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#99567 07-15-2009 10:10 PM | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 7 Member | OP Member Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 7 | The Chemo is attacking my dad's Bone Marrow and they had to stop treatment, he has already had radation so that's out. They are telling us his only option is a combo of two clinical drugs Erbitux and IMC-A12.. Has anyone heard of these drugs or has taken them? The side effects listed are really scarry.. I wanted to know if anyone had any other info... PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks
DAD68yrs old Diagnosed Feb16 08 PEGTube March08 3chemo/35 Radation Treatments All Clear Nov08 Diagnosed April09 Base of Tounge and 3 Nodules in lungs 2Chemo tretments/ Stopped Chemo due to Bone Marrow loss June09-Sept09 IMCA12 Experimental Study Sept09 Erbitux 2wks. Stopped No treatment | | | | Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | I think, Rosemary, that you haven't gotten any information because you're talking about a clinical trial and no one on this forum has received this combination of drugs. As an aside, though, all drugs have a scary list of side effects. I did have Erbitux, with the rash and the splitting skin on my fingers, but overall it was pretty tolerable. Never heard of the second drug, though. Can you ask your Father's doc if you can speak with any other patients that have already gone through this?
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08 Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016 Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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