Postby Ratepo » Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:37 am
Dunno if it's exactly the same, but here in the Netherlands there is also a study regarding this topic. In one of the most popular tv-shows here were the researchers and a woman receiving the therapy which triggered the attention a couple months ago. Here is some more info about it:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22281684 and
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3672971/Father dx 10/12 rectal 4a
11/12 3 liver mets resected
01/13 colostomy
07/13 scan: 1 liver met, op. failed: multiple discovered, start xelox
12/13 mets shrink (kras mut.)
01/14 liver op new hospital: 2 mets removed others disappeared
05/14 & 09/14 NED
01/15 CEA rise to 5
05/15 local reccurence - rad + Xeloda
10/15 op. failed unremovable mets lower pelvis