I have been on ADAPT protocol of 1000mg capecitabine and 200mg of celecoxib on a three week cycle since August 2014. I started when I got home to New Zealand three weeks after my third lung laser thoracotomy surgery in Europe which made me to NED. When I started this regime my oncologist in New Zea...

Dr Lin called me in response to my email. He didn't get into why the ADAPT study had been closed, but mentioned he is planning a new study. He still believes very much in the benefit of this cocktail.

I emailed Dr. Lin directly to ask for his advice and guidance on taking the Xeloda/Celebrex combo. He did respond that he is traveling and will answer me when he has a chance. Will report back what he says. I just found it curious that the study seemed to have abruptly been suspended.

Good luck, I had robotic LAR at MSKCC two years ago. I was in the hospital for 5 days, and then recovered at home for a few weeks. I did not have a temp ileostomy. The worst part for me was illeus post surgery. Very painful cramping. Heating pads helped and toradol seemed to help too. Took about two...

Several years ago there was a lot of excitement about the ADAPT protocol and using Celebrex to target stem cells. As far as I can tell the ADAPT study is now over, and no results have yet been published, and there's hasn't been much news about using this cocktail in a while. Does anybody know what h...