Liver mets are growing-please help
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What about Avastin? Have you spoken to your doctors about that possibility? It is supposed to cut off the blood supply to tumors and thus kill them/ or at least shrink them down. Do you know if her tumor exhibits epithelial growth factor? Then she could get the RFA...Is she not a candidate for a liver resection?0
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Thank you so much for replying. I did mention Avastin but he seemed to push Erbitux instead. I don't know why. I have to ask him check about the EGF at her next visit. That's for Erbitux...right? As far as a resection goes..from the first time she was diagnosed we were told because she had 3 tumors and due to the location (right side, left side and center) she wasn't a candidate for resection. All 3 tumors were only little dots when this all started over 2 years ago....it makes me so sad that I didn't push harder for rfa then.shmurciakova said:What about Avastin? Have you spoken to your doctors about that possibility? It is supposed to cut off the blood supply to tumors and thus kill them/ or at least shrink them down. Do you know if her tumor exhibits epithelial growth factor? Then she could get the RFA...Is she not a candidate for a liver resection?
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Hi bradka,bradka said:Thank you so much for replying. I did mention Avastin but he seemed to push Erbitux instead. I don't know why. I have to ask him check about the EGF at her next visit. That's for Erbitux...right? As far as a resection goes..from the first time she was diagnosed we were told because she had 3 tumors and due to the location (right side, left side and center) she wasn't a candidate for resection. All 3 tumors were only little dots when this all started over 2 years ago....it makes me so sad that I didn't push harder for rfa then.
According to Dr. Ralph Moss who was a researcher for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Erbitux did not prolong life. You may read about it on www.cancerdecisions.com.
I can send you the article if you are interested.
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Hi Emily,2bhealed said:Hi bradka,
According to Dr. Ralph Moss who was a researcher for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Erbitux did not prolong life. You may read about it on www.cancerdecisions.com.
I can send you the article if you are interested.
peace, emily
Would you please send me the article. I appreciate it very much. Perhaps I should be pushing Avastin for her next course of treatment instead of Erbitux. I feel lost and confused.
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hi bradka,bradka said:Hi Emily,
Would you please send me the article. I appreciate it very much. Perhaps I should be pushing Avastin for her next course of treatment instead of Erbitux. I feel lost and confused.
Bradka
Due to my limited computer knowledge I do not know how to cut and paste. So if you feel comfortable sending me you email addy then I can forward the article to you.
Email me here on the ACS site (do you know how to do this?) and send me your addy.
peace, emily who knows exactly what it feels like to be lost and confused after cancer dx! :-)0 -
Hello Emily,2bhealed said:hi bradka,
Due to my limited computer knowledge I do not know how to cut and paste. So if you feel comfortable sending me you email addy then I can forward the article to you.
Email me here on the ACS site (do you know how to do this?) and send me your addy.
peace, emily who knows exactly what it feels like to be lost and confused after cancer dx! :-)
Thank you again for responding. I sent you an email through this system. I hope you get it.
Bradka0
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