Hope for Brian? I think that is what this says

[Patkid]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medical ... ewsid=9255

I am not as good at reading technical papers as Rich or others and at first I read this and was upset, but the last paragraph held out a lot of hope for us.

Brian has had no further reduction in tumors since scans after round 2 of cisplatin/vp16--------but no growth or spread, either............I think this article says that Tarceva may hold him steady for a time............and if the side effects from chemo lessen, as they should, he will have a nice summer!

I am very uplifted by this article.

I hope I read it correctly.

Pat

PS I will post the link in LC news, too, but am hoping someone will help me understand what it says.

[DebsSky]

Hi Pat:

What I get out of it is that it can extend survival rate by acting as a maintenance drug in NSCLC. Sounds good to me and yes, I hope and believe Brian will have a good summer.

Love and Prayers,

Deb