Barb Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 My husband, Jim, did not respond to first, second, or third line chemotherapy & radiation. (He had minimal response to first line chemo of carboplatin / taxol). He is on his final option for treatment...which is TARCEVA. Thank God, he DID have some response to it...has stabalized his tumors (lung & mets to left hip). How long can the Tarceva work? Anybody been on this board been on it for awhile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 WE have mebers who have been on Tarceva since its arrival on the scene to the public. Has had good success and Bad but go with good. every day is a good day that you are alive living with this disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Barb- For some Tarceva works a short amount of time and then stops, for others- it works longer. It held my husband stable for a long time and then he had slight progression and was removed. He is now doing well on Avastin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish2418 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I've been on Tarceva for 7 months and feel great. Let us know if your husband has any of the normal Tarceva side effects: face rash, dry skin, diarrhea, etc. There are things that help. Hope the Tarceva works well for your husband. Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 HKI-272 is supposed to be one of the drugs to try if Tarceva stops working. It is still only in clinical trials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I had great success with Tarceva for 16 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyoung20 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I have been on Tarceva for 18 months and still doing great!!! GOD BLESS!! Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernrol Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Barb, I am the only one that I know of that was given Tarceva 100mg from the beginning along with Carboplatin and Taxol. This is not the recommended way to use it, but I am glad we did I started treatment in August 2005 and three months later I was cancer free. I asked my oncologist what he thought did the trick and he said “Carboplatin, Taxol, Tarceva or Divine Intervention. I go along with the later. I never had a sick day with any of the drugs. I think Tarceva is a great drug, but it is used differently by different doctors. Dosage and time to start using it vary. I think Tarceva offers a lot of hope for a lot of us. My oncologist believes that it was wise to get them all at once if you can handle it, because some could be killed off by Taxol and others could be killed off by the Tarceva, so his attitude is lets get them all the first time if we can. Let us know if there is any trouble with side effects, a lot of us have some tips. Stay positive, Ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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