depend a lot on your initial stage grade and hormone status as week as which protocol your oncologist has employed. also her 2 status determine maintenance therapy. kindly revert with these detail