Some Colon Cancer Chemo Drugs (with equivalent names)

[Guest guest]

Use a search engine such as http://www.google.com/

or http://www.yahoo.com/ for all the info on any in the list

(1) Camptosar: CPT-11, irinotecan, irinotecan hydrochloride,

camptothecin camptosar

(2) 5FU or 5-FU: (the " oldest " chemo)

5-fluorouracil

(3) leucovorin: (Not a " chemo " ,but the active form of the B complex

vitamin, folate used as an antidote to drugs that decrease levels

of folic acid)Also called: Citrovorum,Wellcovorin, folinic acid

(4)FUDR: Floxuridine, fluorodeoxyuridine

(5)Oxaliplatin: Eloxatin

(6)Saltz regimen: 5FU/CPT-11/leucovorin

(7)Folfox: Oxaliplatin plus 5FU and leucovorin

(5FU could possibly be replaced by Xeloda now)

It has been stated that Iressa, which was ineffective alone

against colon cancer is of significant benefit with Folfox

(8)Xeloda: (The oral form of 5FU):Capecitabine

(9) Avastin: (Antiangiogenesis, preventing tumors from forming

blood vessels. Shows promise) Bevacizumab

(10)Thalidomide: See: " thalidomide colon cancer " in a search

engine (leave off the quotes)

Please comment on any inaccuracies or incorrectness

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Include Erbitux: Cetuximab, C225, IMC225

( I have found that when different equivalent names are used in a

search engine the results are often quite different, some you may

prefer much more than others)

> Use a search engine such as http://www.google.com/

> or http://www.yahoo.com/ for all the info on any in the list

>

> (1) Camptosar: CPT-11, irinotecan, irinotecan hydrochloride,

> camptothecin camptosar

>

> (2) 5FU or 5-FU: (the " oldest " chemo)

> 5-fluorouracil

>

> (3) leucovorin: (Not a " chemo " ,but the active form of the B complex

> vitamin, folate used as an antidote to drugs that decrease levels

> of folic acid)Also called: Citrovorum,Wellcovorin, folinic acid

>

> (4)FUDR: Floxuridine, fluorodeoxyuridine

>

> (5)Oxaliplatin: Eloxatin

>

> (6)Saltz regimen: 5FU/CPT-11/leucovorin

>

> (7)Folfox: Oxaliplatin plus 5FU and leucovorin

> (5FU could possibly be replaced by Xeloda now)

> It has been stated that Iressa, which was ineffective alone

> against colon cancer is of significant benefit with Folfox

>

> (8)Xeloda: (The oral form of 5FU):Capecitabine

>

> (9) Avastin: (Antiangiogenesis, preventing tumors from forming

> blood vessels. Shows promise) Bevacizumab

>

> (10)Thalidomide: See: " thalidomide colon cancer " in a search

> engine (leave off the quotes)

>

> Please comment on any inaccuracies or incorrectness

[Guest guest]

Ed:

Thank you so much for taking time, especially during this difficult

time for you, to continue to help people affected by colon cancer to

better understand the very complicated information they need to deal

with. As they say, " The apple does not fall far from the tree. " You

and your wife certainly raised a wonderful son. I know that everyone

on this board really appreciates having you continue some of the work

started by . I know he must be so proud.

Fondly,

Amie

> Use a search engine such as http://www.google.com/

> or http://www.yahoo.com/ for all the info on any in the list

>

> (1) Camptosar: CPT-11, irinotecan, irinotecan hydrochloride,

> camptothecin camptosar

>

> (2) 5FU or 5-FU: (the " oldest " chemo)

> 5-fluorouracil

>

> (3) leucovorin: (Not a " chemo " ,but the active form of the B complex

> vitamin, folate used as an antidote to drugs that decrease levels

> of folic acid)Also called: Citrovorum,Wellcovorin, folinic acid

>

> (4)FUDR: Floxuridine, fluorodeoxyuridine

>

> (5)Oxaliplatin: Eloxatin

>

> (6)Saltz regimen: 5FU/CPT-11/leucovorin

>

> (7)Folfox: Oxaliplatin plus 5FU and leucovorin

> (5FU could possibly be replaced by Xeloda now)

