RE: Long Term Usage/Childhood Cancer

[Guest guest]

yes Matt from what i have read and been told we could be affected and that

is why they watch us closely, and do many follow up tests like on out liver,

pancrease, heart, etc.

Sharon T

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Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 3:14 PM

Subject: [ ] Long Term Usage/Childhood Cancer

Tracey (or anyone for that matter):

I was reading the articles posted about childhood

survivors of cancer and how the chemotherapy and

drugs affected them as little as 10 years later.

Considering that most cancer patients do regimens of

chemotherapy for 12 weeks and then follow up with a

year or so of radiation or other therapy, it seems that

we too could be affected by 10 plus years of Gleevec,

Sprycel and Tasigna. Is there any long term reports

on how it affects our bodies? Should we also be

concerned about long term usage?

Matt

Florida

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[Guest guest]

Hi Matt,

Traditional cancer treatments are severely toxic to the body which

often cause long term effects. While Gleevec (and the other TKI's

used for CML), can be difficult to tolerate, they aren't at all in

the same realm as the treatments used for other cancers at least in

terms of toxicity to healthy cells.

Since our treatments are on going for the rest of our lives, there is

a concern over long term effects but I remember in one of the last

teleconferences that secondary cancers and long term effects were

looked at (from the IRIS trial patients) and it was found that no

such effects were evident (yet).

Take care,

Tracey

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> Tracey (or anyone for that matter):

>

> I was reading the articles posted about childhood

> survivors of cancer and how the chemotherapy and

> drugs affected them as little as 10 years later.

> Considering that most cancer patients do regimens of

> chemotherapy for 12 weeks and then follow up with a

> year or so of radiation or other therapy, it seems that

> we too could be affected by 10 plus years of Gleevec,

> Sprycel and Tasigna. Is there any long term reports

> on how it affects our bodies? Should we also be

> concerned about long term usage?

>

> Matt

> Florida

>

>

>

> **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your

budget?

> Read reviews on AOL Autos.

> (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?

ncid=aolaut00050000000017 )

>

>

>