Re: Use of Oxaliplatin for Cholangiocarcinoma?

"J" <Hiss-ss-ss@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Here's another one about chemotherapy that you may not wish to read, but
should
> be made aware of
>
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.support.cancer/msg/4befa08191d468b3

The results of this study jump out at you:

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RESULTS: The overall contribution of curative and
adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy to 5-year survival in adults was estimated
to be 2.3% in Australia and 2.1% in the USA. CONCLUSION: As the 5-year
relative survival rate for cancer in Australia is now over 60%, it is clear
that cytotoxic chemotherapy only makes a minor contribution to cancer
survival. To justify the continued funding and availability of drugs used in
cytotoxic chemotherapy, a rigorous evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and
impact on quality of life is urgently required.
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Yet when I've talked with people at some major cancer
centers, I find that there are many chemotherapy clinical
trials going on. So we must be spending big money on
something that doesn't seem to be that promising, as far
as survival rate goes. Am I missing something?


> Having the above and some grasp of tumor cell shedding, doubling
times/tumor
> growth, clones and chemo resistant clones might also help.
> I would suggest that you look for a text.
> I think it's called "Principles and Practise of Oncology" by De Vita

A quick search online turned up some copies with
variable publication years and prices all over the
place. Prices were as high as $250 for the two volume
set published in 2005 and much less for just volume 2
alone published in 2004. I assume it's important to get
both volumes of the most recent date?


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