BRIGATINIB vs CRIZOTINIB

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hey all 💗 it’s been a minute. my 16yo is in the sweet spot: highly concerning tumors have grown, but are not affecting function as of now. we’ve made the decision to start brigatinib in june, at the end of the school year. we have avastin on the back burner, trying to start with least “disruptive

My father, male, age 65, was diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer this past June. He has since undergone whole brain radiation and began taking the medication alectinib as his cancer contains an ALK mutation. After a couple of months, the alectinib caused terrible abdominal pain and hi

hi all ✨ sending everyone some love. also, long story short, my 15yo son has NF2, and has a slowly growing VS in the left; ss deaf from removal of fast-growing binuclear VS on the right. recent growth has sparked discussions of how to preserve his hearing. we have discussed avastin, and are also l

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Hello, My husband has ROS1-positive lung cancer with multiple brain metastases. He was treated with Crizotinib, but unfortunately the brain metastases have progressed. We are considering Lorlatinib as the next treatment option, but we have concerns about availability, cost, side effects, and the app

Hi all, I have posted here before a few times about my dad (64M). He was diagnosed with NSCLC adenocarcinoma stage 4 mets to hip on December 2024. He went through 6 rounds of chemo, tumors responded (shrunk a little but still active) and was disease was considered stable. Then he was put on maintena

Hey everyone, I hoped to pose a question. The UK NHS does not use MET amplification as a biomarker for mutation testing. My father, who has Stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer, was put on the conventional treatment regimen, chemo + immunotherapy (carboplatin-pemetrexed-pembrolizumab), because nothi

Hi, I have a rare stage-IV soft tissue sarcoma with mets to the lungs and lymph nodes. Does anyone on here have any experience with crizotinib (brand name in the USA is Xalkori)? I was taking another, similar MET inhibitor (cabozantinib/Cabometyx), but I'm switching due to progression while on cabom

Hello, My husband has ROS1-positive lung cancer with multiple brain metastases. He was treated with Crizotinib, but unfortunately the brain metastases have progressed. We are considering Lorlatinib as the next treatment option, but we have concerns about availability, cost, side effects, and the app