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Nicole

Patient Information

Age: 21

Sex: Female

Diagnosed: 12/05

Location: Ohio

Diagnosis: Stage IV DSRCT. Diagnosed with cancer in October 2005. Took until December after a second biopsy and genetic test to get final diagnosis of DSRCT. Cancer had spread to both breasts, mediastinum, pleura, multiple spots in abdomen, and had enlarged lymph node involvement.

Hospital: Akron Children's Hospital

Oncologist Steven Kuerbitz, M.D.

Caringbridge Journal

Just leaning on Jesus

Passed away: 2/26/07

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Treatment

Chemotherapy

• First Line:

Cisplatin and Topotecan

Vinblastine (Velban) and high dose of Celebrex. This is to keep new blood vessels from going to tumors and keep them from enlarging between the high doses.

• Second Line

Carboplatin and VP-16

Irinotecan and Temodar

Surgery

Biopsy - found small live DSRCT cells still in abdomen - PET scan failed to 'see'.

Alternative/Complementary Medicines

Artemisinin

Time Line

Date	Test	Treatment	Chemicals	Result
12/05	0	Chemotherapy 1	0	Diagnosed with DSRCT
1/06	0	Chemotherapy 2	0	0
1/20/06	0	Chemotherapy 3	0	0
2/9/06	0	Surgery - to place line	0	Harvested stem cells over 3 days
2/14/06	0	Chemotherapy 4	0	0
3/24/06	0	Chemotherapy 5	Cisplatin for 2 days, and than Topotecan	Blood in urine from chemo, starting to clear up.
4/9/06	CT	Chemotherapy 6	0	Tumors have shrunk. Noticed the enlarged lympth nodes.
5/06	0	Chemotherapy 7	0	0
6/28/06	Biopsy	Chemotherapy 8	0	Small traces of live DSRCT found scattered in abdomen. PET scan did not pick up.
7/3/06	0	Chemotherapy	Carboplatin and VP-16.	4 new drugs
8/10/06	0	Chemotherapy 1	Temodar and Irinotecan	0
8/18/06	CT	0	0	Everything is the same, except one nodule in abdomen is smaller.
8/28/06	0	Chemotherapy 2	Temodar and Irinotecan	0
9/18/06	0	Chemotherapy 3	Temodar and Irinotecan	Velban treatment
10/2/06	CT	Chemotherapy. Trying Artemisinin to complement chemo treatments	0	Some tumors are smaller, some a little bigger, and some the same size.
11/06	0	0	0	0
12/06	0	0	0	0
1/07	0	0	0	0
2/5/07	0	Chemotherapy	0	0
2/13/07	0	0	0	Infection. Admitted to hospital.
2/26/07	0	0	0	Passed away.

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