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by Illiniparent
Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Unfortunately she now has two new brain tumors, one of which is causing a midline shift, the plan is surgery, followed 2 weeks later by resuming the chemo, which is hopefully going to shrink the abdominal tumors and then radiation where the brain tumors are going to be removed, her left upper extrem...
by Illiniparent
Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Thanks, she started her first infusion of this on January 30, we’re hopeful
by Illiniparent
Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:50 am
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Thanks for the Journal article, when the primary was removed from her thigh 9 years ago no molecular studies were done. We are speaking with the Oncologist Tuesday about Yondelis, given the rarity of ASPS I don’t expect there will be any studies specific to ASPS , maybe some use in sarcoma in genera...
by Illiniparent
Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:02 am
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

The plan has now changed and rather than Doxil, they want to start Yondelis, which is given as a 24 hr infusion, it has been used with leiomyosarcoma —- is anyone aware of its use with ASPS ?
by Illiniparent
Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

After 2 cycles of Tamador they did scans and the abdominal tumors have increased significantly, now the plan is to start Doxil next week —- anyone have experience with the efficacy of Doxil with abdominal and pelvic tumors ?
We are at a point where we are searching for something to work. Thanks
by Illiniparent
Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

She has been on steroids, thanks
by Illiniparent
Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:14 am
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

First gamma knife —- 2 areas where tumors excised and 2 more small ones
Second——- 3 small ones
Headaches, Drs saying may be from the radiation, losing hair at areas of treatment, otherwise doing pretty well
by Illiniparent
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:58 am
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Diagnosed at 24, now 33, primary was in thigh, quadricep area , large 13x5x4 cm. Tumors did seem to remain stable when on Keytruda and were only in lungs , only after stopping for IVF egg harvesting did follow up scans find lesions outside lungs Started second cycle of Tamador two days ago, dose upp...
by Illiniparent
Mon Dec 12, 2022 4:49 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

To answer an earlier question, before the IVF egg harvesting break from treatment, she was on Keytruda
by Illiniparent
Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:07 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Thanks for the comments, she had a gamma knife treatment last Thursday and starts next round of Tamador on December 19,Drs are focusing on the brain mets, at meeting with oncologist last week Dr said was hopeful the Tamador would impact the other, pelvic , abdominal, tumors, We’ll ask again about im...
by Illiniparent
Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:15 am
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Thanks again, first treatment was aTKI, then immunotherapy, I don’t recall specific one , , nodules in lungs have grown, last scan, few weeks ago described largest as 2.1cm x 2.4 cm, two others described about the same size, also described enlarged nodes in mediastinum, 2.1 x 2.0 cm Treatment has be...
by Illiniparent
Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Re: Tamador for brain mets

Thanks for the responses. She had been on immune checkpoint inhibitors, previously had been on TKI drugs but developed severe neuropathy. Went off everything for a course of IVF egg harvesting. Went back on immunotherapy but this summer found the multiple brain lesions. After surgery and gamma knife...
by Illiniparent
Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:27 pm
Forum: Personal Stories and Updates
Topic: Tamador for brain mets
Replies: 29
Views: 7356

Tamador for brain mets

Our daughter has had ASPS for 9 years, typical slow growth, small tumors in lungs,until this summer, now lesions in abdomen,pelvis and brain, had two excised from brain in July followed by gamma knife in removed areas and for two smaller lesions, follow up MRI showed response but also showed new les...

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