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Who else has had Gem-Abraxane chemo regimen and for how long?
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can I ask how long he did the 3 on/1 off? I'm wondering about bringing this up to the oncologist, but Dan has only had two months of the 3/1. He starts the third 3/1 on the 26th.
Prior to that he had nearly a year of folfirinox.
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He did 3 weeks in a row for 15 months. It was trial protocol. But because of the platelets he kept having to delay treatment and we were running back and forth to the city so they allowed him to go to every other week. If not for the trial his oncologist would have switched him sooner.
So very much better quality of life with the every other.
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My husband had the 3 on/1 off for 5 cycles (4weeks per cycle) before it got spaced out in August 2024 to fortnightly. Then end-Sept 2024, it was changed to one chemo every 3 weeks. Markers are low-ish and stable. The first month of Gem-Abraxane was the worst. 2 blood transfusions and white blood cell booster jabs. He could not walk 50 yards without sitting down to rest. It got better.