#39793 03-08-2006 03:40 AM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 22 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 22 | Has anyone had this chemo drug or know anything about it? Side effects, results? My husband was offered it for his stage III tonsil cancer, but we haven't been able to find out much about it, except it's now being used for colon cancer. | | |
#39794 03-08-2006 02:45 PM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 | Deborah, Try this link to a recent story in the news section of the site http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/news/story.asp?newsId=1172 Erbitux is the drug from Imclone that led to Martha Stewart's legal problems. The article talks about FDA approval for Erbitux with Radiation for treatment of Head and Neck cancers, and quotes some pretty remarkable numbers. Good Health, Chuck
SCC Stage IV right tonsil T3N3M0. Dx 08/03. Clinical Trial:8 weeks Taxol, Carboplatin then Hydrea, 5FU, IMRT x's 48, SND, Iressa x 2yrs. Now 20 years out and thriving. Dealing with a Prostate cancer diagnosis now. Add a Bladder cancer diagnosis to all the fun.
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"Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it."
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#39795 03-12-2006 05:59 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 118 Likes: 1 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 118 Likes: 1 | I completed Erbitux treatment in addition to general radiation and chemotherapy at the end of April. Feeling and doing better and better as time goes on with clean scans since then. I have posted, as have a few others, about Erbitux so check out these posts. I believe my decision to have Erbitux was a good one for me. Send me an email if you wish and I will also be happy to respond in more detail.
Be well. Zenda
12/04 SCC Tonsil, Stage IV T3N2BM0. Mod RND, resect right oropharynx, free-flap, resect right tongue base. Erbitux,Docetaxel,RT X 33. 6/08 Mets lung, hilar lymph node:Carboplatin, Docetaxel. 2010 2nd clinical trial:lung clear, node stable. ORN,trismus,dysphagia. 8-10/2012 cryoablation,brachytherapy,cyberknife to lymph node. 12/12 NED. 6/13 Mets RLL lung: 8/13 cyberknife. 11/13 NED.
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