Forum: her2group
01-22-2011, 05:53 PM
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Re: Help! Brain mets besides lung mets
Miscellaneous info I have been able to drum up:
http://cpharm.vetmed.vt.edu/VM9096/handout.htm
under anti-metabolites (fluorouracil is the infusion/Xeloda is the pill... they are the same drug)...
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Forum: her2group
01-20-2011, 10:32 PM
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Re: Help! Brain mets besides lung mets
Hi Joyce... so glad the doc is being forced to write the Tykerb w/ Xeloda. I talked to an onc today who I really respect and he was concerned about the way I described your daughter's situation... he...
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Forum: her2group
01-17-2011, 04:24 PM
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Re: Help! Brain mets besides lung mets
Not necessarily, but I think it's the best starting point with Tykerb. I don't know that it's the key, and I am not qualified to say, but I know that Tykerb was approved in combo with Xeloda first,...
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Forum: her2group
01-15-2011, 09:16 PM
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Re: Help! Brain mets besides lung mets
OK, I understand how confusing this would be... but if it helps, a similar plan is how I approached it... successfully for 18 months. I did Tykerb/Xeloda first with very close monitoring. (MRI at...
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Forum: her2group
12-31-2010, 10:27 PM
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Re: Help! Brain mets besides lung mets
This link is to another current thread where Courtney has been talking about her Gammaknife treatments. She lives in San Francisco and has had 19 (!!) treated with Gammaknife... please read it. It...
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Forum: her2group
12-31-2010, 05:33 PM
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Re: Help! Brain mets besides lung mets
It is time to make sure you get a second and maybe even third opinion. You want to find a Radiation Oncologist who will treat you with targeted radiation (IMRT - <Intensity Modulated Radiation...
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