Here are a few more details for those interested. Previously, when my dad did chemo, he took Xeloda, the oral version of a drug called 5FU. It was the most aggressive treatment possible at the time. The current plan is to have a port implanted in his chest, and start getting the 5FU chemo treatments soon.
There is a newer drug out now, Herceptin, which has been shown to help stomach cancer patients. The issue is that it only works for about 20% of stomach cancers, so we have 2 weeks to wait before finding out if Herceptin will work on my dad (tests are being run). Ideally, my dad would like to try Herceptin, since it tends to have less side effects. Also, since it's a new drug he hasn't tried, we hope the results will be better than just using the same drug (Xeloda/5FU) as before.
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