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dacogen vs. vidaza

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May 3, 2006 at 7:16 pm #12839

greg
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Does anyone have the scoop on the effectiveness of dacogen vs. vidaza? risks and benefits associated with each? thanks, greg

May 5, 2006 at 2:50 am #12840

kristyk
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Hi Greg
My Mom is doing trial of dacogen or decitibine. Doing well so far and is starting her 7th month/cycle. Don’t know about Vidaza risk/benefit but she has no side effects as far as feeling rotten after treatment ( 5 days of one hour IV each month to get the chemo). However has had low white and platelets for last two months. Going further between red blood transfusions and has had significantly lowered blasts in marrow.
Hope this helps. Good Luck.
Kristy

May 5, 2006 at 5:04 am #12841

gemloyear
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Greg, Check out Frank’s post re : new chemo.He has a web site posted About dacogen (decitibine). It mentions that the FDA approved it on May 3rd and will be released for patient use at the end of May. The site gives info re success rate etc.in the trials, it seems promising.
Ellie
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