Val Pfeiffer
03-14-2006, 05:11 PM
I'm taking a flyer here...all of us are here to discuss Her2 breast cancer topics, but a friend of my kids' singing treacher is looking for a cancer center that would have expertise in the situation described below. She is looking for the info today or early tomorrow if possible. If any of you have a recommendation about a cancer care center in the United States that you think works with this type of case, please email me the details asap at vpfeiffer@gmail.com
thanks :-)
Val
"SMALL CELL CARCINOMA" or "SMALL CELL CANCER" which is a rare form of neuroendocrine tumor. Small cell carcinoma behaves very differently than the garden-variety neuroendocrine tumor. This type of cancer is poorly-differentiated and replicates very aggressively. Typically shows up as lung cancer though other locations are possible, but rare.
Here's additional information to give more background:
- Cancer of unknown primary (i.e. we don't know where the cancer originated)
- Condition name: Small cell cancer or small cell carcinoma
- This type of cancer typically shows up as lung cancer, rarely in other locations like liver, colon, cervix. Thus, Tony's case is rare.
- Tony's chemotherapy regiment is the same as for small cell lung cancer.
- Tony's particular chemo regiment is the following:
Day 1 (two drugs): Carboplatin (aka Paraplatin) and Etoposide (aka VP-16, aka VePesid, aka Etophophos).
Day 2 (one drug): Etoposide (aka VP-16, aka VePesid, aka Etophophos)
Day 3 (one drug): Etoposide (aka VP-16, aka VePesid, aka Etophophos)
Then, 18 days off. After that, the cycle begins with Day 1 again. There will be 6 cycles of chemo drugs administered.
thanks :-)
Val
"SMALL CELL CARCINOMA" or "SMALL CELL CANCER" which is a rare form of neuroendocrine tumor. Small cell carcinoma behaves very differently than the garden-variety neuroendocrine tumor. This type of cancer is poorly-differentiated and replicates very aggressively. Typically shows up as lung cancer though other locations are possible, but rare.
Here's additional information to give more background:
- Cancer of unknown primary (i.e. we don't know where the cancer originated)
- Condition name: Small cell cancer or small cell carcinoma
- This type of cancer typically shows up as lung cancer, rarely in other locations like liver, colon, cervix. Thus, Tony's case is rare.
- Tony's chemotherapy regiment is the same as for small cell lung cancer.
- Tony's particular chemo regiment is the following:
Day 1 (two drugs): Carboplatin (aka Paraplatin) and Etoposide (aka VP-16, aka VePesid, aka Etophophos).
Day 2 (one drug): Etoposide (aka VP-16, aka VePesid, aka Etophophos)
Day 3 (one drug): Etoposide (aka VP-16, aka VePesid, aka Etophophos)
Then, 18 days off. After that, the cycle begins with Day 1 again. There will be 6 cycles of chemo drugs administered.