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rstar
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Topic: Xeloda & 5-fluorouracil Posted: Apr 17 2017 at 5:02am |
Hi there,
My mom was treated with the standard neoadjuvant AC+T & also received 5-fu as part of her CMF adjuvant regimen. 6 months later she recurred with lung mets and after a whole year on a parp trial, the oncologist put her on xeloda. Here is my question.. Isn't xeloda and 5-fu the same? Doesn't she basically put her back on a drug that she already progressed on since it didn't prevent the mets?
Edited by rstar - Apr 17 2017 at 5:16am
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Posted: Apr 17 2017 at 4:31pm |
I don't know your answer but I would ask the same question directly to her oncologist, email it to him/her in writing if needbe, and save a copy.
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Posted: Apr 18 2017 at 11:02pm |
rstar,
Good question and probably one to ask your mother's oncologist. I found this description of the two: "Capecitabine is a rationally designed 5-FU pro-drug developed to mimic the continuous infusion of 5-FU while avoiding complications and inconvenience of intravenous administration. Capecitabine is absorbed intact from the gastrointestinal tract, converted enzymatically to active 5-FU, and released directly into the tumor. " http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12156-011-0074-3
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Posted: Apr 19 2017 at 3:16pm |
I did ask the oncologist and she said that while the treatment was given to her earlier in a different setting before she had mets, it's still remains an option to use it in the metastatic setting. Maybe because tumors go thru a genetic transformation sometimes? Not sure, but honestly I'm still not convinced..
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Posted: Apr 19 2017 at 6:43pm |
rstar,
Sometimes Xeloda is often used in the first line of mets treatment to the lungs as it's easily tolerable and in pill form.
Have you considered getting a second opinion for treatment options?
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Posted: Apr 23 2017 at 2:28pm |
Thx Donna,
Yea, I'm working on a second opinion.
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