Yes. It's a standard, well established treatment in many settings, particularly in combination with radiation for stage III NSCLC or for patients with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.
In the future, if you have a question about lung cancer, please ask it in the forum about lung cancer. It's in the same drop down menu you probably used to access this forum (under "Ask a Question about ____").
Welcome to Grace I am sure you will find this forum a place of great support, I am sure a faculty member will be by soon to offer some thoughts.
It would be helpful if you would expand your post a little more by perhaps giving a bit of background to your cancer and what treatment if any you have already had. Is the Etoposide being given alone or in combination with another agent.
Reply # - March 20, 2012, 12:22 PM
Reply To: etoposide NSCLC
Yes. It's a standard, well established treatment in many settings, particularly in combination with radiation for stage III NSCLC or for patients with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma.
In the future, if you have a question about lung cancer, please ask it in the forum about lung cancer. It's in the same drop down menu you probably used to access this forum (under "Ask a Question about ____").
Good luck.
-Dr. West
Reply # - March 20, 2012, 12:28 PM
Reply To: etoposide NSCLC
Welcome to Grace I am sure you will find this forum a place of great support, I am sure a faculty member will be by soon to offer some thoughts.
It would be helpful if you would expand your post a little more by perhaps giving a bit of background to your cancer and what treatment if any you have already had. Is the Etoposide being given alone or in combination with another agent.
Suzie
Reply # - March 20, 2012, 02:20 PM
Reply To: etoposide NSCLC
Dear Suzie,
Thank you for the advice and I also learned from Dr. West I am in the wrong area so I reposted in Lung Cancer and included my history. P