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Ziv-aflibercept ni umuti w'indwara ya kanseri ugamije gufasha kurwanya ubwoko bumwe na bumwe bwa kanseri zateye imbere binyuze mu kubuza amaraso ibibyimba bikeneye kugira ngo bikure. Uyu muti ukora nk'umuntu w'ubwenge ubuza selile za kanseri gukora imitsi mishya y'amaraso yo kwitunga, ibi bishobora gufasha kugabanya cyangwa guhagarika gukura kw'ibibyimba.
Uhabwa uyu muti unyuze mu muyoboro w'amaraso (IV) mu kigo kivura kanseri cyangwa mu bitaro, aho itsinda ry'abaganga bakurikirana neza. Ubusanzwe ukoreshwa hamwe n'izindi nshuti zivura kanseri nk'igice cy'umugambi wo kuvura wateguwe by'umwihariko ku miterere yawe.
Ziv-aflibercept ni mu cyiciro cy'imiti yitwa VEGF inhibitors, bivuze ko ibuza poroteyine zihariye zifasha ibibyimba gukora imitsi y'amaraso. Tekereza nk'aho ucika imirongo y'ibikoresho selile za kanseri zikoresha kugira ngo zibone intungamubiri na ogisijeni bakeneye kugira ngo babaho kandi bakwirakwire.
Uyu muti ni poroteyine yakorewe muri laboratori ikora nk'umutego, igashuka selile za kanseri kugira ngo zifatanye na wo aho gukora imitsi mishya y'amaraso. Uyu muti wateguwe by'umwihariko kugira ngo ugamage ikintu cyitwa vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), gisa n'ikimenyetso kibwira umubiri gukora imitsi mishya y'amaraso.
Umuhanga wawe mu by'ubuvuzi azemeza niba uyu muti ukwiriye ubwoko bwawe bwihariye n'icyiciro cya kanseri. Ifatwa nk'umuti w'ukuri kuko ugamije inzira zihariye zifite uruhare mu gukura kwa kanseri aho kugira ingaruka ku selile zose zigabanyijwe vuba.
Ziv-aflibercept ikoreshwa cyane cyane mu kuvura kanseri ya kolorektali ya metastatic, bivuze kanseri y'urugingo rw'amara cyangwa urugingo rw'umura rwakwiriye mu bindi bice by'umubiri wawe. Yemerejwe by'umwihariko abarwayi kanseri yabo yakomeje gukura nubwo bavuwe mbere n'indi miti.
Muganga wawe akunda gutegeka uyu muti iyo kanseri yawe ititabiriye neza imiti ya mbere cyangwa yagarutse nyuma y'igihe cy'uburwayi bwagabanutse. Akenshi itangwa hamwe n'indi miti ya chemotherapy kugira ngo habeho uburyo bwo kuvura burambuye.
Uyu muti ukora neza ku kanseri zishingiye cyane ku kurema imitsi mishya y'amaraso kugira ngo zikure kandi zikwirakwire. Itsinda ryawe ry'abaganga b'indwara z'umubiri rizasesengura imiterere yihariye ya kanseri yawe kugira ngo rimenye niba ubu buryo bwihariye bushobora kugira akamaro mu bihe byawe.
Ziv-aflibercept ifatwa nk'umuti ukomeye wo kurwanya kanseri ukora mu kwica ibibyimba binyuze mu kubuza amaraso. Ikora nk'umutego wa molekile ufata ibintu bikura mbere yuko bishobora kumenyesha umubiri gukora imitsi mishya y'amaraso ikikije igibyimba.
Iyo selile za kanseri zigerageza gukura, zirekura ibimenyetso bisaba imitsi myinshi y'amaraso kugira ngo zibazanire intungamubiri na ogisijeni. Uyu muti ufatira izo ngingo kandi ukabuza iremwa ry'imitsi mishya y'amaraso, mu buryo bworoshye ugaca intege igibyimba.
Ubu buryo bugenda buhoro kandi bushobora gufata ibihe byinshi byo kuvurwa mbere yuko ubona impinduka mu bimenyetso bya kanseri yawe cyangwa ibimenyetso. Itsinda ryawe ry'abaganga rizakurikirana uko witwara binyuze mu bipimo by'amaraso bisanzwe no kwifashisha amashusho kugira ngo barebe uko umuti ukora neza.
Bitandukanye n'imiti imwe ya chemotherapy itera selile za kanseri, uyu muti wibanda ku bidukikije igibyimba. Ubu buryo bwihariye bushobora kugira akamaro mugihe gishobora gutera ingaruka nke ugereranije na chemotherapy gakondo yonyine.
