kickincancer Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Just wondering what type of chemo combinations have had the greatest results.What is the most aggressive combo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimblanchard Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Hard answer, what works for one may have no effect on another. jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I agree with Jim -- everyone is different and his/her case is different. You need to work with the onc, but keep yourself abreast of what is available. You can do that here. My wife started out with Taxotere/Carboplatin combination. Later, she had Nevelbine. Our next time probably would be something like Alimta. Best to you. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karenl Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Don and Jim are right - there is no test at the moment to tell which patient will respond to which therapy. From my reading, I think that your Mom has been having pretty aggressive treatment - I think that the cisplatin and gemcitabine (gemzar) combination is considered the 'gold standard' in terms of first-line therapy. You will see from Jim's signature that he has tried many different drugs and has had his best results on the 6th line treatment! Good luck. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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