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Gefitinib efficacy check

2017-04-09 12:23:56
My mother is having recurrent Plueral effusion due to malignancy of Left lung. She is EGFR positive and doctor has out her on Gefitinib/Iressa. How can we track if Iressa is effective or not? Which is better Gefitinib or Alotinib?
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The only way to know whether it's working is to repeat a CT scan after 3-4 months, both geftinib & erlotinib are equally efficacious.

Answered2017-04-10 10:29:55

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How is she symptomatically? Has she improved? Effusion is a non measurable target, does she have metastases anywhere else detected on imaging?

Answered2017-04-09 12:41:25

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