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I am sorry to hear about Rick’s problems. Tarceva has been used by many on this board with various results. Others may respond to you with their own experiences however, you might also want to read up on some of the previous threats. On top, middle, you will find “Search Function”. Click on it and enter “Tarceva” in the “keyword search” area. (No author needed.) This will lead you to many of the past discussions.
You may do the same by using “google search”, top, right.
The Gem/Cis study was the largest, multinational study every conducted (UK) on Cholangiocarcinoma patients however, several of the other therapies are still being used. Several of our members had to move on to different protols due to the side-effects or, non-response, or various other reasons. I am hoping for others to share some thoughts with you also.
Please, stay in touch and continue to reach out. We are with you.
Best wishes,
MarionHello everyone: Happy New Year to all of you!!!….just to update you and review .. my husband Rick age 64 was diagnosed with stage IV cholangiocarcinoma metastasized to his liver Sept 09…several tumors…inoperable…He is being treated at Cal Pacific…San Francisco, Ca. His C19 was 1999 at diagnosis and after five gemzar/cisplastin combo treatments every other week his C19 dropped to 1260 which was very encouraging…then his creatinine level rose to 1.7 and they suspected that it was a side effect of cisplastin so they have been doing only gemzar since 12/01/09 to avoid kidney damage. By 12/30/09 his C19 shot back up to 1490…Today the oncologist recommended he start Tarceva once per day for two weeks in addition to gemzar 3 weeks on and 1 week off and see how things go. He also has type 2 diabetes and his blood sugars have been all over the place so they are giving him once per day insulin to try and stabilize that…it’s hard to know what is causing the rise in the creatinine levels…chemo…diabetes..combo… Does anyone have experience with Tarceva as it has looked as though gemzar/cisplastin is the gold standard of treatment and Tarceva is primarily for lung pancreatic cancer….has it been helpful for anyone with similar diagnosis…Thank you for your response…You are a wonderful source of information and guidance…God bless you!
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