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[edit] Patient Information
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Diagnosed: 07/28/95
Location: Pennsylvania
Diagnosis: Discovered tumors after a car accident. One football sized tumor in his lower abdomen had broken off and was responsible for internal bleeding. The surgeons left several tumors (two golf ball sized and one baseball sized) unresected. Diagnosed as DSRCT
Hospital Penn State University Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
- Oncologist Dr. David Ungar, MD
- Consultant - Dr Brian Kushner
- Surgeon - Dr. Paul Sugarbaker Washington Hospital Center Washington, D.C.
Passed Away: 09/9/97
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[edit] Treatment
Chemotherapy
- First Line Chemotherapy
- P6 Protocol
- Courses 1, 2, 3, and 6 Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Vincristine (HD-CAV)
- Courses 4, 5, and 7 Ifosfamide, Etoposide
- 5 day inpatient hospital stays every 3-4 weeks.
- Second Line Chemotherapy
- VICE = Vincristine, Ifosfamide, Cisplatin, and Etoposide
- Third Line Chemotherapy
- Topetecan
- Fourth Line Chemotherapy
- Oral Etoposide (VP-16)
Surgery
- Dr. Paul Sugarbaker
- Aggressive resection and intraperitoneal chemotherapy
[edit] Time Line
| Date | Test | Treatment | Chemicals | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/95 | 0 | Chemotherapy 1 - P6 | Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Vincristine | Discovered tumors after car accident. |
| 8/95 | 0 | Chemotherapy 2 - P6 | Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Vincristine | 0 |
| 9/95 | 0 | Chemotherapy 3 - P6 | Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Vincristine | 0 |
| 10/95 | 0 | Chemotherapy 4 - P6 | Ifosfamide, Etoposide | 0 |
| 11/95 | 0 | Chemotherapy 5 -P6 | Ifosfamide, Etoposide | 0 |
| 12/95 | 0 | Chemotherapy 6 - P6 | Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, and Vincristine | 0 |
| 1/96 | 0 | Chemotherapy 7 - P6 | Ifosfamide, Etoposide | Completed Chemo |
| 2/96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/26/96 | 0 | Surgery | Aggressive resection and intraperitoneal chemotherapy | Clinically free of disease |
| 4/96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/96 | CT | 0 | 0 | Small spot on liver |
| 6/96 | 0 | Chemotherapy | VICE = vincristine, ifosfamide cisplatin, and etoposide | 0 |
| 7/96 | 0 | Surgery for complications of bowel | 0 | Stopped chemotherapy |
| 8/96 | 0 | Chemotherapy | VICE = vincristine, ifosfamide cisplatin, and etoposide | 0 |
| 9/96 | CT | 0 | 0 | Stopped chemotherapy after small amount of tumor growth noted. |
| 10/96 | 0 | Chemotherapy | topetecan | 0 |
| 11/96 | 0 | Chemotherapy | topetecan | 0 |
| 12/96 | 0 | Alternative Treatment | 0 | Drank concentrated liquid Aloe Vera combined with intensive vitamin/nutritional supplementation and felt better. |
| 1/97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2/97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4/97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5/97 | CT | 0 | 0 | Cancer had spread further and was now in liver. |
| 6/97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7/97 | 0 | Chemotherapy - Daily | Oral VP-16 | Devastating effect on blood counts |
| 8/97 | 0 | Chemotherapy - Daily | Oral VP-16 | 0 |
| 9/9/97 | 0 | Stopped Oral VP-16 | 0 | Passed Away |
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