Uhabwa ziv-aflibercept binyuze mu gutera urushinge mu maraso (IV), bivuze ko itangwa mu maraso yawe binyuze mu urwungano rw'imitsi. Urushinge rukunda gufata isaha imwe kandi rutangwa buri byumweru bibiri mu kigo cyawe cyo kuvurwa kanseri cyangwa mu bitaro.
Mbere yo gutera umuti, itsinda ry'abaganga bazagenzura ibimenyetso by'ubuzima bwawe kandi bashobora gukora ibizamini by'amaraso kugira ngo barebe niba umubiri wawe witeguye kuvurwa. Ntabwo ukeneye kwiyiriza cyangwa kwirinda kurya mbere yo guterwa umuti, kandi urashobora kurya uko bisanzwe ku munsi wo kuvurwa.
Mugihe cyo guterwa umuti, uzicara ku ntebe nziza cyangwa ku buriri aho abaforomo bashobora kugukurikiranira hafi. Abantu bamwe basanga bifasha kuzana igitabo, tablet, cyangwa umuzika kugirango bafashe kwica igihe mugihe cyo kuvurwa.
Uzakeneye kumara igihe gito nyuma yo guterwa umuti kugirango urebe ko nta ngaruka uhuye nazo ako kanya. Itsinda ry'abaganga bazatanga amabwiriza arambuye yerekeye icyo ugomba kwitaho nigihe ugomba kubahamagara niba uhuye nibimenyetso bibangamye.
Igihe cyo kuvurwa na ziv-aflibercept gitandukanye cyane ku muntu ku muntu kandi biterwa nuko kanseri yawe yitabira neza umuti. Umuganga wawe w’indwara z’umubiri azagenzura buri gihe uko urimo utera imbere binyuze mu bizamini by'amaraso, isuzuma ryinganda, n'ibizamini by'umubiri kugirango hamenyekane niba kuvurwa bikwiye gukomeza.
Abantu benshi bakomeza kuvurwa mu gihe cy'amezi menshi, bamwe bakabihabwa umwaka cyangwa kurenza niba bigenzura neza kanseri yabo. Muganga wawe azashaka ibimenyetso byerekana ko umuti ukora, nk'imikorere ihamye cyangwa igabanyuka ry'ibibyimba n'imikorere myiza y'ibimenyetso bya kanseri mu maraso yawe.
Kuvurwa birashobora guhagarikwa niba kanseri yawe itakibasha kwitabira umuti, niba ingaruka zikaba zikomeye cyane, cyangwa niba kanseri yawe igiye mu kiruhuko. Itsinda ry'abaganga bazaganira kuri izi myanzuro nawe kandi basobanure impamvu zihishe inyuma y'impinduka zose kuri gahunda yawe yo kuvurwa.
Ibyo guhura buri gihe ni ngombwa mugihe cyo kuvurwa kwawe kugirango hasuzumwe imikorere y'umuti n'ingaruka zose ushobora guhura nazo. Uru ruzinduko rufasha itsinda ry'abaganga gufata imyanzuro ifitiye akamaro yerekeye gukomeza cyangwa guhindura uburyo bwawe bwo kuvurwa.
Kimwe n'imiti yose ivura kanseri, ziv-aflibercept ishobora gutera ibikorwa bigaragara, nubwo atari buri wese ubyumva kimwe. Ibikorwa bigaragara byinshi birashobora guhangana nabyo hakoreshejwe uburyo bukwiye bwo gukurikirana no gufashwa n'ikipe yawe y'abaganga.
Ibikorwa bigaragara cyane ushobora guhura nabyo birimo umunaniro, impiswi, isesemi, kugabanya ubushake bwo kurya, no kubabara mu kanwa. Ibi bimenyetso akenshi biba byoroheje kugeza hagati kandi mubisanzwe birashobora guhangana nabyo hakoreshejwe imiti no guhindura imibereho.
Dore ibikorwa bigaragara cyane abarwayi basanzwe bavuga:
Ibi bikorwa bigaragara bisanzwe akenshi ni iby'igihe gito kandi bigenda neza hagati y'imiti cyangwa bishobora guhangana nabyo hakoreshejwe imiti ifasha. Ikipe yawe y'ubuvuzi izakorana nawe kugirango igabanye ibi bikorwa kandi igumane ubuzima bwawe bwiza mugihe cy'imiti.
Abarwayi bamwe bashobora guhura n'ibikorwa bigaragara bikomeye bisaba ubufasha bwihuse bw'ubuvuzi. Nubwo ibi bidakunze kubaho, ni ngombwa kubimenya no kumenya igihe cyo kuvugana n'ikipe yawe y'ubuvuzi.
