beatlemike Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hi everyone,After my surgery i had gemzar and carboplatin chemo. In many posts I have read many have recieved gemcitabine and cisplatin. I was just curious id gemcitabine was the same as gemzar and if cisplatin was the same as carboplatin. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raneyf Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hi, I'm fairly sure Gemzar and Gemcitabine are the same. Carboplatin and Cisplatin are different. I believe Cisplatin has more side effects but slightly better survival in earlier stage LC. I think the survival benefit of Cisplatin over Carboplatin at Stage 4 is negligible. I think I read that somewhere on Dr. West's onctalk.com site. You might want to look there. Hope that helped a little. Raney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadstimeon Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 carboplatin Generic Name: carboplatin (car bo PLAH tin) Brand Names: Paraplatin Gemzar Generic Name: Gemcitabine (jem-SYE-ta-been) Brand Name: Gemzar Cisplatin Generic Name: Cisplatin (sis-PLA-tin) Brand Name: Platinol AQ drugs.com is a good source for info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie B Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 You can always look at the SIDE of this page were it says: Glossary. You'll find a lot of definition's there for most of what your looking for. Just thought I would offer some helpful hints to all that we offer here at LCSC. Another good place is www.Drugs.com http://www.drugs.com/alpha/c4.html If you type in a search useing lets say Gemzar you'll get all kids of websites with ton's of imformation. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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