RE: Sharon's Question: What else is Gleevec used for?

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Thanks Pat

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Subject: [ ] Sharon's Question: What else is Gleevec used for?

Hi Sharon - I don't remember the exact words that Dr. Oz used. The

impression left was that Gleevec is used today for multiple cancers, but it

would be more accurate to say that several clinical trials are underway.

There are medical journal reports available on trials involving other forms

of leukemia, breast cancer, small cell lung cancer and even arthritis. One

way to find more information is to search the medical literature for reports

on the clinical trials for Imatinib.

Hope that helps!

Pat from Phoenix

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> Hi Sharon - I don't remember the exact words that Dr. Oz used. The impression

left was that Gleevec is used today for multiple cancers, but it would be more

accurate to say that several clinical trials are underway.

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Hi Pat,

The one exception that I know of to what you wrote is GIST (gastro-intestinal

stomal tumor). Gleevec is the treatment now for this cancer and has been fairly

successful. The first dark haired lady to speak on the Dr. Oz program about her

own experience was a GIST patient, who said she had just had surgery and was not

expecting to live....and now she says she is living a normal life.

There is a GIST website and those folks are mainly on Gleevec.

C.

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Thanks, . I thought the group would be aware of GIST use so didn't mention

it. Pat

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> > Hi Sharon - I don't remember the exact words that Dr. Oz used. The

impression left was that Gleevec is used today for multiple cancers, but it

would be more accurate to say that several clinical trials are underway.

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> Hi Pat,

> The one exception that I know of to what you wrote is GIST (gastro-intestinal

stomal tumor). Gleevec is the treatment now for this cancer and has been fairly

successful. The first dark haired lady to speak on the Dr. Oz program about her

own experience was a GIST patient, who said she had just had surgery and was not

expecting to live....and now she says she is living a normal life.

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> There is a GIST website and those folks are mainly on Gleevec.

>

> C.

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