18th June 2003
Do you know how much Iressa costs???:nono
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View full discussion thread on HealthBoards.com: 18th June 2003 Mom was on Iressa, she got it free through a drug testing program. Did it cure her??? no Did it relieve some of her symptoms???? yes. 10th July 2003 Does anyone have any info on how long a person must be on Iressa before they can see any changes? How soon should a chest xray be done? Any info on the subject of Iressa would be helpful. Any negative or positive comments? 16th July 2003 Since there have been no responses to the questions on response time to Iressa, I am guessing that no one has been on it long enough to give an opinion. The information from the drug company does not say how long one must be taking it to see a change,or when a new chest xray should be done,to evaluate the response to the drug. Guess we will wait and see for now. 25th July 2003 In my mother's case, she responded to Iressa very well.She started took IRESSA after reoccurance(typo?).After 3 mos, CT scan showed spots on her right lungs were gone, and after another 3 mos, the CT scan showed all the spots were gone. It was amazing. But this effective periods of 7-36 mos make me wondering whether it would stop working after this period. Shammy 27th July 2003 pinkzen, I do not actually know my mom's stage since she is in China and they do not use stage method over there. She was diagnosed nsclc and did the operation in July 1999. Spots were found in her left lung and lymp nodes. From my understanding she was probably in stage III. Half of her left lung was removed. Reoccurance was found a year later in one lung and five months later another. She went through 7 round chmo-Tyxol and carbo(typo?), very little effect, started use IRESSA March 2002. She is spot-free till now. She's on the test program for international patients. Hope these info helpful and good luck to your brother. shammyl 27th July 2003 I spoke with my father today about Iressa. He talked to his oncologist on Friday about a medication, he can't remember what it was. His lung cancer metatasized to his liver. He is being treated as an individual. Iressa treats lung cancer. Nancy 28th July 2003 Hi, Even if your Lung cancer moves to your liver, Brain, bone or anywhere else it is still Lung cancer and can be treated with Iressa or any other lung cancer treatment. Kimmy 29th July 2003 Hi all, My father has small cell lung cancer in limited stage. Does anyone know can Iressa is also ok for SCLC patient? Thank you ~~ |