Method to predict your response to Cetuximab/Erbitux?
(Warning:the above is a press release)
Much more should be coming from this ASCO Gastro meeting
Also, new type of CT requiring considerable less radiation:
newswise.com/articles/view/584868/?sc=dwhn
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steve you are a legend
a few good things out of germany. i got to go for a holiday, and soon!!!!!!!!!
all three of my onc's are at asco, i wonder if they will have different perspectives for me, onc 1 and onc3 are back 23rd. they will be jet lagged.
and its great that you posted this, i am having this same issue
about ct scans and radiation with my hospital.
http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.com/2012/01/ken-seles-help-needed.html
thanks,
Pete0 -
If your oncs are like mine, they tend to rely upon what currentpete43lost_at_sea said:steve you are a legend
a few good things out of germany. i got to go for a holiday, and soon!!!!!!!!!
all three of my onc's are at asco, i wonder if they will have different perspectives for me, onc 1 and onc3 are back 23rd. they will be jet lagged.
and its great that you posted this, i am having this same issue
about ct scans and radiation with my hospital.
http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.com/2012/01/ken-seles-help-needed.html
thanks,
Pete
ASCO policy is in treating our specific type(s) of tumor. I used to bring mine copies of items i printed off internet that mentioned genes/proteins/pathways,etc that some research team somewhere came across and she, my onc, would try to explain how much more needed to be done before it directly influenced treatments..Most oncs, for a variety of reasons, are not that versed in alernative/complementary treatments neither.....But i think all of us to do what each feels must be done ......steve
PS: as we all know, no one country or region of this planet has a monooply on cancer research0 -
as long as this duplicated,might as well toss out some morepete43lost_at_sea said:steve you are a legend
a few good things out of germany. i got to go for a holiday, and soon!!!!!!!!!
all three of my onc's are at asco, i wonder if they will have different perspectives for me, onc 1 and onc3 are back 23rd. they will be jet lagged.
and its great that you posted this, i am having this same issue
about ct scans and radiation with my hospital.
http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.com/2012/01/ken-seles-help-needed.html
thanks,
Pete
stuff some might be interested in, such as testing for circulating tumor cells:
clinicaloncology.com/View/Article.aspx?d=Solid+Tumors&id=148&i=January+2012&i_id=808&a_id=
20044
Also on CTCs:sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120116095535.htm
and something called Pericytes:ivanhoe.com/channels/p_printStory.cfm?storyid=28764
nanowerk.com/newsid=( now type in any one of these for an article on nano and cancer)
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24007.php
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Well...
If it's anything like how they predict the weather I think they should stick with putting their hand outside and see if it comes back wet, dry, cold, hot, or not at all.
So does this "prediction" mean that if insurance companies deem you unworthy of the drugs due to a "prediction", you won't be able to use the meds (or YOU have to pay for them)? To me, using the words "cancer" & "prediction" is not how this disease should be handled. Also, what if they "predict" that you will do well and you don't? Can you sue?
It's an interesting article Steve, thanks for posting it.
Food for thought
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Here's something else i just read on effectiveness of oxi:PhillieG said:Well...
If it's anything like how they predict the weather I think they should stick with putting their hand outside and see if it comes back wet, dry, cold, hot, or not at all.
So does this "prediction" mean that if insurance companies deem you unworthy of the drugs due to a "prediction", you won't be able to use the meds (or YOU have to pay for them)? To me, using the words "cancer" & "prediction" is not how this disease should be handled. Also, what if they "predict" that you will do well and you don't? Can you sue?
It's an interesting article Steve, thanks for posting it.
Food for thought
;-)
-p
http://ecancer.org/news/2348
"Study showed oxaliplatin improved colon cancer patient survival" in stage IIIers who did adjuvant Tx that added oxi to 5FU0 -
CT radiation reduction
GE's Veo is an intensive computation CT software package that uses data more efficiently to reduce radiation exposure, perhaps 96-98% according to the news release. Personally, I would be more interested in reducing the radiation of recent vintage CT machines, say 50%-67%, and get better images. It will be interesting to see whether licensing or similar research allows these improvements in other brand CTs (e.g. Phillips, Siemens, Toshiba).0 -
improvements always welcome?coloCan said:Here's something else i just read on effectiveness of oxi:
http://ecancer.org/news/2348
"Study showed oxaliplatin improved colon cancer patient survival" in stage IIIers who did adjuvant Tx that added oxi to 5FU
Question is, are there treatments that outperform oxaliplatin at stage III CC for lower cost, lower toxicity, for radically better outcomes by years? The non-American data strongly suggest "yes" for cimetidine+ oral UFT (+LV) + PSK for 65-70% of stage III patients (without biomarkers), and 90+% for those with biomarkers measured positive.
* Note UFT, a generic oral 5FU prodrug with a powerful HIF-1a inhibitor (important molecular target), is not yet available in the US, Australia, Canada (UFT is approved in UK) and some of the least developed countries.0 -
New article on resistance to Cetuximab just issued at,amongtanstaafl said:CT radiation reduction
GE's Veo is an intensive computation CT software package that uses data more efficiently to reduce radiation exposure, perhaps 96-98% according to the news release. Personally, I would be more interested in reducing the radiation of recent vintage CT machines, say 50%-67%, and get better images. It will be interesting to see whether licensing or similar research allows these improvements in other brand CTs (e.g. Phillips, Siemens, Toshiba).
other sites:medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-resistance-colon-cancer-treatment.html
as well as one on how inflammation can kead to CRC:medicalxpress.com/print246455346.html0
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