CARBO & GEMZAR

situationgray
situationgray Member Posts: 7
in Peritoneal Cancer #1
Ooops I posted a day or 2 ago and made a spelling error. Thanks for pointing it out to me ! :) I appreciate it. .....

I said I am NOT having a recurrence but I meant I am NOW having one.

anyway,

nobody responded yet regarding being on the ABT-888 study (parp) but with that , I am on Carbo & Gemzar.

Has anybody been on this for second line of treatment ?

I have had 2 debulking surgeries as well as a 3rd for scar tissue & adhesions.

Just checking in to see how you might be doing on these drugs.

Also, if you completed second line of treatment, are you back in remission ?

Thanks
niki

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  • Neaner60
    Neaner60 Member Posts: 3
    #2
    Cisplatin and Gemzar
    I finished a round of Cisplatin and Gemzar in June and I started on Topotecan and Avastin today. I didn't lose my hair while on Gemzar. I did when I was Carboplatin and Taxol, but that could have been the Taxol. At the beginning of the treatment I experienced a lot of pain in my abdomen, but it went away as the cancer reduced. I don't really get major tumors on my recurrences, I just get nodular stranding and acites. But I get the Acites pretty bad.
    Well since they are both platins they may act similar??

    Have you been on Topotecan before?

    Thanks,
    Jeannene
  • situationgray
    situationgray Member Posts: 7
    #3
    Neaner60 said:

    Cisplatin and Gemzar
    I finished a round of Cisplatin and Gemzar in June and I started on Topotecan and Avastin today. I didn't lose my hair while on Gemzar. I did when I was Carboplatin and Taxol, but that could have been the Taxol. At the beginning of the treatment I experienced a lot of pain in my abdomen, but it went away as the cancer reduced. I don't really get major tumors on my recurrences, I just get nodular stranding and acites. But I get the Acites pretty bad.
    Well since they are both platins they may act similar??

    Have you been on Topotecan before?

    Thanks,
    Jeannene

    no never tried the drug you
    no never tried the drug you mentioned.
    thanks for writing.

    i did cisplatin & taxol for first line of treatment and was in remission for almost 2 years.

    i just began the carbo/gemzar/parp a few weeks ago so haven't experienced too much crap yet.
  • AussieMaddie
    AussieMaddie Member Posts: 345 Member
    #4
    Hope someone can help you
    I'm sorry but my second line of treatment has been Taxol/Gemzar, a bit different. Having been on Carbol/Taxol, I was told that Carbo can cause allergic reactioins once you're on it for a long time ( I was on it for 11 months and never found that, burt it did srart to lose its effectiveness)

    Best of luck and keep up informed :)

    AussieMaddie

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