Third line chemotherapy for ovarian cancer

Blossom1 

Hi Di

I'm not a member of this group and don't have any experience with the drug caelyx but I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.

I used the search function to look for previous posts which mention caelyx and found these for you to have a look through. You could reply to any where you think the poster may be able to help further.

Wishing you all the best

Your team will try out drugs you haven't had before. Ideally you will get a response, either full or partial, to shrink/control the cancer and give you a treatment break for a while. You haven't had gemcitabine either, and then there is weekly taxol. You might also want to look into self funding avastin if you go for weekly taxol. There are other treatments beyond these, plus clinical trials. Don't be too despondent. It's very hard to face the prospect of lots of treatment but there are options. Concentrate on being as well as you can be xxx

Dear Bella Bee

thankyou so much for your positive response. I can’t have taxol anymore..it’s stopped working. I hadn’t thought about self funding Avastin. I’ll ask about that now and Gemcitabine. 
thankyou xxxx

Hello  

I so hope you find something that works for you Bella Will the NHS in your area not fund Avastin? I'm stage 4 & have Avastin alongside taxol/carbo, and will have it ongoing for maintenance but its freely available to me, I don't pay

All best wishes xx

Don't rule out weekly taxol. It sounds like you are platinum resistant, so it's carbo they rule out. Lots of women who recur on carbo taxol go on to have weekly taxol. 

Unfortunately, Avastin is only available under specific settings, the NICE guidelines state what these are. Many patients therefore self fund it xxx

Hi, I'm about to start caelyx for endometrial cancer, which has spread to my liver, spleen and other places. I've stopped responding to carbotaxel and also immunotherapy and hormone therapy didn't touch it. So caelyx was offered as a less harsh option than a doxirubicon combination. My Dr said I wouldn't experience hair loss which is the main reason I agreed to it but this doesn't seem to be the case. How did you find it? X