by Beauchev » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:35 am
My partner has small cell cancer which started in the rectum and has spread to the liver and lungs and now the lymph nodes. Carboplatin/VP16 was the first regimen they tried, ........disease progressed...they switched to Etoposide..........disease progressed. Few options left outside of clinical trials at this point and time is not on our side. If you've only had one chemo regimen, go for the clinical trial of either Amrubicin or the Phase One trial of SVV-001 (Seneca Valley Virus). Do it now, don't wait for results, time is of the essence and if your oncologist has already tried more than one regimen, you will find it difficult to get into any meaningful clinical trials. DO IT NOW.