The drugs involved are capecitabine and oxaliplatin, my instinct is to protect my remaining kidney by not exposing it to toxins it may have difficulty in clearing. Has anybody out there had a similar experience or has undergone chemo with similar complications?
6 so they gave her Neupogen and stopped capecitabine for 4 days. They gave her a longer-acting version of Neupogen before round 3 and lowered the dose of oxa to 90%. Before round 4 her neutro was back down at .9. They gave her more Neupogen and started round 4 today.
Now here is the problem: Docs want to stop oxa round 5 onward for fear of 'long-term damage to her bone marrrow' which I don't find very convincing.
Clinical trials of SIR-Spheres® have been conducted within the framework of rigorous scientific protocols in major teaching hospitals and cancer centers. Phase I, II and III trials have been completed. In Australia and New Zealand, most patients had secondary (metastatic) liver cancer, while in Hong Kong primary liver cancer was predominant.
Followup pathology report suggested mucinous ovarian cancer. Consequently. she went for a chemotherapy (carbo and taxol). Since then she has been undergoing 3 monthly regular check-ups (vaginal ultra sound) for 2 years and then 6 monthly check from the last year. Her check up in December 2015 showed a growth in size of the left ovary. Her doctor is Gyn-oncologist he recommended CT scan and CAE and CA-125 tests.
They wanted a magnified view and went for that. Now I have to have a biopsy on 9-18-08 to see if I have cancer or not. My question is this, I have had 2 heart attacks since April this year and I have coronary artery disease. If by some chance I do have cancer will I be able to do chemo? If not what will they have me do?
the cyst had breached and some fluid was found which showed scant cancer cells. All organs remooved proved negative. Thus it was only the right ovary and the fluid which tested positive. Now we are planning the chemo and the debate is on Carboplatin + taxol vs Oxaliplatin + capacitabine. There are clearly two schools of thought and none is giving confidence that the combination will be effective. I would like to have some advice on this.
My wife also has allergic reactions to Carbo (and Oxaliplatin) and a number of other drugs. In order to maintain treatment she takes very high doses of steroids the night before and then immediately before treatment and she also has IV piriton (anti hysthamine). She needs to take lorazapam to counter the more aggressive aspects of steroid but it is meaning that she is tolerating her treatment.
She has her treatment (Oxaliplatin, 5FU & Avastin) all in one day, but it takes 8 hours.
where they go in with a camera and look at your esophagus and stomach and small intestines. this is the diagnosis
duodenal biopsy= normal, negative for parasites or other abnormalities.
antrum biopsy= normal gastric mucosa,negative for gastritis or helicobacter pylori infection,intestinal metaplasia,dysplasia,or malignancy.
EG junction biopsy=mild nonspecific chronic inflammatory changes at esophagogastric junction. negative for intestinal metaplasia,dysplasia, or malignancy.
They are talking about using chemo drugs that are normally used for bowel and other GI cancers (5-FU and Oxaliplatin) as a second line therapy. I remember that Marie3B went on to something similar.(FOLFOX?)
Does anyone have an opinion on this? Any experience? Marie3B?
Clearly my wife has no response to standard drugs so I am not suprised that they are looking in other directions. Mucinous tumors seem to lack response against standard drugs so we are quite prepared to take our chances.
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.
Hi there, I posted a few weeks ago to say my Mum may be going on a trial as they were all out of options. She started the trial yesterday. They are trying a combination of eribulin and capecitabine. As it's a phase 1 trial it's to establish a safe dose so she will be given the drugs in an increasing amount to see what the body can handle and the effect it has. I will keep you all posted on her progress and any good news that comes from the trial.
CA 19-9 is a tumor marker in gall bladder cancer and raised levels are used to detect secondaries or spread of cancer. Therapy is based on the stage of cancer and also on the histological grading of the cancer. With therapy the CA 19-9 levels should come down.
Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
I think a triaged approach to what you want from your treatment would help and am sure you discussed this with your doctor. First and foremost, that the treatment is effective and purging the cancer and putting you into remission. But retaining your hair can also be on the list of things you would like. Lower on the list, but there.
The standard treatment for advanced ovarian cancer is surgery, both to establish the stage and type of cancer and to remove as much cancerous tissue as possible, followed by chemotherapy with drugs such as carboplatin and paclitaxel. Despite aggressive treatment, however, the survival rate for advanced ovarian cancer remains low.
There is mild interval increase in size and number of previously noted residual peritoneal deposits in the mid abdominal mesentery, along the IC junction, left paracolic gutter and along the surface of sigmoid colon, the largest of them now measuring about 22 x 25 cm previously measuring 17 x 13 cm
A discrete slightly enlarged right external iliac lymphnode is noted just below the level of bifurcation measuring 13 x 10 cm, which was tiny subcentimeter node in prior study
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