How long on Xeloda?

[kandj]

DH had a small met removed from lung at the end of November. He was supposed to have an ablation done but they couldn't see the met clear enough so they did a wedge resection instead the next day. I am happier about that, to be honest, as I know it was cut out and done with. Recovery has been very good. DH just started his third round of Xeloda. How many rounds did you do if you did Xeloda as a mop up? There was a second nodule that has been there the whole time and not changed. They were going to take it out too but the surgeon looked at it and said it was just a lymph node and not suspicious so he left it. Liver has looked good so far from his SRBT in Dec of 2017. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

[e_enyedy]

my case is different- but I will try to give an idea of my Xeloda treatment.
A met showed up at the beginning of 2015, two and a half years after surgery, which was NOT followed by chemo.
Had 8 3-weekly sessions of Folfox with Avastin- great result: NED ; immediately followed with the same routine, without the Oxaliplatin.
That is, the pills and an Avastin infusion every 3 weeks.The Avastin was stopped in April 2018, due to some nasty renal side effects. Still on Xeloda.
The plan is to keep me on "maintenance chemo" as long as the medication is working, that is to say, there is no recurrence.
Of course nobody has a clue for how long the Xeloda will be working. (1 month? 1 year? 10 years?-nobody has an idea)

I have a follow up visit every six weeks, and a CAT scan every 3 months.
Of course I am happy to take the pills= they keep the disease under control.
Hope this was useful.Have a good new year

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[e_enyedy]

Hello again:
forgot to add:
If you search carefully on the Web, there are some clinical trials (unfortunately not very many) on maintenance chemo with Xeloda.


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