CISPLATIN vs DOCETAXEL

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

I just want to share my experience, I have frequented this sub occasionally since my diagnosis. I am a 37y old single gay man. Apparently breast cancer in men my age is incredibly rare. Just bad luck I suppose as there was nothing striking on the genetic tests. I was diagnosed in Nov 22. Since

I HAVE ACHIEVED PCR!!!!!!! I had my lumpectomy on Monday morning and the pathology just came back this afternoon. All margins clear, all lymph nodes clear. I was diagnosed in February at age 36 with TNBC, Stage IIB, and a Ki-67 of >90%. I joined the SCARLET clinical trial and did 6 rounds of Key

Hey everyone, It’s been just over three months since my father passed away, in April 2025. I feel like I’ve only now finally processed enough of the initial grief to put it all together. I’m sharing his story from the beginning to the end to honor him and in the hope that it can be useful to othe

I’m not asking for anything specific. I feel like I am all alone and that my experience with breast cancer is so different from others’. I feel so isolated and hopeless. I’m 51 and was in good shape and otherwise healthy when diagnosed with IDC hormone negative HER2 positive in late June. Small pri

Yesterday I was convinced that I will not need chemo due to what my surgical oncologist told me... she said if I'm HER2 negative (which I am) and if they find no lymph node involvement after surgery/SLNB (also true for me) then I can skip chemo and move directly to radiation and hormone therapy. But

First off, this is a follow up to [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/cancer/comments/1hcxvaz/today_i_have_officially_crossed_the_halfway_point/) where I discussed my progress at halfway, so it felt relevant to follow up now that I'm on the downside and headed towards healing. Secondly, this is no

Hey everyone, I’ve been reading this subreddit for a while but finally decided to post. My dad is 59 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer about two years ago. It had already spread to his bones when they found it (de novo metastatic). He started with androgen deprivation therapy, which worked for

At my wife's job in an infusion center, she mixes chemotherapy drugs like Taxol, oxaliplatin, docetaxel, and cytoxin. She does the mixing under a fume hood, wearing a gown and gloves. There is no separation in her mixing room between the chemo drugs and the rheumatology drugs. The room is not negati