Jane
How hard this must be for you. I'm not going to hijack your thread with my concerns about
Erbitux. Instead I wanted to share what I, as a patient over 60 years old, personally experienced with
Erbitux. The pain and suffering it caused me were excruciating beyond any of the other treatments. My face literally peeled off as the
Erbitux supressed the EGFR that the radiation damaged skin needed to stay on and heal.
Meanwhile, since my
HPV+ tumor did not express much EGFR, it ended up not helping the radiation kill the cancer.
I am always puzzled by the manufacturer's assertion that
Erbitux is less toxic and somehow better for the patient.
So my advice it to watch your mother's face. If it seems fine, that is great. But don't let the doctors string you along that the worse the reaction the better the drug is working. That is true only for the acne that many get.
The answer on
Erbitux will not be known until more clinical trials are done. I wish the best for your mom
Charm