concerned daughter in FL Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 my mom's RFA was scheduled for yesterday morning, but when they got her hooked up to the CT scan, they discovered several more lesions on her liver, so they had to cancel it. She is still enrolled in a clincal trial - a vacine/gene therapy thing. But she can't have any more chemo until after she's had the three vacine doses. The first one is scheduled for Friday and then she'll have the other 2 at two week intervals. That will be followed by Taxol as a second line chemo. This means 6 weeks before she has anything that will keep the cancer at bay. I'm SO uneasy with that. But the doctor says they've had extraordinary results in increasing the effectiveness of the second line chemo in patients who do the vacine first. And that they can't be given concurrently. Any thoughts? And any information/experience on the Taxol? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remembering Dave Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I don't know a thing about Taxol for SCLC, but I want to know about the vaccine trial she's in! Please give me the skinny on that, PM me if you prefer! But I know what you mean about six weeks of doing nothing to keep the cancer at bay. I don't know what to say about that. but just have faith these docs pretty much know what they're doing. thanks, Karen and best of luck to your mom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concerned daughter in FL Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 I sent you a PM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilliBr1 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I'm brand new to all this as my Mom was just diagnosed, but I will keep your mom and you in my prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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