Xeloda and avastin
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They have continued with the trial with just the Avastin and Xeloda which he is still taking. However he has some symptoms since the beginning of November which has baffled his oncologist he has severe pains in his head when swallowing it is not related to chewing the pain and dull all the time and on the left side of his head.
7mm and 13mm. He took chemo: Folfox, Avastin, Oxaliplatin, and Xeloda until April 2008. The April CT scan revealed that the tumors had grown slightly and that there were four more small nodules visable. He discontinued Chemo and chose alternataive therapy with High Dose Vitamin C, and B17, changed his diet, and had some blood boosters. In August a new CT showed the good news that no new tumors were visable, but that the primary tumors were slightly larger.
My onco tried me on taxol, and avastin, then xeloda. Neither of these worked. He suggests that I try Jemzar. I have stage IV mestatic breast cancer that has spread to my spine. I was dx in Feb 2002. I have previously been on different chemo.surgery, hormonal.. arimidex, aromosin, fasoldex . and several radiation treatments. I am undecided on doing any more chemo. My cancer , of course , is er/pr positive. Is there any advice on this chemo. or is there another hormonal I could try.
It is with avastin and has 3 arms, so I had 2 chances to get avastin and will never know whether or not I did. I am now in the monitoring stage and get CT scans every 3 months for 2 years (I have one more year). For the 2 year monitoring, there's, of course no possible individual benefit for me. Although I do not like scans and am concerned about the radiation, I am planning to stick with the trial.
My body smply could not tolerate the drug and while taking Xeloda I lost more than one pound per day, snd had relentless nausea and terrible pain in my hands and feet. After one three-week cycle my doctor discontinued the Xeloda. I was able to complete treatment with the oxiliplatin. This was in 2004 and I am cancer free today. Ask your mother's doctor for something else. If possible she should not stop chemo until her doctor is certain no trace of cancer remains in her lymph system.
will xeloda given alone treat both tumours in chest wall with mestases in liver.
I had two Avastin injections in 2012 for a CNV caused by myopic degeneration. The first one must have broken a blood vessel in the white part of the eye (not serious but very ugly). I think I remember putting a Kleenex next to my eye and getting blood on it.
Hand-foot syndrome is a condition where the palms of the hands and soles of the feet become reddish, swollen and develop pain and tingling sensations. Sometimes, rash or peeling of the skin in the palms and soles also occur. Reducing the dose of Xeloda can help decrease this side effect. Applying ice packs and skin lotion can also help relieve the burning sensation and dryness. Another option which your grandmother can take is to discontinue Xeloda altogether.
Do not know what combination with Avastin your daughter is taking but I have heard that nosebleeds are a part of Avastin.. I took carbo taxol and was constantly tired and the usual problem is low red blood cells.. I had several blood transfusions and then felt much better... She should talk with her oncologist on her platalet count and red blood cells... chemo is tough.. I am twice your daughters age and it took me almost a year to feel like normal again... my last chemo was 14 months ago..
5KGS AT 5FT HEIGHT, WE ARE TREATING THE METS WHICH HAS GONE TO HER LUNGS AND BONES AND LIVER WITH XELODA 1GRAM TWICE A DAY FOR 14 DAYS, AND THEY SCARED US WITH THE SIDE EFFECTS,BUT WE ARE ALSO GIVING HER HOMEOPATHY. WE ARE GIVING A GOOD NUTRITIONAL DIET ALONG WITH A PROTINEX SUPPLEMENT. ON 5TH OF FEB IS HER APPOINTMENT WITH THE ONCO. I HOPE XELODA HAS ARRESTED THE GROWTH OF CANCER CELLS. IF IT HAS CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY CYCLES CAN SHE TAKE WITHOUT IT DOING MUCH HARM.
I am tired and much more so after my Avastin infusion. That seems to resolve after a couple of days. I know my blood pressure has gotten higher, but I'm told that's quite common. I am planning to have 4 treatments, then a CT scan to see if it's working. I have to be careful because it's costing me and my family nearly $6000 a treatment, out of pocket. It will be a mixed blessing I guess, if it does work!
Good luck...
, matthew farber, has moved me from laser surgery to injections of avastin. my insurance says that avastin is not an approved treatment and has denied any payments. is avastin fda approved for my disease?? is dr.farber's treatment the recommended treatment?? how can i fight my insurance company on this issue??
My mom is currently in a clinical trial at Duke University for Avastin. It is a Phase III trial - so it is the final trial for the drug. I've seen several posts talking about the terrible side effects of Avastin. Can anyone fill me in on these? I've read all the data and have spoken to the people at Duke in charge of the trial and so far, I've not seen anything that is really terrible.
Your situation doesn't sound any different than mine, except you had slighly longer remissions -- even the same string of drugs in the same order -- had a CT scan yesterday to see if the Topo is doing anything as my CA125 hasn't dropped by much -- if not working will be switching to Avastin too -- I'm going to ask him to do both the Avastin and cytoxin as everyone here seems to have had better luck with that then Avastin alone -- also heard from everyone on this board that there are
but this week was terrible, we was to tha hospital here close to my home because my husband have a incfrese pain , after 7 month the quimioterapy with xeloda,taxol,avastin, i talk with his doctor , we want to make ct stan, because that pet-scan always say everything is same.
after that cat scan reveled that tumor original left size abdominal is growing, and have about 5 tumor more that is coming growing about 3 and 4 cm each.
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