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He lāʻau lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Cetuximab e kōkua ana i ka hakakā ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano maʻi maʻi ma o ka pale ʻana i nā protein kikoʻī e kōkua ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā sela maʻi maʻi. He monoclonal antibody ia, ʻo ia hoʻi ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻopili a pale i nā pahuhopu kikoʻī ma nā sela maʻi maʻi, e like me ke kī e komo ana i loko o kahi laka kikoʻī.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma o ka IV (intravenous) infusion ma kahi haukapila a i ʻole ke kikowaena lapaʻau maʻi maʻi. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe i ka wā a ma hope o kēlā me kēia lapaʻau e hōʻoia ana e pane maikaʻi ana ʻoe a e mālama ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao me ka ʻoluʻolu.
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ʻo Cetuximab e mālama i ka maʻi maʻi colorectal a me nā maʻi maʻi poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī. Hana kūikawā ia i nā maʻi maʻi i loaʻa i kahi protein i kapa ʻia ʻo EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) ma ko lākou ʻili.
E kauoha maʻamau kāu kauka i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā ma kāu mau sela maʻi maʻi ma mua o ke kau ʻana iā cetuximab. Kōkua kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hoʻoholo inā e pane ana kāu ʻano maʻi maʻi i kēia lapaʻau. No ka maʻi maʻi colorectal, hana ʻia nā hoʻokolohua genetic hou e nānā i kekahi mau loli gene e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau.
I kekahi manawa hoʻohana ʻia ʻo cetuximab wale nō, akā ʻoi aku ka pinepine i hui pū ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi maʻi ʻē aʻe e like me ka chemotherapy a i ʻole ka radiation therapy. Hiki i kēia ala hui ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi lapaʻau hoʻokahi.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Cetuximab he lāʻau lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia he ikaika loa e hana ana i nā ʻano like ʻole mai ka chemotherapy kuʻuna. Ma kahi o ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā sela e mahele wikiwiki ana, ua manaʻo ʻia i nā sela maʻi maʻi me nā protein EGFR.
Hoʻopili ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā mea hoʻokipa EGFR ma nā sela maʻi maʻi, e pale ana i nā hōʻailona e haʻi ana i kēia mau sela e ulu a hoʻonui. E noʻonoʻo e like me ke kau ʻana i ka pāpale ma luna o ka hue - pale ia i nā sela maʻi maʻi mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā memo
No ka mea he mea i kuhikuhi ʻia ma mua o ka chemotherapy kuʻuna, hoʻokumu pinepine ʻo cetuximab i nā hopena ʻokoʻa. ʻOiai hiki nō ke ikaika loa i ka maʻi kanesa, ʻaʻole ia e hana pinepine i ka pae like o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pale e like me nā lāʻau chemotherapy maʻamau.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Cetuximab ma o ka IV infusion wale nō ma kahi keʻena lapaʻau - ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kēia lāʻau ma ka home. Hāʻawi ʻia ka mahele mua i ka lohi ma kahi o 2 mau hola, ʻoiai e lawe pinepine nā mahele ma hope ma kahi o 1 hola.
Ma mua o kēlā me kēia infusion, e loaʻa paha iā ʻoe nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua ai i ka pale ʻana i nā hopena maʻi. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke komo i nā antihistamines e like me diphenhydramine (Benadryl) a i kekahi manawa corticosteroids. E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola i kāu mau hōʻailona ola i ka wā o ka infusion.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hahai i nā alakaʻi ʻai kūikawā ma mua o ka mālama ʻana, akā ʻo ka noho ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui i nā lā ma mua a ma hope o ka mālama ʻana hiki ke kōkua i kou kino e hana i ka lāʻau i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe maʻi he mea kōkua ke ʻai i ka meaʻai māmā ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka mālama.
ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i ka cetuximab e ʻokoʻa nui ma muli o kāu ʻano maʻi kanesa, pehea ka maikaʻi o kāu pane ʻana, a me nā mea lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e loaʻa nei. Loaʻa ka hapa nui o nā maʻi i kēlā me kēia pule, ʻoiai e loaʻa paha kekahi i kēlā me kēia ʻelua pule.
E nānā mau kāu oncologist i kāu holomua ma o nā scans, nā hoʻokolohua koko, a me nā hoʻokolohua kino. Hoʻomau pinepine ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e pane maikaʻi ana kāu maʻi kanesa a ke ʻae nei ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke loaʻa i ka cetuximab no kekahi mau mahina, ʻoiai e hoʻomau paha kekahi no hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻoi aku paha. E kūkākūkā kāu hui mālama ola i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau pilikino a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e manaʻo ai e pili ana i ka lōʻihi.
E like me ka nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi 'aʻai, hiki i ka cetuximab ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole nā mea a pau e ʻike iā lākou. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau ka mea hiki ke mālama ʻia me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
ʻO nā hopena ʻili he hōʻailona maoli ia e hana ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hōʻoluʻolu ʻole. Hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mālama ʻili a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau hopena.
