After traditional chemo (CarboPlatin/Taxol/Avastin) my wife was put on Tarceva. After a couple of months and bad side effects the doctor said the cancer was still growing. He added Alimta to the Tarceva.
I have read a lot of postings about people successful on alimta. How quickly do people see a response to this drug. My wife has been on Tarceva + Alimta for about 8 months. Except for one month where there was some shrinkage, she hasn't had any changes in tumor size (gorwth or shrinkage). This is good, but a lot of people have indicated they've had reduction with Alimta. When did that happen?
How long have people been on Alimta? Our doctor keeps saying that there is no clinical evidence to support treatment past 5-6 treatments but that doesn't want to take her off it since she is doing well.