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From past 1year my auntie is taking geftinat 250 tab and now she has taken pet scan again and now doctor is telling to take chemo
I want to know is chemo mandatory or any other medicine can give her relief
We means our family is scared of chemo
Please help me out in suggesting good medicine or what measure we have to take
I have uploaded report of pet scan please look into it
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Yes there are oral medications. But for that you have work up again. Because these are targeted to some mutations. For that, you need to go with NGS test from the Tissue (already taken for biopsy). If the driver mutations are detected then oral TKI's can be given accordingly.
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You can do NGS in Blood or in repeat biopsy.
If it is T790M positive mutation, then osimertinib will work which is a tablet
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