Dr. put her on Xeloda and Tykerb. She is on a 2 week on, 1 week off cycle. Her side effects have been severe. (i.e dehydration, throwing up, no appetite, mouth sores, nausea, you name it, she has it)
Her last visit to the Dr. (she goes about twice a week) just yesterday, he told her (in her words) that "everything is shrinking, and you'll have to be on this for the rest of your life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For now, targeting the Her2Neu expression will still involve drugs like Herceptin (trastuzumab) or Tykerb (lapatinib). Once the results of the trials come out, and the drug is proven to be effective (and approved by FDA), I'm sure there will be massive media mileage and announcements as this will be a major breakthrough.
Regards.
ya...but it seems mom has two different cells one is in breast and other in liver (some he3+, i guess) ,for oncolet the breast cells are being controlled but not the liver cells ,thats why disease has reoccured in liver ,is what the reply the doctor gave me,so in order to control both,mom needs to take oncolet and xeloda together....
could diet and or exercise be slight factors in rising CEA count in my mother? It was at its lowest point but the last 2 visits it went up slightly.
For these reasons, they usually occur earlier and generally have a more unfavorable course and prognosis. However, there is a drug specifically aimed to target Her2+ cancer, this drug is called Herceptin. Studies have shown that this drug either given alone or in combination with other chemotherapy drugs can decrease the chance of recurrence and eventually improve treatment outcomes. Another drug approved for those who failed Herceptin is Lapatinib (Tykerb).
Regards...
Within a month, the breast cancer started in her skin around the site of the node. She now has a red rash (skin mets) in approx half of her chest wall and is getting Chemo (Xeloda) and Herceptin. My question is, the skin is beginning to "harden" around the node removal surgery site. What does this mean? Any other comments on Skin mets would be greatly appreciated.
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.
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.
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.
She had debulking and was put on taxol and carboplatin. She survived a wonderful year without chemo and rising ca125, then it all happened again. She was put on taxotere and carboplatin for another 6 rounds. This time the tumors in her abdomen did not go away. Next, hexalen was tried. She took it for 2 weeks and rested 2 weeks. She did this twice with a rising ca125. Now, the doctor has taken her off hexalen and she will try doxil next week. Any thoughts on this.
In December 2005 I was diagnosed with infultrating ductal carcinoma. Her2 postitive, er/pr-. Grade 3. No node involvement -- I received:
- 4 rounds of Adriamycin and Cytoxan
- 4 rounds of Taxotere and Herceptin.
- Lumpecomy
- Radiation and boost
- Another 16 rounds (3 weeks in one round) of Herceptin. . Also received radiation and boost. Long haul!
There are medications available to address CerbB2 positivity in the US (trastuzumab (Herceptin) and Lapatinib (Tykerb). Whether or not these would be under consideration would depend upon your situation and your oncologist. You should discuss your questions with your oncologist who can discuss this within the context of your situation.
and have since had a local reoccurrence in the lymph node in my neck. The lymph node has been removed and biopsied and came back the same as before. Weakly positive ER 20%.,Her2 neg. PR neg.. i'm concerned that the tamoxifin did not work. My oncologists is deciding between xeloda , a chemo pill or arimidex. Any thoughts?
The tumor is making a bigger and bigger lump on my chest wall and has grown into the muscle and the chest wall itself. I have been warned that it could break through and that would cause really unpleasant results. I am taking Xeloda and hoping that will help shrink this huge tumor. I cannot take infusion chemotheraphy for this as my side effects were so extreme the first time that Xeloda seems to be my only choice.
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