Topotecan hydrochloride (trade name Hycamtin) is a chemotherapy agent that is a topoisomerase Enzyme inhibitor. It is the water-soluble derivative of camptothecin. It is used to treat ovarian cancer and lung cancer, as well as other cancer types.After GlaxoSmithKline received final FDA ...
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...First off I mis-spoke, she is actually on topotecan, not taxol. The PET showed that all her tumors were shrinking. She's going to continue topotecan or another 4 21 dys...
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...issue and because she's getting very tired of the side ...that Patty was on. She now is on
Topotecan through her port, Allopurinol for ...and Compazine and Kytril for nausea.
I sure will....
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...and last week they did another CT scan.
The cancer has started spreading towards her shoulder and they are now going to start Topotecan next week on a three weeks on / one...
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I wanted to find out if anyone was on Topotecan and if it helped the bloating, so you pegged it! I'm also taking Avastin. My doctor has me doing it weekly with the Avastin...
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My cancer seems very aggressive ...not good news. Only finished Topotecan 6 weeks ago so this ...blow. My onc has put me on an oral chemo called Leukeran (Chlorambucil). Has anyone ever...
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...bowel, primary chemo failed and now she's taking topotecan. ...real stories not statistics. Her tumor marker at the beginning was 2300 and went down to 60, It's not on her liver just around the...
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...25 treatments of radiation on back and PCI He then gave topotecan said she was first patient who did not respond to topotecan she had extensive sclc , I find this very hard to believe...
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Shelia - curious how you are doing with topotecan? I started last week and ...green leafy veggies and I'm taking pericolace every day too. Won't ...I hope it prevents the tumor from growing at...
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...I was first diagnosed I was on Taxotere/carbo and did lose my ...thing happened. When I was on topotecan alone, I didn't lose my ...just trying to shrink my tumors with chemo, which I...
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I'm getting Topotecan. And surprisingly, doing well, I ...I'm not complaining though! I've been lucky with the nausea, mostly only fatigue. I just started my 2nd...
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