CAPECITABINE vs CISPLATIN

This is a Hail Mary y’all. I work in specialty oncology as a tech, scheduling patient refills. The “insurance specialists” are of 0 help and never have been. I’m trying to bill capecitabine to med b, last fill was $40 copay and this month $600. Patient does not want to pay cash. We’re (me and pt) t

Age: 57 F Height 5ft 7 Weight: unsure Hello Doctors of reddit, I need some help. I'm getting really anxious about my poor mum who was diagnosed with locally advanced bowel cancer. She's really struggling with the chemo regime and she's too weak to have surgery at the moment I just need some answers

I am taking capecitabine, irinotecan, and cetuximab. I have fortnightly blood testing and they've shown my platelets are low. My specialist cancer nurse and my oncologist are aware of this and have given me advice. I asked if there were lifestyle changes I could make and they said "good nutrition, c

**Age**: 27 **Sex**: Female **Height**: 5'9 **Weight**: 230 lbs **Race**: White **Duration of complaint**: December, 2016 **Location (Geographic and on body)**: I'm in Toronto, Ontario. Recurrent sinus issues. Extreme congestion and runny nose, sinus pressure, occasionally flares into post-nasal dri

Male - 50 Diagnosis / Problem • Metastatic gallbladder adenocarcinoma (non-local lymph node metastasis) • Palliative treatment: Gemcitabine-Cisplatin chemotherapy + Durvalumab (commenced September 2023) • Molecular testing: IDH1 and FGFR negative • New disease progression: Omental disease detect

My mom (54F) was diagnosed with Stage 1 rectal cancer last month and is currently 5 weeks post-LAR operation. She didn't require an ileostomy and is currently recovering well at home. Initial biopsy (from colonoscopy) showed Intramucosal carcinoma with Signet Ring Cell features. Final pathology afte

F(33),ex sports player, ex smoker , no drinking, I used to party a lot in my 20’s tho , no drugs, I drink 2-3l water, mostly Mediterranean diet and some sweets once in a while. I do long walks 3-5 hrs daily. I don’t do any sports now or gym but I’m a very active person like extremely active. 75kg 1

Hi everyone, I’m writing to this community because my family and I have reached a point where we feel completely lost. I’m hoping to hear about your experiences or any thoughts you might have on our situation. A bit of background: Last year, my mother (female; Age:57, Height: 164 cm, weight: 64kg, n

Hi everyone. I am here because my husband has bladder cancer. He has been undergoing chemo since March. This next week was suppose to be the 12th week, and final infusion. This week, we received a strange call from his oncologist's office. They said the Dr. needed to speak to us. Due to coronavirus

31/Male 138lbs Asian/White Diagnosed late September with stage 4 signet ring adenocarcinoma of the urachus after partial cystocopy/partial bladder removal. Currently doing radiation to reduce tumor growth on spinal column and just completed my 6th cycle out of 10. Waiting to hopefully get into a cli

Why do I get so many advertisements, including on this site, making me aware of the PACIFIC data and role for this drug in unresectable lung cancer? Isn’t this 100% standard of care by now? What oncologist doesn’t know about this? This feels like getting ads akin to: “Click here to learn about cispl

Age:52,Southern Europe,Medications:vitamin/mineral supplements In January my dad was having problems with balance and after a MRI it was diagnosed with a water-filled cyst in right cerebellum,after surgical intervention biopsy came back and it was metastatic adenocarcinoma that was confirmed by a C

I’m hoping any oncology pharmacist out there might be able to help me. I’m a nursing manager of a new outpatient chemotherapy clinic. We are expanding and recently lost our pharmacist. We have yet to find a replacement, and in during this time, I’ve been tasked with writing some infusion guidelines

27M - 6’7”, 225lbs. White. Generally healthy before cancer. Bad at Reddit format. Diagnosed with stage 3 seminoma in July of this year. Had surgery and did four rounds of etoposide and cisplatin as chemotherapy. Seminoma did not present physically, only presentation was severe back pain. I have had

Demographics: 32 years old, male, caucasian. 5'-11", 225lbs. No drinking, smoking, or drug use. **Symptom History:** Back in July, after a relapse of my testicular cancer, I had major surgery (see below). In the week following, I had mild shortness of breath in the hospital but O2 levels were fine a