> It has been stated that Iressa, which was ineffective alone

> against colon cancer is of significant benefit with Folfox

>

> (8)Xeloda: (The oral form of 5FU):Capecitabine

>

> (9) Avastin: (Antiangiogenesis, preventing tumors from forming

> blood vessels. Shows promise) Bevacizumab

>

> (10)Thalidomide: See: " thalidomide colon cancer " in a search

> engine (leave off the quotes)

>

> Please comment on any inaccuracies or incorrectness

[Guest guest]

This list is a great one to add to the links, because all those

equivalent names got me so confused in the beginning and still do

somewhat. They would probably be really helpful to save to the links.

I would be happy to post a list to the links, and will include some

anti-nausea meds too - if people can send lists of suggestions. It

may take a bit of time. Wishing were here to tell me how. I'm

sure it is pretty easy ... I'll give it a try.

What do you think?

Laurie

> > Use a search engine such as http://www.google.com/

> > or http://www.yahoo.com/ for all the info on any in the list

> >

> > (1) Camptosar: CPT-11, irinotecan, irinotecan hydrochloride,

> > camptothecin camptosar

> >

> > (2) 5FU or 5-FU: (the " oldest " chemo)

> > 5-fluorouracil

> >

> > (3) leucovorin: (Not a " chemo " ,but the active form of the B

complex

> > vitamin, folate used as an antidote to drugs that decrease

levels

> > of folic acid)Also called: Citrovorum,Wellcovorin, folinic acid

> >

> > (4)FUDR: Floxuridine, fluorodeoxyuridine

> >

> > (5)Oxaliplatin: Eloxatin

> >

> > (6)Saltz regimen: 5FU/CPT-11/leucovorin

> >

> > (7)Folfox: Oxaliplatin plus 5FU and leucovorin

> > (5FU could possibly be replaced by Xeloda now)

> > It has been stated that Iressa, which was ineffective alone

> > against colon cancer is of significant benefit with Folfox

> >

> > (8)Xeloda: (The oral form of 5FU):Capecitabine

> >

> > (9) Avastin: (Antiangiogenesis, preventing tumors from forming

> > blood vessels. Shows promise) Bevacizumab

> >

> > (10)Thalidomide: See: " thalidomide colon cancer " in a search

> > engine (leave off the quotes)

> >

> > Please comment on any inaccuracies or incorrectness

[Guest guest]

It's a good idea Laurie...I'm not familiar with doing these things

either, but we're going to have to get beyond that because getting

info and getting it organized is of utmost importance. Also, getting

more people to use those search engines and to learn the quirks of

these search engines too. I was surprised to find that a different

ref list might come up merely because I used a different equivalent

drug name for example. Thank you very much for your reply.

Best

Ed

[Guest guest]

Ed- I'd like to second Amie's thank you for raising such a wonderful

son. I am so happy that you are helping out on this board.

Thank you also for the list of equivalent names. Without knowing

the equivalence, It can be very confusing to evaluate clinical trials

and other literature.

Kris

> Ed:

> Thank you so much for taking time, especially during this difficult

> time for you, to continue to help people affected by colon cancer

to

> better understand the very complicated information they need to

deal

> with. As they say, " The apple does not fall far from the tree. "

You

> and your wife certainly raised a wonderful son. I know that

everyone

> on this board really appreciates having you continue some of the

work

> started by . I know he must be so proud.

> Fondly,

> Amie

>

[Guest guest]

Add to list:

Alimta: Pemetrexed, pemetrexed disodium

Gemzar: Gemcitabine HCL

Gemox: Gemcitabine + Oxaliplatin

Cisplatin: diamminedichloroplatinum, DDP, Platinol, Platinol-AQ

[Guest guest]

Thanks Ed. I will ad them.

> Add to list:

>

> Alimta: Pemetrexed, pemetrexed disodium

>

> Gemzar: Gemcitabine HCL

>

> Gemox: Gemcitabine + Oxaliplatin

>

> Cisplatin: diamminedichloroplatinum, DDP, Platinol, Platinol-AQ