"mesothelioma lawyer" - Tarceva & Alimta

Tarceva & Alimta
My father has been on tarceva and unfortunately it was not helpful. His tumor has grown. The doctor has put him on alimta and I was wondering if anyone has had any success using this drug to treat non small cell lung cancer.Thank you .......

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Metastatic Lung Cancer Spread to Brain
Hello - My Father (68) was diagnosed with a brain tumor around Sept. 2005, finally, after doctors mis-diagnosed him as having 2 strokes. All of his symptoms pointed to a stroke. Memory loss, right side paralysis, etc... The one "key" symptom that was overlooked were his difficulty with his balance. The tumor was pressing on the "motor strip" of the brain, and that was what was causing his symptoms. Doctors successfully removed the tumor during surgery and then determined it to be cancerous. Prior to the surgery, they performed a chest x-ray, and saw several tumors in both lungs. They still have not been able to determine the type of cancer that he has. They are referring to it as "cancer of an unknown primary"? They know that it is...

Cancer Causes
Title: Cancer Causes
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 4/23/2002

Lung cancers reveal the diverse role of proteases in cancer progression
Lung cancers reveal the diverse role of proteases in cancer progression. "A disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) are transmembrane proteases displaying multiple functions. ADAM with thrombospondin-like motifs (ADAMTS) are secreted proteases characterized by thrombospondin (TS) motifs in their C-terminal domain," scientists writing in the British Journal of Cancer report. "The aim of this work was to evaluate the expression pattern of ADAMs and ADAMTS in non small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) and to investigate the possible correlation between their expression and cancer progression. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, Western blot and immunohistochemical analyses were performed on NSCLC samples and corresponding nondise...

Pleural effusion
Title: Pleural effusion
Category: Medical Dictionary
Created: 3/26/1998 2:28:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 11/21/2003