Guest guest Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 Kathy, So sorry to hear about these setbacks, I know the last couple months have been pretty tough for you. As Amie so correctly said, " Some of these doctors may be good in the research area, but definitely not in the patient communication area! " I think there are some options out there...off the top of my head I think the PDT sounds very promising (after the report of triple the survival time for lung cancer patients at UPenn). Iressa I'm not sure about...it sounded to me like a small number of patients got " dramatic " results, but not enough to tip the balance in clinical trials, e.g. [snip] Story Filed: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:23 AM EST Aug 19, 2002 (TheStreet.com via COMTEX) -- AstraZeneca said Monday that its experimental cancer drug, Iressa, when given with standard chemotherapy, failed to improve the survival rate of lung cancer patients in two large, late-stage clinical trials. Iressa IS available in Japan (has Japanese approval) and I SUSPECT it could be " shipped in " if you REALLY wanted it... Drugs such as the Vascular Targeting agents recently mentioned here are a possibility...as well as some other stuff, e.g. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020621080620.htm and see post 730 on the Experimental board (update about the same thing - specifically mentions colon cancer) More later...hang in there Kathy! Best Wishes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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