Breast cancer ac chemo

You may also bruise more easily, have nosebleeds or your gums may bleed when you brush your teeth. Blood clots 9. Many drugs used to treat breast cancer, including the taxanes docetaxel and paclitaxelplatinum agents carboplatin, cisplatinvinorelbine, eribulin, and ixabepilone, can damage nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord.

Everyone reacts differently to drugs and some people have more side effects than others. Often, a slightly larger and sturdier IV is required in the vein system to administer chemo. See Targeted Therapy for Breast Cancer for more information about these drugs.

Some of these are more common with certain chemo drugs. The older a woman is when she gets chemotherapy, the more likely it is that she will go through menopause or become infertile as a result. This is when part of the blood clot breaks away and travels to the lung. Heart problems as a result of doxorubicin are not common.