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How Long Does Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma Take To Respond To Chemotherapy?
Question: My father is having cancer of type Anaplastic Thyroid carcinoma.. He was given 3 cycles of Chemotherapy... medicine given was Paclitaxel 260 mg, Carboplatin 450 mg ...After two months of treatment, we are not seeing any significant change in the reports... Could you please help..
Brief Answer:
It responds poorly to chemo
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I understand your concerns.
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is difficult to treat. It usually does not respond well to chemo or radiotherapy. You have not mentioned that there is no change, does that mean stable disease? If it is even stable, then we can take it as response and continue the chemo.
If disease is increasing, then we can try doxorubicin chemo. There some case reports of sorafenib or everolimus producing some responses and can be tried as well.
But overall result is not good.
I am really sorry I could not suggest much but that is the reality in this disease.
Regards
It responds poorly to chemo
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I understand your concerns.
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is difficult to treat. It usually does not respond well to chemo or radiotherapy. You have not mentioned that there is no change, does that mean stable disease? If it is even stable, then we can take it as response and continue the chemo.
If disease is increasing, then we can try doxorubicin chemo. There some case reports of sorafenib or everolimus producing some responses and can be tried as well.
But overall result is not good.
I am really sorry I could not suggest much but that is the reality in this disease.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
yes.. the size of the different modules is increasing slowly... I understand that treatment for this is quite difficult...
Thanks for your response.
Thanks for your response.
Brief Answer:
Then we should change the treatment
Detailed Answer:
We have to change the treatment and see the response again.
Then we should change the treatment
Detailed Answer:
We have to change the treatment and see the response again.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Could you please suggest any specific treatment which would be the best for this case ?
Thanks
Thanks
Brief Answer:
can try doxorubicin chemo
Detailed Answer:
You can send me the latest scan reports which may be useful.
can try doxorubicin chemo
Detailed Answer:
You can send me the latest scan reports which may be useful.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Attached is the PET scan report
Brief Answer:
see below
Detailed Answer:
doxorubicin chemo is a valid option. Can also try sorafenib tablet. if no response then everolimus
see below
Detailed Answer:
doxorubicin chemo is a valid option. Can also try sorafenib tablet. if no response then everolimus
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you
Brief Answer:
you are welcome
Detailed Answer:
Regards
you are welcome
Detailed Answer:
Regards
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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