Chemotherapy for Testicular Cancer

[Scott]

• BEP: Bleomycin, Cisplatin, Etoposide
• EP: Cisplatin, Etoposide
• Carboplatin
• TIP: Cisplatin, Ifosfamide, Mesna, Paclitaxel
• VeIP: Cisplatin, Ifosfamide, Mesna, Vinblastine
• VIP: Cisplatin, Etoposide, Ifosfamide, Mesna

[TCLEFT]

• BEP: Bleomycin, Cisplatin, Etoposide
• EP: Cisplatin, Etoposide
• Carboplatin
• TIP: Cisplatin, Ifosfamide, Mesna, Paclitaxel
• VeIP: Cisplatin, Ifosfamide, Mesna, Vinblastine
• VIP: Cisplatin, Etoposide, Ifosfamide, Mesna

I'm down for an EP with a TIP chaser, then PLEASE flag me!

[EyesWideShut]

I keep reading about these drugs but never know if I am saying them right? Can some one please break them down?

[EyesWideShut]

I keep reading about these drugs but never know if I am saying them right? Can some one please break them down?

Just BEP broken down would be fine!

[Michelle]

Bep

Hi Eyeswideshut,

As TCleft said BEP means=
BEP: Bleomycin, Cisplatin, Etoposide
and how my hubby was given these chemo drugs in Calgary was we would get a call or mailed a sheet with all his treatment appts for the week which was usually 8am, or 9am Monday, Tuedsya and Wednesday, and a later appt in the afternoon on the Thursday just to have his pump taken out. When got to the hospital the waiting room was nice and Paul got a bed to lay in while having treatment, they would put in his IV first and give him his fluids and antinausea meds, at which point he could still walk around with the iv/go check his email in the waiting room extr. Then after about an hour they would start his first Chemo med, the Etoposide which slows down the spread of the cancer and kills new cells, then they do whats called a flush, just to clean out the last meds with a saline solution, then started his Cisplatin which(interferes with the growth and spread of tumors) and another flush, then his antinausea meds again and then they would hook up another Iv for him in the other arm and start his Bleomycin (same as Cisplatin does but can affect funtioning of the patients lungs, ie cause shortness of breath)then we could go home and that would run for 20hrs from a mini pump that looks like a big old cell phone(thats what our daughter called it) they send you home with it and it most be done running before they can start the meds at the hospital the next day. I know it sounds like alot but I hope that helped.

[EyesWideShut]

Thank you Michelle, that was helpful I just can wait until he is done the chemo!! He finishes it 2 weeks before our daughters 2nd bday, I hope he is feeling well by then!

[dadmo]

He will feel amazing well by the time your daughter has her birthday. Just knowing it's over can do wonders.

[thedster]

Lost in Translation

Thanks so much for the breakdown on the courses. I had E and C here in Japan, they didn't give me B (thankfully). I don't speak much japanese so the always wondered what the stuff was between the courses. (i was treated in patient). The best translation we could find was 'its to make you pee!!

I guess they meant it flushed the other stuff out. bless em.

[Joseph Hernande]

I was wondering for the Bleo if the standard dose is 30U on days 1,8,15 does that mean 30U each of those days or 10U?

[RTC]

30U each day

[Jens]

... they would hook up another Iv for him in the other arm and start his Bleomycin (same as Cisplatin does but can affect funtioning of the patients lungs, ie cause shortness of breath)then we could go home and that would run for 20hrs from a mini pump...

Hi Michelle.

Are you saying that the Bleo was administered over a period of 20 hours?

Best wishes
Jens

[btp]

Pronouncing the Chemo Drugs Properly

Bleomycin
(blee oh MYE sin)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/20220.wav

Cisplatin
(SIS pla tin)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/20379.wav

Etoposide
(e toe POE side)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/20643.wav

Carboplatin
(KAR boe pla tin)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/20293.wav

Ifosfamide
(eye FOSS fa mide)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/20828.wav

Mesna
(MES na)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/21014.wav

Paclitaxel
(PAK li taks el)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/21184.wav

Vinblastine
(vin BLAS teen)
hear it - http://www.umm.edu/graphics/sounds/en/21623.wav

[Smartie]

That's really interesting, btp. I've always (evidently incorrectly) said "e TOP oh side" - now I know it's "e toe POE side".

[Scott]

That's really interesting, btp. I've always (evidently incorrectly) said "e TOP oh side" - now I know it's "e toe POE side".

And WebMD suggests "eh-TOE-poh-side!"

[Fed]

And WebMD suggests "eh-TOE-poh-side!"

Yah, and I've never heard it called with the accent on the third syllable.