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Will Temodar Shrink The Tumors ?

Will Temodar keep shrinking the tumors when your now on 21 days on 7 days off 150mg per day. the last scan in december showed 2mm shrinkage on all tumors has 5 tiny dots all mm. we hope they keep shrinking to nil. the drs say he is lucky the temodar only normally works on about 30 per cent of patients. bridget
Tue, 20 May 2014
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Hi. Please tell the type of tumor. The shrinkage of tumor mean response to treatment but to quantify the response the size of all lesions before and after treatment and appearance of any new lesion is required to be known. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help
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Will Temodar Shrink The Tumors ?

Hi. Please tell the type of tumor. The shrinkage of tumor mean response to treatment but to quantify the response the size of all lesions before and after treatment and appearance of any new lesion is required to be known. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help