Dore ibikorwa bigaragara bikomeye bisaba ubufasha bwihuse bw'ubuvuzi:
Niba ubonye kimwe muri ibi bimenyetso bikomeye, vugana n'ikipe yawe y'abaganga b'indwara z'umwijima ako kanya cyangwa ushake ubufasha bw'ubuvuzi bwihutirwa. Ikipe yawe y'abaganga ifite uburambe mu gukemura ibi bibazo kandi irashobora gutanga ubuvuzi bwihuse igihe bibaye ngombwa.
Ibikomere bike ariko bikomeye bishobora kwibandaho ku kuva amaraso menshi, amaraso yiziba, cyangwa ibibazo byo gukira ibikomere. Ikipe yawe y'abaganga izagukurikiranira hafi ibi bibazo bishoboka kandi ihindure gahunda yawe y'ubuvuzi niba bibaye ngombwa kugirango ugume mu mutekano.
Ziv-aflibercept ntibikwiriye kuri buri wese, kandi umuganga wawe w'indwara z'umwijima azasuzuma neza amateka yawe y'ubuzima n'ubuzima bwawe bwa none mbere yo kwandika uyu muti. Ibyiciro bimwe na bimwe cyangwa ibihe bishobora gutuma ubu buvuzi bugira akaga cyane cyangwa butagira akamaro kuri wowe.
Ntabwo ukwiriye guhabwa uyu muti niba ufite kuva amaraso gukabije, kutagenzurwa cyangwa wakoze ibikorwa bikomeye byo kubaga vuba. Uyu muti ushobora kubangamira imikorere isanzwe yo kwiziba kw'amaraso no gukira ibikomere, bishobora guteza ibibazo by'akaga.
Dore ibihe by'ingenzi aho ziv-aflibercept akenshi itagomba gukoreshwa:
Muganga wawe azanatekereza ku buzima bwawe muri rusange n'indi miti urimo gufata kugira ngo amenye niba ubu buvuzi bukugirira neza. Uburwayi bumwe na bumwe ntibushobora gutuma utabona umuti burundu ariko bushobora gusaba gukurikiranwa cyane cyangwa guhindura urugero rw'umuti.
Niba ufite impungenge zerekeye niba uyu muti ukwiriye kubera uko umeze, biganireho mu buryo bweruye na muganga wawe w'inzobere mu kuvura kanseri. Bashobora gusobanura ibyago n'inyungu byihariye ku kibazo cyawe kandi bakagufasha gufata icyemezo gifitiye akamaro ku buvuzi bwawe.
Izina ry'ubwoko bwa ziv-aflibercept ni Zaltrap, ikorwa na Sanofi na Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Iri ni ryo zina uzabona ku nyandiko z'ubuvuzi bwawe n'inyandiko z'ubwishingizi.
Farumasi yawe n'ikipe y'ubuvuzi bazakoresha izina rusange (ziv-aflibercept) n'izina ry'ubwoko (Zaltrap) igihe baganira ku buvuzi bwawe. Amazina yombi yerekeza ku muti umwe, bityo ntugire impungenge niba wumva amagambo atandukanye akoreshwa.
Uyu muti uboneka gusa binyuze mu bigo byihariye bivura kanseri n'ibitaro bifite uburambe mu buvuzi bwo gutera imiti mu maraso. Muganga wawe w'inzobere mu kuvura kanseri azakorana na farumasi yabo kugira ngo yemeze ko wakira umuti ukwiye ku gihe cyiza.
Imiti myinshi ikora kimwe na ziv-aflibercept mu kugabanya imitsi y'amaraso mu duheri twa kanseri. Muganga wawe w'inzobere mu kuvura kanseri ashobora gutekereza kuri izi nzira zindi niba ziv-aflibercept itagukwiriye cyangwa niba kanseri yawe ititabira neza uyu muti.
Bevacizumab (Avastin) birashoboka ko ari yo izwi cyane, kuko nayo ifunga VEGF kugira ngo itabuza imitsi mishya y'amaraso gukura. Regorafenib (Stivarga) ni indi nzira ikora binyuze mu nzira nyinshi kugira ngo itume kanseri ikura gahoro.
Izindi nzira zindi zirimo ramucirumab (Cyramza), ikora ku gice gitandukanye cyo gukura kw'imitsi y'amaraso, n'uburyo butandukanye bwo kuvura kanseri hakoreshejwe imiti ivanze itarimo imiti irwanya VEGF.
Umuhanga wawe mu by'indwara z'umubiri azatekereza ku bintu nk'ubwoko bwa kanseri yawe, imiti wakoresheje mbere, ubuzima bwawe muri rusange, n'ingaruka zishobora kubaho igihe agushakira umuti mwiza wo kuvura ikibazo cyawe. Intego ni ukubona umuti ukora neza kandi ufite ingaruka nke kuri wowe.