Pono kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi i ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
E hāʻawi kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe i ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i nā hōʻailona e nānā ai a i ka wā e kāhea koke ai iā lākou.
ʻAʻole kūpono ka Cetuximab no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi pono kāu kauka inā kūpono ia no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. Hiki i kekahi mau mea genetic a me nā maʻi lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka maikaʻi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻAʻole paha ʻoe he moho no ka cetuximab inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
E hana kāu oncologist i nā hoʻokolohua genetic kikoʻī ma kāu ʻiʻo maʻi 'aʻai e hoʻoholo ai inā he mea pono ka cetuximab no kāu ʻano maʻi 'aʻai. Kōkua kēia ala pilikino e hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa.
ʻIke nui ʻia ʻo Cetuximab ma kona inoa inoa ʻo Erbitux. ʻO kēia ka inoa āu e ʻike ai ma kāu mau moʻolelo olakino a me nā palapala ʻinikua.
ʻAʻole like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui, ʻaʻohe mana generic o cetuximab i loaʻa i kēia manawa. Hana ʻia ʻo Erbitux e nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī a pono e hoʻokō i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe no nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi 'aʻai.
Nui nā koho lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi 'aʻai colorectal a me ke poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī, ʻoiai ʻo ke koho maikaʻi loa e hilinaʻi ana i kāu mau ʻano maʻi 'aʻai a me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa.
No ka maʻi 'aʻai colorectal, hiki i nā koho ʻē aʻe ke komo i ka panitumumab (Vectibix), e hana like me cetuximab, a i ʻole bevacizumab (Avastin), e manaʻo ana i ka ulu ʻana o nā kīʻaha koko a puni nā ʻōpū. ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana i nā hui like ʻole o nā lāʻau chemotherapy kuʻuna.
No nā maʻi 'aʻai poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī, hiki i nā koho ʻē aʻe ke komo i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i manaʻo ʻia, nā lāʻau immunotherapy, a i ʻole nā hui like ʻole o ka chemotherapy a me ka radiation. E kōkua kāu oncologist e hoʻoholo i ke ala e hāʻawi ai i ke kaulike maikaʻi loa o ka pono a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ke mālama ʻia no kou kūlana.
He ʻano like loa ʻo Cetuximab a me panitumumab i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hana ana ma nā ʻano like, e kuhikuhi ana i ka protein EGFR like ma nā pūnaewele maʻi maʻi. Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina noiʻi he like ka maikaʻi o lākou no ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi colorectal.
ʻO nā ʻokoʻa nui e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana a me kā lākou ʻaoʻao hopena. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Cetuximab i kēlā me kēia pule, ʻoiai hāʻawi ʻia ʻo panitumumab i kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua. Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke ʻike i nā ʻano ʻili like ʻole a i ʻole nā hopena ʻē aʻe me kekahi i kekahi.
E noʻonoʻo kāu oncologist i nā mea e like me kāu makemake i ka papa hana lapaʻau, pehea ka maikaʻi o kou ʻae ʻana i nā infusions, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei i ke koho ʻana ma waena o kēia mau koho ʻelua. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi ma mua o kekahi - e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea kūpono no kou kūlana pilikino.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Cetuximab i nā maʻi me ka maʻi puʻuwai, akā pono ia i ka nānā pono ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana ma waena o kāu oncologist a me ka cardiologist. Hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i ka puʻuwai a i ʻole e hoʻonui i nā maʻi puʻuwai.
E hana paha kāu hui lapaʻau i nā hoʻokolohua hana puʻuwai ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a nānā pono iā ʻoe i ka wā o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i kāu papa hana lapaʻau a i ʻole e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo hou inā pono. ʻO ka hoʻoholo e hoʻohana i ka cetuximab me ka maʻi puʻuwai e pili ana i ke kaupaona ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi lapaʻau maʻi maʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka puʻuwai.
No ka mea, hāʻawi ʻia ʻo cetuximab i nā keʻena lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea i aʻo ʻia, he mea maʻamau loa nā overdoses ulia. Ana ʻia a nānā pono ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia infusion.
Inā he hopohopo kou no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mahele lāʻau kūpono ʻole, mai kānalua e noi i kāu hui mālama ola e hōʻoia i ka mahele lāʻau ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lapaʻau. E hahai ana lākou i nā protocols koʻikoʻi e hōʻoia i ka pololei. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole i ka wā a ma hope paha o ka lapaʻau, e hoʻomaopopo koke i kāu hui lapaʻau i hiki iā lākou ke loiloi a hoʻoponopono i nā hopohopo.
Inā e poina iā ʻoe kahi infusion cetuximab i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu hui oncology i ka wā hiki loa e hoʻonohonoho hou. E hoʻoholo lākou i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kāu mahele lāʻau e hiki mai ana e pili ana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau a me ka nui o ka manawa i hala.
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Na kāu hui mālama ola e hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo kikoʻī e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau palekana a me ka manawa e loaʻa ai iā lākou. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole e manaʻo e kali a pau kāu papa lāʻau lapaʻau. E nānā mau me kāu oncologist ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā o ka lāʻau cetuximab.
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