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He lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi maʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Capmatinib e ālai pono ana i nā protein abnormal e hoʻokele ana i kekahi mau ʻano o ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi ma ka māmā. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia no ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi ʻole (non-small cell lung cancer) i loaʻa kahi loli genetic i kapa ʻia he MET mutation, e hoʻonui ai i ka ulu ʻana a me ka laha ʻana o nā cell maʻi.
Hōʻike kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi holomua nui i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi pilikino. Ma mua o ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā cell e māhele wikiwiki ana e like me ka chemotherapy kuʻuna, hana ʻo capmatinib me ka pololei ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke ala molekala kikoʻī e hoʻoulu ana i ka ulu ʻana o kāu maʻi maʻi.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Capmatinib i nā mākua me ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi ʻole (NSCLC) i laha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino. E kauoha wale kāu kauka i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau inā hōʻike ka hoʻāʻo genetic i loaʻa i kāu maʻi maʻi kahi mutation kikoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo MET exon 14 skipping.
Hana ʻia kēia loli genetic ma kahi o 3-4% o ka poʻe me ka maʻi maʻi ma ka māmā, e hana ana iā capmatinib i kahi lapaʻau kūikawā no kahi pūʻulu liʻiliʻi o nā maʻi. Hoʻonohonoho pinepine ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke holomua kāu maʻi maʻi me ka nānā ʻole i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole ke kūpono ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau ʻē aʻe no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
E hōʻoia kāu oncologist he moho ʻoe ma o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻiʻo tumora a i ʻole nā hoʻāʻo koko e ʻimi nei i kēia hoʻololi genetic. Me ka ʻole o kēia mutation kikoʻī, ʻaʻole e kūpono ʻo capmatinib i kāu maʻi maʻi.
Ke ālai nei ʻo Capmatinib i kahi protein i kapa ʻia ʻo MET e hoʻouna ana i nā hōʻailona e haʻi ana i nā cell maʻi e ulu a laha. Ke lilo kēia protein i mea hana nui ma muli o nā loli genetic, hana ia e like me ka pedal accelerator i paʻa i nā cell maʻi, e hoʻonui ana iā lākou me ka hiki ʻole ke kāohi.
Ma ka pale ʻana i kēia mau hōʻailona, hoʻokomo maoli ʻo capmatinib i nā wāwae ma ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi a hiki ke hoʻemi i nā ʻōpū. Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia ala i manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi maʻi ikaika e hana ʻokoʻa mai ka chemotherapy kuʻuna.
Hele ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o kou kahe koko a hele a puni kou kino, e ʻimi ana i nā sela maʻi maʻi me ka MET mutation. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e koho, ʻo ia hoʻi, pili nui ia i nā sela maʻi maʻi i ka wā e waiho ana i ka hapa nui o nā sela olakino me ka ʻole.
E lawe iā capmatinib e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau ʻelua i ka lā ma kahi o 12 mau hola. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, akā e hoʻāʻo e lawe i ke ala like i kēlā me kēia manawa e mālama i nā pae kūlike i kou kino.
E ale i nā papa holoʻokoʻa me ka wai - mai ʻoki, nau, a haki paha iā lākou. Inā pilikia ʻoe i ka ale ʻana i nā pila, e kamaʻilio me kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā e kōkua ai, akā ʻaʻole e hoʻololi i nā papa ponoʻī.
He mea kōkua ke lawe iā capmatinib i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama i nā pae lāʻau paʻa. Nui ka poʻe i ʻike he maʻalahi ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻana ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā lāʻau i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina awakea.
E hoʻomau ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana iā capmatinib i ka wā e hana ana e kāohi i kāu maʻi maʻi a ke ʻae nei ʻoe iā ia me ka maikaʻi. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻololi mai kekahi mau mahina a i mau makahiki, ma muli o ke ʻano o ka pane ʻana o kāu maʻi maʻi a pehea kou kino e mālama ai i ka lāʻau.
E nānā kāu kauka i kāu holomua ma o nā scans maʻamau a me nā hoʻokolohua koko, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia 6-8 pule i ka wā mua. Inā hoʻomaka hou kāu maʻi maʻi a i ʻole nā hopena ʻaoʻao e paʻakikī loa ke mālama ʻia, e kūkākūkā kāu hui mālama ola i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
Mai hooki koke i ka lawe ʻana i ka capmatinib a i ʻole e hoʻololi i kāu mahele lāʻau me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu oncologist. ʻOiai inā maikaʻi kou manaʻo, hiki nō i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kāohi ikaika i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi ʻaʻai ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia a i ʻole e hoʻoulu ana i nā hōʻailona.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi ʻaʻai a pau, hiki i ka capmatinib ke hoʻoulu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole nā mea a pau e ʻike iā lākou. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao me ke kākoʻo kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana mai kāu hui mālama ola.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e manaʻo ai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mākaukau a ʻike i ka manawa e hōʻea ai no ke kōkua. E nānā kākou i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai.
