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#99567 07-15-2009 10:10 PM
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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
Rosemarie #99568 07-15-2009 11:14 PM
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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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