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#79531 08-28-2008 02:07 PM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 27 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 27 | Did anyone use Ethyol(Amifostine) or other drugs that can alleviate the side effects of radiation therapy?
My mother is about to undergo radiation with chemo so I would like to know if there is anything she can take to minimize the side effects.
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 666 | Depending on what exactly is being irradiated amifostine may not be helpful or needed. There has been a lot written on this here which you can search for (both pro and con).
There is not much you can do during treatment, other than keeping up nutrition and hydration, use painkillers as needed, treat skin irritation and watch out for thrush.
Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.
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Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 101 | Hi again, you seem to be asking all the same questions I was asking but only about 3 weeks later. I have a great thread going the has evolved to be an amifostine discussion in 'I need some serious help here, cancer geeks'. Check it out.
FIL completed treatment 10/08. CG to father in Law in india who had SCC oral tongue T2N2M0. FIL underwent surgery, neck dissection, IMRT, and erbitux without losing weight or getting nauseated. Completed October 2008. SO far so good.
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