Tuesday, March 18, 2008
CPT 11 AND CISPLATIN
I just finished reading numerous Internet articles to Jon about the latest chemo cocktail. There are actually some very positive studies on the combination. The biggest side effect is diarrhea (nice!) and low white counts (same-old-same-old). Jon says he's "all jacked up for chemo and throwing his Will away!"
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What about the drug they're using on Patrick Swayze--Vatalanib?
It is similiar to Taxol (same mechanism of action where it cuts off the blood supply to the tumor). Swayze's cancer was caught early and, as far as we know, not metastasized to his liver so it should be much more well-contained
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