|
Lapatinib + Xeloda = any hope?
Long time reading this forum, first time posting. I have many questions which I hope to find some answers for. I hope they will be helpful for me.
Diagnosed with secondary cancer in November 2009. Received Taxotere + Herceptin for 5 months. By the middle of treatment, CA153 dropped from 60 to 20, then started to rise again. So, they stopped the treatment. They're not giving me any hormone treatment or herceptin now. I've been having Xeloda for 4 cycles. CA continues to rise. Now, I've been offered Lapatinib + Xeloda. I'm not quite certain about this treatment because Xeloda hasn't been working. I don't care about my bone mets, but my liver mets have started growing in number.
I'd appreciate if anyone could share their experience with Lapatinib + Xeloda.
Another question I have is this - how reliable are cancer markers? Are they a certain indication of the way the disease progresses?
I'm really grateful to the founders of this website. It's a real help to people like me. God bless!
Galina
__________________
Dx 11/06 age 60
2.8cm Grade 2
ER+++/PR+/HER2+++
R. mast., 5 FEC, 6 Taxotere, 35 radiation
11 mth Herceptin
while on Arimidex 11/09 recurrence to bones (widespread), liver
5 rad. on spine, 6 Taxotere, Herceptin, Zometa
while on this, progression
Xeloda, Zometa every 3 weeks
07/10 stopped Xeloda - doesn't work
having just Zometa, waiting for another treatment
|
Threaded Mode