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Hallelujah, Kim Green remembers thinking. Her life was about to get easier. For close to a decade, she had been making regular trips to the hospital, spending full days hooked up to machines that delivered chemotherapy to fight her breast cancer.
ladylaura
Thu Mar 18, 2010 01:59 AM
how many cancer patients could beenfit taking the pill form? and what kinds of cancers can be cured with the pill form of chemo
hebafd
Fri Mar 19, 2010 05:51 PM
@ Ladylaura - it all depends on the stage of your cancer and types of chemo you were put on - think of it as cards and the doctor each time plays a set of cards in an attempt to treat you - the cards cannot be repeated - but new cards are always added to the deck. Chemo that works for you may not work for me - it is also based on "trial and error" - switching remedies to make you better. Xeloda for instance is usually used with Stage IV breast cancer patients - there are so many combinations - wait and see what your doctor has planned for you and then research it on the net.
SuzyG
Fri Mar 19, 2010 05:55 PM
I am currently on Temador an oral chemo for a reocurring BT. It is wonderful to be able to treat by oral pills, and not have to go in for IV chemo :)
leggos
Fri Mar 19, 2010 07:03 PM
I can see no cure for Cancer in sight if that is the sort of money,
the drug companies are making from the disease, How could anyone keep up a costly process like that??
rogerworldie
Fri Mar 19, 2010 07:48 PM
Adjunct Therapies for Cancer Patients
I have been diagnosed with CLL + Richter's Transformation on September 2006 and underwent RCHOP / RICE / FCR, FCR worked best. As you may know Richter’s Transformation has a median life span of 5 to 10 months however there are reports of some patients living for 15 years.
I have the FCR mixed with Dextrose 5% (the normal mix is saline) since cancer lives on glucose, the logic is to fast for 18 + hours to lower the blood sugar and make any cancer "hungry" before chemo. Since the chemo is mixed with sugar (Dextrose) and the cancer is hungry it is logical that the cancer will take up the chemo more quickly. This is proven in PET scan technology.
After a fine needle biopsy to prove Richter's in swollen lymph nodes I took the FCR mixed with Dextrose as above and during three treatments (not a series of three X three) the swelling completely disappeared. This was proven by a subsequent PET scan, which also showed very good results in other areas. I have stopped the chemo for now.
Further, since fungus, IE: mushroom cells and human cells are very similar taking an extract from the Trametes Versicolor mycelia known as Polysaccharide Peptide (PSP) has been proven to boost immune system effects IE: boosts B lymphocytes, T helper cells and NK cells. I take 50 Mg / Kg of this per day as well as Dan Shen root tea 20 Mg / Kg. per one 8 oz cup for cardio support (available at Chinese herbal stores) due to the fact that chemotherapy effects the heart negatively.
See clinical trial: http://www.worldscinet.com/ajcm/33/3303/S0192415X05002990.htm
And: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1193547/
Since chemotherapy strips the Gastro Intestinal tract (GI) of the protective mucus membrane barrier and leaves one susceptible to infection. We must reestablish this membrane and this is done using Culturelle (Lactobacillus Ramosus GG) available at Wal Mart and Target stores. I make it into a yogurt using organic milk to amplify its concentration. After the above chemotherapy of FCR the oncologist prescribed anti biotics and anti viral meds. I declined to take them and instead took the Culturelle yogurt, within 6 hours the discomfort of my stomach seemed to abate in 12 hours it was gone and regularity returned in 24 hours, previously when taking the antibiotics the regularity took about 4 to 5 days to return to normal.
See: http://dcp.cancer.gov/news-events/20050323e.pdf
And: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
Since taking these adjunct therapies orally for four months the immune system cells, CD3-56+ and CD3-16+ have been boosted by 46% and 23% respectively.
Also I have been taking various antioxidants daily and nutritional supplements, which have proven efficacy in treating cancers. If interested I can supply information on these products and any other information which you may require, including documented blood tests from Kaiser Hospital.
I am offering this information to enable you to add to your knowledge base in treating these insidious diseases and hopefully you will research such information and apply them as you see fit to your patient population.
Respectfully submitted,
Roger W.
llsister
Fri Mar 19, 2010 08:34 PM
Who, or where can we write to place a complaint and let our voices be heard that the pills should be covered? Also my sister has oral cancer and her obturator is not coverd by her insurance. Terrilbe situations.
Sellotape
Sat Mar 20, 2010 04:09 PM
I've had a brin tumor GBM grade 4 had oral chemotherphy. Can-not remember the name of the medicine.Know the TEMODAR which was ok no one likes being sick but they were treating me for an infection and taking bloods intravenous methods were not working .
It was never proposed that TEMODAR be taken via intravenous method.Still alive given 8months in 2005/06.Quality of my life is good.
Claudia413
Tue Mar 23, 2010 04:31 PM
Would this also apply to the Arimidex I take to keep my cancer (Inflammatory Breast Cancer) from returning? I pay about $300 per month for these pills, which I have to take for another 3 years (5 years total).
pieper
Sat Mar 27, 2010 11:44 PM
My husband was put on Sutent for stage 4 kidney cancer and the cost of it for 4 weeks is over $7000. Our cost from mine insurance is $781.00. We can't afford it. Thankfully we got First Response to help cover it but for how long?? It's like you have to choose- medicine to help him live or pay bills and buy food.
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