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Anyone on Fruquintinib?

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Mar 7 6:22pm | Replies (5)

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@paul28

Multiple surgeries over 5 years all related to metastasized colon cancer?
I imagine that this began with a colon resection or something more.
Could you share more details, please.

I have not heard of Fruquintinib.
Paul

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Yes, he started out stage 3 in 2018, had resection surgery & ended up with a colostomy bag. The cancer moved to his lung after a year, he had the spot removed. A mass was spotted on his spine/tailbone a year after that. They tried to remove it, but he almost bled out. He's also had both his prostate and bladder removed leaving him with a urostomy bag.
His first chemo treatment was Folfox/5FU, he almost died after the first dose. He did a radiation and oxaliplatin combo for a while. He switched to IROX plus more radiation with no luck. He recently ended the Lonsurf and Avastin combo. He just hasn't seen any significant results.
I guess the drug Fruqunitinib was recently FDA approved in November of 2023, it's specifically for colorectal cancers, a new doctor on his team suggested it.
I guess we were hoping to get more information from someone who has already started it.