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Non-small cell lung cancer - Stage IV
Support for those diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.
Whining: Avastin/Tarceva combo side effects
- By cynthialcsw · New reply November 16, 2009
- 17 replies
- Hey, I AM singing the praises of this combo, as my twenty some-odd lung tumors have reduced 40% with this treatment over the last six months....but I feel rotten ALL OF THE TIME. Does anyone on this combo ...
Tarceva Questions
- By codyjames14 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 21 replies
- Hello My Dad has Stage IV Lung Cancer tht Met to the Spine. He has just started Tarceva on Sunday. He just developed a rash, is this a good sign? How do you truly know when this is working? Will it help ...
Tarceva and extreme eyelashes
- By cynthialcsw · New reply November 16, 2009
- 22 replies
- What a problem!:) When I lost my hair and eyelash via standard of care chemo (carbo p,+ others-which did not hold the tumors back) I was put on Avastin for two years, then Tarceva was added last year ...
Tarceva Users
- By Chi-Dreamer · New reply November 16, 2009
- 18 replies
- When I took the script to Walgreens the Pharmacist asked me if the dermatologist diagnosed my skin condition. She then told me I should look up Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ tarceva. Has anyone ever heard ...
low oxygen
- By jaymic · New reply November 16, 2009
- 6 replies
- my wife has stage 4 nsclc diagniosed 3 mts ago had a couple sets of chemo did no good started on tarceva hoping for some good news for a change all this time has had breathing problems on oxygen 24-7 ...
another set back
- By betterdays · New reply November 15, 2009
- 4 replies
- i wrote a few days ago that my father was suppose to begin a ASA404 clinical trial, after all the tests, procrit shots as well as numerous blood work we found out today that his rbc count was at a 9.3 ...
YES to Dr. Lung Love!!!
- By bayrealtor · New reply November 14, 2009
- 1 reply
- GREAT STUFF! Go to you tube and search Dr. Love Lung! Anything (within the law) that gets the word out about this monster is a good thing! This video will get the younger folks educated about the stats ...
Zometa-Any advice on side effects???
- By Val-in-Bama · New reply November 14, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hello All, I am new to posting so please bear with me :) My sister is HOPE4CURE--you can read all about her on her profile. She is NSCLC IV adenocarcinoma and she is on Tarceva 150mg and also getting ...
What have all used after success with Tarceva
- By bayrealtor · New reply November 14, 2009
- 16 replies
- Cathy continues to do well on Tarceva and avastin and when we asked our onc. what would be next if and when Tarceva no longer worked he didnt really have an answer except to mention some clinical trials ...
Pulmonary Artery Tumor-Please Help
- By virgoamm · New reply November 13, 2009
- 3 replies
- We just found out yesterday that my Dad has an additional metastatic tumor on his pulmonary artery that is pinching off the blood flow to his lungs. We're meeting with his radiation oncologist in a couple ...
Radiation Question (brain)
- By Granny888 · New reply November 13, 2009
- 5 replies
- Question two. I had a brain tumor out the old-fashioned way (cut) in the first week in June. It seems to be a single. I did not follow it with radiation, partly because I was busy fighting mets to the ...
LOOKING FOR ANYONE DOING TAXOTERE
- By kitkat4ever · New reply November 13, 2009
- 11 replies
- My Onc just called and did a 180 on me. He wants to stop alimta/avastin that IS WORKING, and start weekly Taxotere infusions. Just Taxotere alone. He mentioned my kidney function looked compromised. Yet ...
Newbie--where to start
- By Suri · New reply November 13, 2009
- 6 replies
- My 81 year young mom was just diagnosed with stage IV..she literally was working out one minute and stage iv the next. We're all still in shock. She has not started treatment yet due to some other complications ...
surgery after pleural effusion disappears?
- By tiffmomiff · New reply November 12, 2009
- 23 replies
- if chemo takes care of the pleural effusion and tumor shrinks considerably, can surgery be performed to remove what is left of the tumor ...
Daddy moved in with us today.
- By immamama · New reply November 12, 2009
- 18 replies
- Well this is going so fast. He was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and he is already living with us because he is unable to take care of himself. The brain cancer is really messing him up. He can't think straight ...
Knee replacement surgery while on Tarceva?
- By Isabelle · New reply November 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- Has anyone ever had full knee replacement surgery while on Tarceva or Tarceva/Avastin? My mom (Stage IV) had arthroscopic knee surgery a few months ago, but it didn't do the trick. So she's looking into ...
Not good news. I just want to cry. Dad Stage IV - Metastic disease to liver
- By Kristinalee · New reply November 12, 2009
- 4 replies
- Well things did not come out the way we had hoped. Dad met with the Radiologist today, the mass in dad's liver is to large to treat with the radiosurgery (gammaknife). His recommendation was to treat ...
new clinical trial
- By betterdays · New reply November 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- My dad has gone through all the necessary tests in hopes of being accepted for a new clinical trial ASA404 by Novartis. i pray to god that he is indeed accepted into this trial as we are waiting to hear ...
What to expect
- By bellabell · New reply November 12, 2009
- 3 replies
- My dad was dx in June with NSCLC mets to brain. He has already undergone whole brain radiation, gamma knife surgery x2, lung radiation and chemo. In September-we learned the cancer had mets to other areas ...
My Clarky
- By BexterF · New reply November 12, 2009
- 30 replies
- Well, the doctors are telling us there is nothing more they can do for my amazing husband. The steroids have not reversed the reaction to the chemo and his lungs are failing. I've been living in the hospital ...