Re: Re: Newly diagnosed with colon cancer stage 2

[Guest guest]

Naurice may know this, but check and make sure the Avastin is a one time deal.

It is not a chemo drug so it may be that you could take it again later. I just

do not know.

MA

Re: Re: Newly

> > diagnosed with colon cancer stage 2

> >

> >

> > Hello everyone,

> > I am just back from the oncologist and my head

> is

> > swimming. I am so thankful to Narice for the

> > information he gave re chemo drugs. Onc. is

> > strongly

> > recommending I participate in a clinical trial

> " A

> > Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing Infusional

> > 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), Leucovorin and

> Oxaliplatin

> > (mFOLFOX6) He says they have had good results

> > with

> > patients in the later stages, but they want to

> > test on

> > people like me in stage 2 and I would be a

> " great

> > candidate " . The side effect would be

> perforated

> > colon. The clinical drug deals with metastis.

> > Then

> > the chemo regimin was described--2 days with a

> > pump

> > attached which is removed the 3rd day. The 4th

> > day I

> > get a shot to build white blood count.

> Treatment

> > every other week for 6 months. If I agree to

> the

> > clinical trial, I wouldn't know if I were

> getting

> > it

> > or not.

> >

> > Has anyone experience with this?

> >

>

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