suek Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Hello, Has anyone ever used the drug topotecan My dad has small cell . @ chemo have failed so they will try this. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna G Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Could this be what you ask? It is on chemocare.com http://www.chemocare.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=7956 Hope this is of some help. Donna G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Topotecan is the a standard 2nd line chemo for SCLC I believe. Katie's dad was on this. Was the first line cisplatin/vp-16 (etoposide) or CPT-11/cisplatin? There are a lot of clinical trials available for sclc. http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term=sclc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieB Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 yes, this chemo was tolerated very well by my dad, little side effects at all aside from fatigue. This kept his disease stable for 5 months and the tumors never returned to his lungs. (He developed bone mets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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