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#150051 05-27-2012 01:05 AM
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I am not going to be on the clonical trial after all because of low white blood cell count. Instead I will be taking Tarceva which I read is/ used with lung cancer. Has anyone heard of this???


4 cancerous tumors stage4 Surgery 10/26/2010 Radiation 2x a day for 4 weeks (started Dec 13th 2010)
Reccurance discovered Nov 2011. Tumor behind left jaw. Erbitux, Taxol and Paraplatin for 6 wk. Surgery scheduled for Feb
50 year old woman smoked for 30 years quit 3 years ago light drinker HPV +16
plantgirl #150052 05-27-2012 03:52 AM
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I did a quick search and found several mentions of this drug on the forum. To search, type the word or words in the search slot towards the top right.

Tarceva thread


Christine
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plantgirl #150101 05-28-2012 10:15 AM
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thanks Christine. Found out some interesting stuff


4 cancerous tumors stage4 Surgery 10/26/2010 Radiation 2x a day for 4 weeks (started Dec 13th 2010)
Reccurance discovered Nov 2011. Tumor behind left jaw. Erbitux, Taxol and Paraplatin for 6 wk. Surgery scheduled for Feb
50 year old woman smoked for 30 years quit 3 years ago light drinker HPV +16

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