Following is
what Daryl wrote to our family yesterday:
As you are
aware, your mother had the usual CT scans and MRI yesterday, February 12, and we met with
Dr. Homsi this morning to review the results. He informed us that the last two
chemotherapy infusions with the two drug dosage are not controlling the
continued growth of the tumors in her thigh. The lesion containing multiple
nodules now measures 4.0 x 4.4 x 3.1 inches. Dr. Homsi recommended that we
discontinue the current chemotherapy treatment as the cancer has become resistant to it, so no chemo was administered
today. There is also a new 1/4 inch nodule in her lung that raises concern for
metastatic involvement.
He discussed
several future treatment options with us. The first option is to meet with Dr.
Matthew Callister, Radiation Oncologist, who we know and has helped us at Mayo and
is now at Banner MD Anderson. Dr. Callister will get the radiation records from
Mayo and discuss possible treatment with radiation. We like Dr. Callister and
are pleased that we will be seeing him. Another option
would be with Pazopanib which is an oral anticancer medicine that is used to
treat adults with kidney cancer. It is
also used to treat advanced soft tissue sarcoma (STS) in patients who have
received cancer treatments. Another
option may be to see if she is eligible to join clinical trials at research
facilities such as the University of Arizona in Tucson or other research
facilities.
This is not the
news we were hoping for, but your mom has a great attitude, and we are moving
forward with faith.
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