Hiki mai kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao i nā poʻe he nui e lawe ana i ka capmatinib, akā he maʻalahi a he kūpono paha lākou a hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau:
Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o kēia mau hōʻailona me ka mālama kākoʻo, nā hoʻoponopono meaʻai, a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou. E hana pū kāu hui mālama ola me ʻoe e hōʻemi i kā lākou hopena i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, pono kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke. E nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe no kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi:
E kelepona koke i kāu hui mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona. Hiki i ka hana mua ke pale pinepine i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a mālama iā ʻoe me ka palekana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Loaʻa kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao i ka liʻiliʻi akā he mea nui e ʻike. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea i nā hopena maʻi maʻi nui, nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, a me nā pilikia o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke koko.
E hana kāu hui lapaʻau i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau e nānā i kēia mau pilikia kakaʻikahi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea hiki ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau wikiwiki inā loaʻa lākou.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo Capmatinib no nā mea a pau, a e nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau inā he maʻi ʻoe iā capmatinib a i ʻole kekahi o kāna mea ʻai.
Hiki i kekahi mau maʻi olakino ke hoʻolilo iā capmatinib i mea palekana ʻole a i ʻole e koi i ka nānā ʻana kūikawā. Pono kāu hui mālama ola e ʻike e pili ana i nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai, ka maʻi ate, nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, a i ʻole nā maʻi māmā āu.
Inā hāpai ʻoe, e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, a i ʻole e hānai ana i ka waiū, e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu oncologist i kēia manawa. Hiki iā Capmatinib ke hōʻeha i nā pēpē e ulu ana, no laila he mea nui ka pale ʻana i ka hāpai ʻana i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a no kekahi mau mahina ma hope.
Ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo Capmatinib ma lalo o ka inoa inoa ʻo Tabrecta ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia. Kōkua kēia inoa inoa i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana iā ia mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi ʻē aʻe a hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka palapala kauoha kūpono.
ʻO ka inoa generic (capmatinib) a me ka inoa inoa (Tabrecta) e pili ana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi. Hiki i kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻohana i kekahi inoa ma kāu ʻōmole palapala kauoha, akā like ka mea hana ikaika.
I kēia manawa, ʻo capmatinib wale nō ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA e kuhikuhi ana i nā hoʻololi MET exon 14 i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi māmā. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo i nā koho lapaʻau ʻē aʻe inā ʻaʻole kūpono ʻo capmatinib a i ʻole e pau ka hana.
Hiki i nā ala ʻē aʻe ke komo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia, nā lāʻau lapaʻau immunotherapy, a i ʻole nā hoʻolālā chemotherapy kuʻuna. ʻO ke koho maikaʻi loa e hilinaʻi ʻia i nā ʻano maʻi maʻi kikoʻī, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau.
Ke hana nei nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau e noiʻi ana i nā mea hoʻopaʻa MET hou, e hāʻawi ana i nā koho hou aʻe i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Hiki i kāu oncologist ke kūkākūkā inā kūpono kekahi mau haʻawina noiʻi no kou kūlana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻo Capmatinib i
Hiki i ka Capmatinib ke hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai o kekahi poʻe, no laila e nānā pono kāu kauka i ke olakino o kou puʻuwai ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau. Inā he pilikia kou puʻuwai, pono paha ʻoe i ka nānā ʻana me nā electrocardiograms (ECGs) maʻamau.
E loiloi kāu hui mālama ola i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi i nā pilikia o ka puʻuwai. Nui ka poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai maʻalahi e hiki ke lawe palekana i ka capmatinib me ka nānā pono a me nā hana mālama.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka a i ʻole nā lawelawe pilikia inā ua lawe ʻoe i ka capmatinib ma mua o ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia. Mai kali e ʻike inā e ulu nā hōʻailona - he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau me kekahi lāʻau overdose.
E lawe i kāu ʻōmole lāʻau me ʻoe i ka haukapila i ʻike pono nā mea mālama ola i ka mea a me ka nui āu i lawe ai. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā iā ʻoe no kekahi mau hola a hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo e like me ka mea e pono ai.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele a ua hala ma lalo o 8 mau hola mai kou manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e lawe i ka mahele i hala i ka wā e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe. Inā ua hala ma mua o 8 mau hola, e lele i ka mahele i hala a lawe i kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia.
Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi mahele i hala. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao me ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi hou e hakakā ai i ka maʻi maʻi.
E hooki wale i ka lawe ʻana i ka capmatinib ke haʻi aku kāu kauka iā ʻoe. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia hoʻoholo i ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau e kāohi ana i kāu maʻi maʻi a me ke ʻano o kou hoʻomanawanui ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
E loiloi mau kāu oncologist i kāu holomua ma o nā scans a me nā hoʻokolohua koko. Inā holomua kāu maʻi maʻi a i ʻole e lilo nā hopena ʻaoʻao i mea hiki ʻole ke mālama ʻia, e hana lākou me ʻoe e hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele maʻamau i ka wā e lawe ana i ka capmatinib, akā he mea nui ka hoʻolālā mua. E lawe mai i nā lāʻau lapaʻau keu inā loaʻa nā lohi, a e lawe i kahi leka mai kāu kauka e wehewehe ana i kāu lapaʻau.
E noʻonoʻo i kou pae ikehu a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i nā huakaʻi. E noho kokoke i nā keʻena lapaʻau inā e ʻike ana ʻoe i nā hopena ʻē aʻe nui, a e hoʻomaopopo mau i kāu hui mālama ola e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā huakaʻi ma mua o nā huakaʻi lōʻihi.
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