No more Chemo – just Avastin
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Hi, p,
“I know everyone is different but I’m wondering if anybody has had any long term success on Avastin only?”
Avastin has been using as MONO therapy in liver cancer.(once every 14 days); Objective response is 13% The median progression-free survival was 6.9 months. Remember this is for liver cancer and the result may not totally applied to CCA.
In another study, the mono therapy of Avastin in liver cancer ,reported a disease stabilization of 46% of the patients population of 30 .(that means the tumor is neither growing or shrinking=stable response).Adding erlotinib (Tarceva- a pill taken by mouth) may be of benefits too but you have to discuss with your oncologist to see whether it is applicable to your husband’s situation.
as a patient, Chemo is no fun at all no matter what they said,since the other guys are not the ones who take the chemo themselves. I totally respect your husband’s decision if he wants to choose quality over quantity of life. Tell him I will choose the same when the situation necessitate me to make the decision. Good luck and
God bless.Yesterday we met with the onc to review Dan’s latest cat scan (insurance wouldn’t approve a pet scan this time). The doctor was able to compare the August Pet with the current cat scan and surprisingly enough there has not been any significant growth in the existing tumors and no new tumors.
However, my husband decided weeks ago that he was not going to continue with chemo. The side effects have been too debilitating and his quality of life is not good. The doctor suggested he try just the Avastin to keep the tumors contained and he agreed.
I know everyone is different but I’m wondering if anybody has had any long term success on Avastin only?
I’m hoping that once he has had a long break from chemo he may consider going back on. Whatever he decides, no matter how much it hurts me , I support and respect his wishes.
P
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