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#43633 07-26-2004 11:32 AM
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I forgot say this: Best of luck with your treatment, Candle. Erbitux and Herceptin, I believe, are both monoclonal antibodies and certainly bare further investigation.

-Brett


Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.
#43634 07-27-2004 10:25 AM
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Just saw this in a Forbes news flash this morning.

'In other news, Germany's Merck says it will file with European regulators to market cancer drug Erbitux to treat head and neck cancer at the start of 2005. Merck, which licenses rights to sell the drug in certain markets from its creator ImClone Systems (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people ), says its sales of Erbitux could bring in $608 million in peak annual sales by 2008.'

Not that we care about the money part, but I think this means it may soon be available to us H & N patients in this country. That's the route it took to get approval for colorectal cancers.

Just thought it interesting.

Eileen


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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
#43635 07-27-2004 11:24 PM
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Thanks you guys. Erbitux is the same thing as Cetuximab. Unfortunately it didn't slow my ca. I participated in a study in 2002 at The Center for Advanced Medicine/Washington University Medical School in St. Louis and hung in for 3 months. I ended up with a very bad staphe infection on my skin and that's why they finally made me stop. I believe I held out longer than the others in the study. It was pretty gruesome. Exception of one guy and he was taking a combination of other drugs along with the Erbitux. He had some benefit and was being treated for colerectal ca.

Funny that you mentioned Erbitux now becoming available for H&N in the USA because on my last doctors visit when I asked which chemo. we would try next he said, "Well there is this new drug called Erbitux and.." I interrupted him with, "You've gotta be kidding. You already sent me to that study Dr. E, remember!!" He quickly said, "Oh, oh, yeah that's right. Well then uh, maybe we'll do Taxotere and Gem-something." I don't think he looks at my chart half the time. I'm hoping he is just brilliant but slightly absent minded??? confused
Thanks for your replies! smile
Much Love to all of you,
Candle


SSC Larynx/Supraglottic Laryngectomy'98. Max Radiat-'98,'01. Liver resect-'00. Metastasis to lt lung'02&rt lung'04. Carboplatin&Taxol&Ifosfamide&Taxotere'00.Cetuximab'02.Cysplatin&Topotecan'03.
#43636 07-27-2004 11:28 PM
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Oh, also, thank you for all of your prayers! Much appreciated. smile
Candle


SSC Larynx/Supraglottic Laryngectomy'98. Max Radiat-'98,'01. Liver resect-'00. Metastasis to lt lung'02&rt lung'04. Carboplatin&Taxol&Ifosfamide&Taxotere'00.Cetuximab'02.Cysplatin&Topotecan'03.
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