Haller DG, Tabernero J, Maroun J, et al. Treatment was given over a 21-day cycle with a fixed dosing of intravenous oxaliplatin of 130 mg/m(2) on day 1. You may get sore and red palms of hands and soles of feet. I usually feel a bit off (mostly low energy) for a week - week and a half, then I feel good for a week and a half - two weeks. Your cancer doctor, nurse or pharmacist can explain the risk of these side effects to you. Week off was easier. And I am not going to be polite like Tru, STAY OUT OF BED!!! On the other hand, if you tend to stress and trying to address it can help reduce stress by at least tryinggo for it. Great! Tell them if the pain gets worse or does not get better. Hi, been a few years since I've been on here, I had bowel cancer in Aug 2009, since then I've had secondary cancer in various places, at the moment I'm stage 4 and have small tumours in my throat,lung and left shoulder, told it's slow growing, this is the second time I've hadOxaliplatin but having capecitabine tablets for 2 weeks as well, I'm on my 2nd session of 4 and am having constanttinnitus, has anyone else suffered with this as I'm thinking of cutting out the Oxaliplatin for the last 2 sessions to save my hearing or am I being over causious, many thanks. I told the doctor at my next review before my second treatment and in my case because the pains were so bad they did reduce the strength of the treatment. This treatment may also cause blurry vision. sometime have programs to help with the cost. Prospective data on prevalence of oxaliplatin induced acute and long-term neuropathy in a real-life patient population and its effects on quality of life (QOL) and survival is limited, and scarce in CAPOX versus . But you are unlikely to lose all the hair from your head. They will slow or stop your drip for a while andgive you medicine to help relieve your symptoms. Goals of therapy: Capecitabine + oxaliplatin can be given to shrink tumors and decrease symptoms of colon cancer. Chemotherapy - Discussion Forum Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine chemotherapy advice.. New; Chemotherapy forum requires membership for participation - click to join The week on chemo I did get careful with drinking cold things, would bring it to room temperture with small sips. Just try to not think too long about it. This can make you more likely to get a mouth or throat infection. You will have regular blood tests to check on these. Capecitabine comes as tablets that you swallow whole, with plenty of water. Rarely, these may be life-threatening. The capecitabine doesn't seem too bad. A chemotherapy nurse will give it to you. This can cause difficulties with swallowing and breathing. Your nurse willtell you what products you can use on your skin to help. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to chemotherapy every 3 weeks (intravenous oxaliplatin 130 mg/m 2 on day 1 plus either oral S-1 40 mg/m 2 [SOX] or oral capecitabine 1000 mg/m 2 [CAPOX], twice daily on days 1-14), in addition to either 360 mg nivolumab intravenously every 3 weeks (nivolumab plus chemotherapy group) or placebo (placebo plus chemotherapy group). Registered office: 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UQ. For further information about this treatment go to the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)website. Hi: I found out I had a tumor in my upper colon on February 7, 2017. Men might be able tostore spermbefore starting treatment. The results showed great effectiveness of the treatment and the patient remains progression-free and continuous decrease of CA-199 level as of to-date. This treatment can reduce the number of platelets in your blood. First published: March 2013 and regularly updated on the Gov.UK website, Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy (8th edition) Cycle frequency 21 days Number of cycles Maximum of 8 cycles. Encorafenib and Cetuximab Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Protocol V1.1. Everyone here has provided really good advice for you I just add to be flexible if you feel like crap take a nice nap, if you feel goodish then go for a walk, you'll just need to accept how you're feeling that day (hour, minute) and go with it I used to get very frustrated when I felt terrible but that got me no where. Your nurse or doctor will discuss your treatment plan with you. Your hair will usually grow back once treatment has finished butit is likely to be softer. I guess in life I always try to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. The lab work showed I had Stage 3 cancer with 3 of 27 lymph nodes affected. It comprises < 8% pts in ovarian cancer trials, so it is difficult to examine treatment effects in this subgroup. Eat less fibre, avoid raw fruits, fruit juice, cereals and vegetables, and drink plentyto replace the fluid lost. Drink plenty of fluids and eat as much fresh fruit and vegetables as you can. Welcome. I used to leave feeling woozy, and now I feel alright. As the others stated, getting out of bed and doing, certainly helps you past the mental/emotional aspects of doing chemo. This treatment may cause you discomfort when you pass urine (pee). You will be given XELOX in the chemotherapy day unit or during a stay in hospital. sharp chest pain, which may be worse when you cough or take a deep breath. Capecitabine works best if it's broken down in the stomach with food. It helps by slowing the growth of blood vessels to provide food for the tumors. Worth having a chat . Your doctor will talk to you about this treatment and its possible side effects before you agree to have treatment. Infections can sometimes be life threatening. Constipation is easier to sort out if you treat it early. You may also feel unwell with flu-like symptoms such as a high temperature and joint pain. You usually take the tablets twice a day, about 12 hours apart. There, that sounded less commanding. I did lose body hair, and realized one day I I had no eye lashes. I got AF again so he stopped that. They can give you advice and prescribe creams to improve any symptoms you have. Its a horrible condition . It usually gets better after treatment ends. Can't change anything now. I had to quit my job due to my chemo therapy. I also hadAF (atrial fibrillation) in 2013 which I believe was