CISPLATIN vs GEMCITABINE

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

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My husband (41, M) was just diagnosed in November with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma. We have a 19 month old son and we had our lovely wedding in September. We’re shocked and devastated. His metastasis is extensive. He just started cisplatin and gemcitabine. He also tested MSI-high positive, making him

My mother's 4-month battle with pancreatic cancer ended recently. My family and I are devastated, as she was the backbone of our family, and a light loved by so many. While I'm glad her suffering didn't last too long, I wonder if we could have ended up somewhere different if we had made different ch

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Mum was diagnosed with stage IV & mets to the liver back in August 2022. She has been on Gemcitabine+Abraxane since September. She received her 3rd scan update this week. The first showed not much change, the 2nd showed that the pancreatic tumour had gotten smaller and the 3rd has shown that bot

Hello, Wanted to get everyone's opinion on how you dispose of a catheter bags containing chemotherapy (mitomycin, gemcitabine, etc) after bladder instillation. I know some institutions will have the patient empty into a toilet and then will clean the toilets between patients, but I'm wondering speci