I am a 27 year old female and a 9 year survivor of renal cell cancer. It has come back several times. Currently it is in my lungs and I just tried radiation therapy to shrink the nodule pushing on my left pulmonary artery. I found out that it shrunk!! I am so happy. Prior to the radiation, I was undergoing Avastin and now looking into trying Avastin and Tarceva. I've tried FUDR, IL-2, Interferon, SU011248 (SUGEN), and radiation.. The SUGEN drug was horrible and I had debilitating side effects where I could not walk for 2 whole days. I had blisters all over my hands and feet. I could barely walk, it was horrible. Now my doctor suggests going back on that but I don't think it worked at all. I had some growth with that and side effects that will never go away.. I got severe acid reflux from SUGEN as well as hypothyroidism.
I'm curious to find out more about Avastin and Tarceva. I've seen a lot of message boards with patients talking about severe rash. I'm scared and not sure what to do next.. go back on Sugen or try Avastin and Tarceva. I had very little side effects from taking Avastin by itself.