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Alimta And Carboplatin Regimen

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Dr.  Olsi Taka MD

Please can you help, my partner had testicular cancer two years ago, had one dose of chemo carboplatin , but ever since then he started to get extreme fatigue . The doctors thought this was chemo ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olsi Taka ( Neurologist)
Dr. Deepak Sundriyal MD

I'm trying to decide between Taxol, Herceptin and Anastrazole treatment vs. TCh, Taxotere , Carboplatin , Herceptin. I'm not as concerned about side effects as I am with success. Please let me know what ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepak Sundriyal ( Oncologist)
Dr. Dipanjan Majumder MD

For a Ovarian Cancer (platinum resistant) patient undergoing 3rd Line Chemo treatment with gemcitabine + carboplatin , what is the consequence of TLC=180 and Platelet Count=10,000. Is it a potentialy ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dipanjan Majumder ( Oncologist)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

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 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr. Jasvinder Singh MD

Can chemotherapy cause Parkinson's disease? My mother died at 74 from the disease. I am 53 and just recently completed carboplatin and taxotere and Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year. My father also had ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jasvinder Singh ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Monish De MD

Hi, My dad just finished his 4th round of chemo (Alimta and Carboplatin) for his lung cancer following pneumonectomy. However, since his 3rd round of chemo, he has been excessively thirsty. First we ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Monish De ( Oncologist)
Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar MD

+ Cisplatin ---6 No Sept 08:- Alimta + Avastin + Carboplatin—6 No Jan 09 :- Tarceva 150 mg – 87 days May 09 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kaushal Bhavsar ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Vijay Kumar MD

My dad just completed his second week of Gemzar chemo for pleural meso (he started with carbo/alimta after 8 rounds alimta alone, after 15 gemzar. His nose is extremely blocked and does have a little ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vijay Kumar ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Rohan Khandelwal MD

, Bilirubin 18. Now SGOT- 390, SGPT 190, Bilirubin 24. Patient on weekly Herceptin (150mg)+ carboplatin (100mg ... carboplatin OR change chemo OR which tests to determine next steps. What might be causing... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rohan Khandelwal ( Oncologist)
Dr. Deepak Sundriyal MD

Carboplatin/Taxol which lowered my CA from 1017 to 21. My oncologist suggests that adding another chemical to ... again) to be most aggressive, Carboplatin, Topotecan, Doxorubicin, or Aurelia. Have been... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Deepak Sundriyal ( Oncologist)