caused by the chemo. They may suggest that you dissolve the capecitabine tablets in water. Contact your advice line as soon as possible if: Early treatment can help manage side effects better. I wish I could remember the threads from about a year and a half ago. Registered office: 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UQ. Always tell your dentist you are having cancer treatment. XE or CAP - capecitabine (Xeloda ) OX - oxaliplatin. Sometimes it can cause areas of your skin to darken. Your donations make it happen. Aims: To determine the efficacy of the combination of oxaliplatin and capecitabine in patients with advanced colorectal cancer. You may have: Tell your doctor if you have any unexplained bruising or bleeding. Vaccinations can reduce your risk of getting certain infections. Keep them safe and out of sight and reach of children. Live vaccines contain a very weak version of the illness they are vaccinating you against. Rarely, oxaliplatin can cause a spasm in the throat area around the voicebox (larynx). Ask your doctor or pharmacisthow long you should avoid live vaccinations. If your white blood cell count is low, your doctor may delay your treatment for a short time, until your cell count increases. I kept a pair of new,clean gardening gloves in the kitchen specifically for handling cold things and for reaching into the freezer. I had it surgically removed on March 22. Before or on the day of treatment, a nurse or person trained to take blood (phlebotomist) will take a blood sample from you. you have diarrhoea more than 4 times in a day, you have a moderate or severe increase in stoma activity. The nurse or pharmacist gives you the capecitabine tablets to take at home. For patients receiving this in combination with oxaliplatin: AdultsDose is based on body size and must be determined by your doctor. We cannot list every side effect for this treatment. They are named after the initials of the drugs used for treatment. She still had a brilliant outcome from treatment . Thank you all for your comments. Wear good fitting shoes and socks to prevent rubbing. The capecitabine and oxaliplatin with RT group received identical postoperative RT to that in the capecitabine with RT group combined with capecitabine (1300 mg/m 2) on days 1 to 14 and 22 to 35 and a 2-hour infusion of oxaliplatin (60 mg/m 2) on weeks 1, 2, 4, and 5. Xeloda is the pill form of 5-FU and you take the pills twice a day for a week. Ra-diologicresponse(RR)rateswere74%afterneoadjuvantchemother- Tell your doctor or nurse about any changes to your hands or feet. Best of luck to you, I hope your side effects are minor and tolerable. They said diarrhea but I have an ostemy so it doesn't matter. Stage 4 means that the cancer has spread to one or more other organs. This treatment might harm a baby developing in the womb. For example, if you need treatment for anything else, including teeth problems. If this isn't possible, wash your hands well after changing their nappy. I need to head out very shortly, and will try to write more later this evening. When I first started getting it they gave it to me over 3 hours. This treatment may cause headaches. Accessing the HOPE course through Macmillan Wellsprings story. Electronic Medicines Compendium Mouth sores and ulcerscan be painful. If you are very anaemic, you may need a drip to give you extra red blood cells. I know I won't put gloves on to get things out of the fridge, so I pull my sleeves down over my hands. The length of time depends on the treatment you are having. I hope that you will hear from some of our members' experiences of these chemo tablets. Talk to your healthcare team before you stop taking or miss a dose of a cancer drug. Good luck with the rest of your treatment. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has released new guidelines for ampullary adenocarcinoma, a disease accounting for just 0.2% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. You may gain weight while having this treatment. This is serious and could be life threatening, a blood disorder where your red blood cells get destroyed faster than they can be made (haemolytic anaemia), high levels of a type of fat in your blood, panic attacks this can make you feel as though your heart is pounding, sweating, feeling weak and dizzy and having trouble breathing, problems with your balance and coordination of your movements, the feeling of the room around you is spinning or moving (vertigo), flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills and muscle aches, imbalance of substances in your blood (metabolic acidosis) it can cause confusion, tiredness, shortness of breath and headaches, other vaccines, but they might not give you as much protection as usual, the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine - talk to your doctor or pharmacist about the best time to have it in relation to your cancer treatment. You may have a skin rash which then blisters and your skin can peel. Abstract. They can slow down your drip if this happens. Give them the contact details for your cancer doctor so they can ask for advice. Contact your advice line or doctor straight away if you have any of these symptoms, eye problems such as watery eyes, inflammation of the conjunctiva (conjunctivitis) or vision changes such as blurred or double vision, high blood pressure, much more rarely you may get a low blood pressure, kidney changes you will have regular blood tests to check for this, problems with passing urine such as burning or stinging when going, passing blood and changes to how often you go. For me, it was part of the mind game we have to play when things get bad. If colon cancer is early stage (limited to intestine tissue or surrounding lymph nodes), it is commonly given with the goal of cure. You have each treatment cycle in the following way: You have blood tests before and during yourtreatment. Capecitabine is an antimetabolite, belonging to the fluoropyrimidine carbamate class. Kick it to the side and be positve. Very scary sight (to me). But it is important that you know about it. Chemotherapy alone - Adjuvant capecitabine plus oxaliplatin (CAPOX) for stage II to III gastric cancer - Capecitabine plus oxaliplatin advanced esophagogastric cancer - Docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (DCF) - Modified docetaxel, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (modified DCF) - Epirubicin, cisplatin, and fluorouracil (ECF) - Epirubicin, cisplatin, and . It is important to take them exactly as your nurse or pharmacist explains. Talk to your doctor before starting treatment if you think you may want to have a baby in the future. Capecitabine has the potential to replace 5-FU/LV as the optimal combination partner for oxaliplatin at a higher cost. Skinproblemsincludea skin rash which might be red and itchy. The second year my mum had the same combination they had to reduce her dose for other reasons but the upside was a significant reduction in her side effects with only a minimal reduction in strength . The week I was on chemo was the time when I dropped a bit of weight, was fortunate not nauseous, but not hungry. Signs of a severe skin reaction include peeling or blistering of the skin. It is easier to prevent sickness rather than treating it once it has started. I think I would definitely run this past your oncologist as some of the oxaliplatin side effects can get worse even after stopping and its not something that you would want to risk having on a permanent basis. Increased risk of getting an infectionis due to a drop in white blood cells. You may be able to control it with diet and exercise. Oxaliplatin and capecitabine is a chemotherapy combination known as XELOX. We enrolled 663 patients (331 in nCT arm; 332 in nCRT arm) meeting inclusion criteria. April 2017 #1. You take capecitabine tablets from the evening of day 1 to the morning of day 15. Each cycle lasts 3 weeks (21 days). Your hair may get thinner. The difference in my mum was amazing and just gave her some quality of life again . We haven't listed all the side effects here. If you cannot get through to your doctor, call the NHS urgent advice number which is 111. Now I know I have to drink only warm or hot water for a few days after the iv. But these services are not available in every hospital, so you would need to ask your doctor about this. Patients who were treated with both oxaliplatin and capecitabine had a higher risk of experiencing toxic side effects. We know that it is common to struggle with your mental health when you have cancer or care for someone with cancer. Rarely you might be unable to control when you pass urine, fluid build up in different parts of the body, low levels of fluid in the body (dehydration), liver problems that are picked up on blood tests, rarely you might have yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, numbness and tingling sensation on the skin can make it difficult to do fiddly things such as doing up buttons (peripheral neuropathy), inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meninges) causing symptoms similar to meningitis such as stiff neck, headaches and unable to look at bright light, swelling of the nerves to your muscles, this can cause problems with moving your body causing weakness, clumsiness, loss of balance and falls, a sudden feeling of being hot and your skin going red (flushing), ear problems such as hearing loss and rarely you might pain in your ears and unable to hear, heart problems such as changes to heartrate or rhythm, angina or a heart attack, severe skin reaction that may start as tender red patches which leads to peeling or blistering of the skin. Oh well! Find out about support groups, where to get information and how to get involved with Macmillan where you live. Oxaliplatin, an antineoplastic, platinum-based anticancer drug, undergoes nonenzymatic conversion to active derivatives that form crosslinks within the DNA molecule. Contact with others who have had immunisations-You can be in contact with other people who have had live vaccines as injections. Try to take gentle exercise, such as walking. Your oncologist would maybe have knowledge if others found a reduction helped . Chewing gum can help to keep the mouth moist. I am in generally good health, no medicines, conditions etc, other than this cancer thing. You should take them within 30 minutes of finishing a meal. I didn't have that combination, I had Folfox. The number of white blood cells will usually return to normal before your next treatment. The only thing I can think of is to get a pair of gloves that you can use easily that will insulate against the cold. You may have some side effects that we have not listed here. Members of your household who are aged 5 years or over are also able to have the COVID-19 vaccine. Donate today to help people with cancer live life as fully as they can. Tell your doctor if you have these symptoms. Irinotecan & Capecitabine (14 day regimen) (I-Cap) Protocol V1.1. The global cholangiocarcinoma market is estimated to be valued at US$ 185.4 million in 2021 and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 12.8 % during the forecast period (2021-2028). I found out I had a tumor in my upper colon on February 7, 2017. This is because the drug may come through into your breast milk. But if you are having radiotherapy to the head or neck, do not suck on ice. It is normal. This might happen during treatment, or in the first few days after treatment. XELOX and CAPOX are different names for the same combination of chemotherapy drugs. Accessed April 2021, Immunisation against infectious disease: Chapter 6: General contraindications to vaccination AF (atrial fibrillation) in 2013 which I believe was caused by the chemo. Your nurse will give you medicines beforehand to try to prevent a reaction. Although I mentioned it to the nurse who did my infusions I never mentioned it to the oncologist. Your doctor or nurse can give you more information. They may give you a copy of the treatment plan to take home with you. Your nurse can give you more advice. Your cancer doctor or GP can tell you more about live and inactivated vaccinations. Like JJ I had Folfox. I am on oxaliplatin and capecitabine. During treatment you usually see a cancer doctor, a chemotherapy nurse or a specialist nurse, and a specialist pharmacist. Welcome back to the forum . Let your nurse know straight away if it's affecting your breathing and swallowing. Sometimes even with a scarf over mouth in air condition. 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