My son, Pete, will finish his 3rd day of chemo (7 hr infusion) today. I was not present yesterday when he spoke with the oncologist, but when he came home last night he told me that he will begin a new chemo treatment starting Monday.
The new treatment is Rapamune (aka Sirolimus) and is administered orally on a daily basis. There has been significant indication that this drug, normally used to prevent rejection following transplants, has shown some promise in reducing/inhibiting sarcoma growth. It is also capable of passing through the brain-blood barrier, so it can reach cancer cells that have migrated to the brain. Most other chemo molecules are too large to pass through the barrier and are therefore not effective. It seems that at this point in time it is in a type of trial status, but I'm not exactly certain of that nor of what stage it is at. I did some research/reading and touched base with some folks well informed on sarcomas last night and this new therapy seems very promising.
Thank you, again, to everyone who is keeping Pete in their thoughts and sending good wishes.
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