MMMT

TY all for the great info; As most of you have probably done I too have  put in hundreds of hours of research on carcinosarcoma/MMMT. It's not a pretty dx for sure. The chemo I'll start this week is Taxol/carboplatin duo. The oral meds I'm to take and already filled for use will be dexamethasone, Emend Combo Pak w/2different strengths pre and post chemo, compazine, ativan.   It's  strange, even though I'm a retired RN it's still scary to walk the same path as many of my former patients.  The da Vinci Robot that did my hysterectomy sure had a lot less pain and less healing time because the abdomen wasn't opened; still have some drainage from the umbilicus, had a wound vac applied but the cannister filled up to fast and was a pain to chg. 

Peggy,

I am interested in your treatment my sister was diagnosed with MMMT Uterine Carcinosarcoma and is stage 3 c her treatment is weekly cisplatin and daily radiation we had a second opinion at MD Anderson in Houston I am wondering about your treatment.

Thanks,

Elaine

Hi

My mom is 68 years old, had hysterectomy 3 years ago,and diagnosed as MMMT,and had 9 cycles chemotherapy (Taxol+Carboplatin) in 3 week intervals.

After a year she had reccurence,and she got the same medication for 9 cyclesand same intervals.

again her Ca125 test has raised to 40.

I want to know

1- Is chemotherapy is the only treatment?

2-she needs radiotherapy?

3-Any center for this particular cancer which we can approch?

Can i have your help and suggestions please,i wiil be thankfull. 

On Oct 19, 2009 12:00 ?.? vahid wrote:

Hi

My mom is 68 years old, had hysterectomy 3 years ago,and diagnosed as MMMT,and had 9 cycles chemotherapy (Taxol+Carboplatin) in 3 week intervals.

After a year she had reccurence,and she got the same medication for 9 cyclesand same intervals.

again her Ca125 test has raised to 40.

I want to know

1- Is chemotherapy is the only treatment?

2-she needs radiotherapy?

3-Any center for this particular cancer which we can approch?

Can i have your help and suggestions please,i wiil be thankfull. 

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