Xalkori
Active Ingredient(s): CrizotinibFDA Approved: * August 26, 2011
Pharm Company: * PFIZER
Category: Cancer
Crizotinib, sold under the brand name Xalkori among others, is an anti-cancer medication acting as an ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) and ROS1 (c-ros oncogene 1) inhibitor,[3][4][5] approved for treatment of some non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in the US[6] and some other countries, and undergoing clinical trials testing its safety and efficacy in anaplastic large cell lymphoma, neuroblastoma, and other advanced solid tumo... [wikipedia]
* May have multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or labelers.17 Discussions
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My husband has metastatic lung cancer and has been on Xalkori. The drug appears to be working (the cancer has not spread...
27 REPLIESMy mom was diagnosed with stage IV NSCLC with only BM two weeks ago. The day before she was to get her port for Carbo/Ta...
10 REPLIESI have been on xalkori for about a year now; diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer that mets to the pancreas. Lately, I ha...
4 REPLIESI have been taking this drug for 5 weeks and am having almost no side effects except odema--swelling of the legs and han...
3 REPLIESHello my name is Erica & I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2005 at the age of 15. At the time I was d...
3 REPLIESI started taking Xalkori about 9 weeks ago for stage IV ROS1 lung caner. My cough disappeared after the first pill so I ...
2 REPLIESMy brother in law was just diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. It has metastasized to his brain, liver, and bones. He s...
2 REPLIESI have been taking Xalkori since the end of May 2012. In the first 30 days, I had trouble keeping food down, lost 20 lbs...
2 REPLIESI have been taking Xalkori since the end of May 2012. In the first 30 days, I had trouble keeping food down, lost 20 lbs...
2 REPLIESBonjour à tous je suis une jeune réunionnaise de 28 ans (i'm a woman aged 28 leav in Reunion Island)et je ...
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