Experimental Cancer Treatment?
Experimental Cancer Treatment? I’m 22 years old, to some this may seem dumb, but I need to try everything. But you never know if someone out there knows of a good experimental treatment that has high counts of success. My mom has been battling cancer off and on. It started in my freshmen year with stage 4-colon cancer. 7 years later it has spread into different organs but she has been able to concur the problem at times, and even went into remission. She has been in remission for almost a year, and about three months ago she found out the cancer had spread to her liver. After of having been on several different forms of chemotherapy, including being on the pump, the doctors had her try the one last form of chemo they could think of to battle the cancer. After 2 months the doctors said the treatment hadn’t helped her at all. After consulting with several doctors they seem to feel that they have no treatments left to try on my mom to fight off the cancer and the only option was experimental drugs. Has anyone heard of any experimental drugs having high success? If she doesn’t find one that does they’re not sure how much longer she could fight off the cancer. Thank You
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That's the thing with experimental drugs- they'e never been tried before, so you don't know just how effective they are. Sometimes they work, sometimes not. If it's reached the Phase 3 (human trials) phase, then that would indicate that it at least could work, as it passed the previous stages. But as mentioned, there's no way of telling if it will work unless you try.
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Yes, there is a Clinical Trial drug called Avastin that is having good results for Colon and Small Cell Lung Cancer. I took it because it was in a clinical trial for breast cancer - but that research is now being re-considered, but it does have favorable clinical trials for colon and lung cancer. It is very expensive ($90K/patient/year). It is not a chemotherapy - it smothers the cancer of oxygen and nutrient so it doesn't have the side effects that chemo does. PS - It's a Phase III clinical trial drug. Good luck.
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You should check out http://clinicaltrials.gov/ and look for the clinical trial on stage 4 colon cancer. Most of those trials are industry sponsor and does not cost a penny. I have the latest best treatment of Stage 4 colon cancer is Avastin + FOLFOX (5-FU, irinotecan and oxaliplatin. Check out the following website for the latest treatment: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines.asp All the best!
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