Postby canadiandaughter » Sun Aug 14, 2016 4:21 pm
my dad is on vectibix as a single agent as you called it. He has now had 2 infusions of it. The rash is just slightly starting to show on his head so I am told by my mom. He is still tired, but I think that is due to age (81) and having had two years of chemo with no breaks. I think he missed chemo 2 times for low blood work. We did get him a short break of about 3 weeks this summer before he started the new treatment. I do believe he is on full strength of vectibix as well. Praying we see some good results on his scan, it is his liver that is being nasty and not reacting to any chemo, but all his spots are still very small so we are very thankful for that. So glad to see this thread and see that it has worked for someone! That gives the rest of us some hope, thanks for sharing!
DD to 81 year old father
dx 24/07/14 iv cc mets liver/lung
folifiri started 19/07/14
shrinkage of all mets
growth in the liver,started folfox/avastin 80% 13/01/16
reduced to 70% due to side effects 27/01/16
First scan on folfox shows shrinkage in lungs, but liver just stable
6 rounds of vectibix-fail. 3cm growth and new spots showing Waiting for panel recommendations
At peace January 8, 2017