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Lung cancer (adenocarcinoma ) and Tarceva What is this ?

 
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fuksas
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:21 am    Post subject: Lung cancer (adenocarcinoma ) and Tarceva Reply with quote
i'm from Italy and my father (64 years old) has lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) since june 2007 with multiple small cerebral metastasis.

He had a radioterapy cycle (all head irradiation) and 6 chemotherapy cycle (cisplatinum+vinorelbine every 21 days). At this moment, his cerebral situation is very good (just one small metastasi) and lung situation is stationary.

Now his doctor has proposed him to take tarceva to inprove and fix the lung situation.

My question is: is this a correct valutation?? If there will be a progression in disease, what kind of therapy we can spend again if we uses tarceva now?? Is possible chemioterapy again after tarceva??

Thanks and excuse me for my bad english.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Lung cancer (adenocarcinoma ) and Tarceva Reply with quote
Hello and welcome,

I see that you have posted to Dr. West at his onctalk.com site, so he's the man with the professional opinions and he's answered you.

Good luck to your Dad with the Tarceva.

PBJ
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