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What is erlotinib?
Tarceva 100 mg Tab
Drug Name:
ERLOTINIB - ORAL
Other Brand Names:
Tarceva
Uses:
This medication is used to treat lung cancer. Erlotinib is used after other chemotherapy drugs have not been effective. It works by slowing cancer cell growth.
What are the possible side effects of taking erlotinib?
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to dr heinrik - Lung Cancer Community
- Oct 23, 2008
what is the best drug for lung cancer?
second-line treatment - Ovarian Cancer Expert Forum
- Jan 14, 2008
After optimal debulking in Feb. 2007 and carboplatin/taxol chemo (6), I was found to have p...
sdelisser - Lung Cancer Community
- Dec 08, 2007
My mother inlaw has lung cancer. It was diagnosed a little over a year ago. It was inoper...
financial assistance - Lung Cancer Community
- Jan 01, 2010
My mother has shown great improvement as soon as we started giving her Tarceva ( Erlotinib)...
Oral Cancer Recurrence Trial - should I participate - Cancer Community
- Jun 30, 2008
Hi. I had tongue cancer that was surgically removed in Jan 2006. I had a small lump remov...
how do we help with lung cancer - Lung Cancer Community
- May 07, 2008
My mother in law was diagnosed last year with lung cancer. By December 2007 she was diagnos...
Looking for anyone on Tarceva - Cancer Community
- Nov 15, 2007
My Mom has Metatstatic cancer with no known primary. She's tried all of the available chem...
pancreatic cancer stage IIB -preventative treatment - Cancer Community
- Sep 25, 2008
My husband under went the whipple procedure in Aug. 2007. He has never healed completely m...
Stage 4 Non-Small Cell with Interstitial Lung Disease - Lung Cancer Community
- Nov 05, 2008
A dear friend of mine was diagnosed in the spring of 2007 with non-small cell lung cancer. ...
Please, where would recommend getting Cancer Treatement? - Cancer Expert Forum
- Mar 31, 2009
My Father has recently been diagnosed with Bile Duct Cancer. I don't know the details, bu...
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