Met with Marcio today

So, today was the day to meet with Elizabeth's Oncologist to figure out where we are going as she finishes recovering from the surgery.
She is doing very well. Very active, but she still is having the watery diarrhea. It is getting better, but it is taking time. Otherwise, she is doing great. She has her surgical and endocrine follow ups next week, so that will finalize where we are with that.
As to the oncology side, it was a tough meeting. The good news, most likely we will start another new, novel drug to try and keep the tumors at bay. It is Sunitinib, marketed as Sutent by Pfizer. It was approved by the FDA January 26, 2006. Being so new, he has to figure out prescribing doses and make sure we can get it. Should know by Thursday if it is a go for sure. For those that like the details of the drugs, it is both a protein-tyrosine kinase inhibitor and an anti-VEGF/anti-angiogenesis drug. It was released for GI stromal tumors and Renal Cell Carcinoma. IT working for RCC makes it worth trying with Elizabeth. It is simliar to the Tarceva/Avstin combo, but newer and covers more kinase paths.
The bad news, more and more the approach seems to focus on techniques aimed at slowing tumor progression instead of cure.
Well, tomorrow marks one year from when Mom started this blog.
This March is 2 years from her first oily stools after the pepperoni pizza and she is still fighting and kicking cancers butt. See..Elizabeth's caring page
Til next time.
Dad