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Topotecan for recurrent SCLC

tballard
tballard CSN Member Posts: 3
edited March 2014 in Lung Cancer #1
Has anyone had experience with Topotecan given for recurrent small cell lung cancer?

The first line chemo was cisplatin and etoposide given with radiation.
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  • fava
    fava CSN Member Posts: 22
    #2
    Hi my mother took topotecan and It did'nt work at all, but I guess some have had positive results from it.
    Somewhere it must have had good results, or else it would'nt be given for sclc.
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  • fava
    fava CSN Member Posts: 22
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    I forgot to add that her first line of treatment was the same as yours also.
    I read somewhere, but who knows where or if it's true that sometimes now there giving the same chemo for re-occurance as they did the first time around, only if you had good results (remission).
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