WHERE & WHY WINTER STORMS OCCUR. Winter storms are generated, as are many of the thunderstorms of summer, from disturbances along the boundary between cold polar and warm tropical air massesâthe fronts where air masses of different temperatures and densities wage their perpetual war of instability and equilibrium.
Depending on the characteristics of the cancer, a targeted therapy medicine, such as Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab), may be used in combination with some chemotherapy regimens. For example, the TCH regimen includes Taxotere, Herceptin, and carboplatin. Your doctor may talk about certain groups of chemotherapy medicines: 1  Anthracyclines are chemically similar to an antibiotic. Anthracyclines damage the genetic material of cancer cells, which makes the cells die. 2  Taxanes interfere with the way cancer cells divide. Taxol, Taxotere, and Abraxane are taxanes.
Chemotherapy drugs for metastatic breast cancer Figure 5.6 lists the most common chemotherapy drugs (used alone or in combination) to treat metastatic breast cancer. Figure 5.6: Chemotherapy drugs for metastatic breast cancer*. Drug (abbreviation) Brand name.