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Recomm. chemo for post-R/C small cell

birdnerd
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My father is in the process of receiving his R/C(as I write!) Assuming they find evidence of small cells remaining in his system, either in surrounding tissue or lymph, can anyone who has had a similar situation recommend the specific chemo regimen and tell me who your Doctor was? He did already have a very large tumor removed from his bladder via cystoscope. This was followed by 3 rounds of cysplatin, and etopicide. the tumor grew back from 0 to 4 cm during chemo treatment. He is 72 years old.

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Cancer Surgery Small cell bladder cancer Bladder cancer

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jj803

Hi bird,

I don't know what regimen is followed for small cell bladder cancer. I would not be surprised to find that it is different from the usual treatments (MVAC or GC) for ordinary bc however. In most organs small cell carcinomas have specific treatments that differ from other cancers of those organs, since they are believed to arise from a different " cell of origin". Best wishes for his successful treatment and recovery.

JJ

roadrunner

Having his r/c,right now,,,wow,well let us know how it goes,,,is he having the bag?,,,,we can help you through recovery,,,ginger

roadrunner

As far as the chemo,the path report should determine if its needed or not,,,,,Ginger

birdnerd

Hi all. Unfortunately they were unable to proceed with the r/c. They found small cell cancer in the lymph outside of the bladder and had to sew him back up with out completing the surgery. The surgeon felt that his discomfort is actually being caused by the cancer on the lymph nodes outside of the bladder, rather than by the tumor in the bladder which is on the urethra. They are recommending a combo of more chemo and radiation, and do not know that they will ever be able to get back to a point where they can try to do the r/c again. This is due to the highly aggressive nature of the small cell. The surgeon has not given us much hope and feels that the radiation may help to relieve the symptoms but that it will not ultimately control the cancer. Is there anyone out there at all who has been there? Any thoughts, hopeful words, anything?

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