BoBennett Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I am assuming a cycle is a treatment. Or is a cycle a set of treatments. Anyone know? I have heard that many Insurance cariers will only pay for the default amount of treatments that clinical trials showed the best results on. Is this true? I am nearing what is considered the end my optimum treatments, I'm trying to get ahead of this so if my Onc wants to change my chemo I will be aware what the reason possibly could be. Bo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remembering Dave Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 Last year and unfortunately now I will be going though chemo. My chemo will be done in six four week cycles. Week one I receive Cisplatin and CPT-11, week two and week three I only receive CPT-11 then I have one week off. I then start the cycle over with the cisplatin and CPT-11. I would describe a cycle as a set of treatments. David C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stand4hope Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Bo, I have always wanted to ask this very same question. I hear the expressions cycle, rounds, treatments, etc., and I never know for sure exactly what people mean. Thanks for asking. Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nushka Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 I was on carboplatin and VP-16. I took both of them the first day and then two more days of just one...can't remember which one was which. Then I waited 3 weeks and did it all again. My doctor told me that each set of 3 days was a cycle....I had 3 of them. Hope that helps. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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