Ziv-aflibercept na bevacizumab ni imiti ikora neza irwanya VEGF, ariko ikora mu buryo butandukanye kandi ishobora gukwira neza mu bihe bitandukanye. Nta muti n'umwe uruta undi - biterwa n'ubwoko bwa kanseri yawe, amateka y'imiti wakoresheje, n'uburyo umubiri wawe ubyakira.
Ziv-aflibercept ifunga ibintu byinshi bikura (VEGF-A, VEGF-B, na PlGF), naho bevacizumab yibanze cyane kuri VEGF-A. Iki gikorwa cyo gufunga cyane gishobora gutuma ziv-aflibercept ikora neza kuri kanseri zimwe, cyane cyane izo zimaze kwanga bevacizumab.
Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe bwerekanye ko ziv-aflibercept ishobora gukora neza mu kanseri y'urugingo rw'igifu n'amara yateye imbere nubwo yabanje kuvurwa na bevacizumab. Ariko, bevacizumab yashakashakishijwe mu bwoko bwinshi bwa kanseri kandi imaze igihe kinini ikoreshwa.
Umuhanga wawe mu by'indwara z'umubiri azatekereza ku mateka y'imiti wakoresheje, imiterere ya kanseri, n'ubuzima bwawe muri rusange igihe afata icyemezo cy'umuti ukwiriye kuri wowe. Niba warabanje guhabwa bevacizumab, ziv-aflibercept ishobora gutanga uburyo butandukanye bwo gukora bushobora gukora neza.
Ziv-aflibercept isaba ko itekerezwaho neza niba urwaye indwara z'umutima, kuko ishobora kongera umuvuduko w'amaraso kandi ikagira ingaruka ku mikorere y'umutima. Umuhanga wawe mu by'indwara z'umubiri azakorana bya hafi n'umuganga w'umutima kugira ngo asuzume ibyago n'inyungu ku kibazo cyawe.
Niba ufite indwara y'umutima igenzurwa neza, ushobora gukomeza guhabwa uyu muti hamwe no gukurikiranwa by'umwihariko. Itsinda ryawe ry'abaganga rizasuzuma umuvuduko w'amaraso yawe buri gihe kandi rirebe ibimenyetso byose by'ibibazo by'umutima mugihe uvurwa.
Icyemezo gishingiye ku bukana bw'indwara yawe y'umutima, uburyo igenzurwa neza, n'uburyo ukeneye kwivuza kanseri byihutirwa. Itsinda ryawe ry'ubuzima rizasuzuma ibi bintu neza kandi rishobora kugusaba uburyo bwo kuvura butandukanye niba ibyago byo mu mutima bikabije.
Niba wibagiwe urukingo rwa ziv-aflibercept, vugana n'itsinda ryawe rishinzwe kuvura kanseri vuba bishoboka kugirango utegure urukingo rushya. Ntukagerageze gusubiza urukingo wibagiwe utegura inkingo zegeranye, kuko ibi bishobora kongera ibyago byo kugira ingaruka ziterwa n'umuti.
Itsinda ryawe ry'abaganga rizagena uburyo bwiza bwo gusubira mu murongo w'urukingo rwawe. Bashobora guhindura gahunda yawe ikurikira cyangwa guhindura gahunda yawe yo kuvura gato kugirango bishyure urukingo wibagiwe.
Kwibagirwa urukingo rumwe mubisanzwe ntibigira akaga, ariko ni ngombwa gukomeza gahunda ihuye n'ibishoboka kugirango ubone ibisubizo byiza byo kuvurwa. Itsinda ryawe rishinzwe kuvura kanseri risobanukiwe ko ibintu by'ubuzima rimwe na rimwe bibuza kuvurwa kandi rizakorana nawe kugirango ribone ibisubizo.
Niba ubonye ingaruka zikabije nk'uguhumeka bigoranye, kuva amaraso menshi, kuribwa mu gituza, cyangwa kubabara umutwe bikabije, shakisha ubufasha bw'ubuvuzi bwihutirwa ako kanya. Ibi bimenyetso bishobora kugaragaza ibibazo bikomeye bikeneye kuvurwa vuba.
Kubijyanye n'ingaruka zitari nziza cyane ariko ziteye impungenge, vugana n'itsinda ryawe rishinzwe kuvura kanseri mu masaha y'akazi cyangwa ukoreshe nimero yabo y'ubutabazi nyuma y'amasaha y'akazi. Bashobora gutanga ubuyobozi ku bijyanye no gucunga ibimenyetso no kumenya niba ukeneye kuza gusuzumwa.
Andika urutonde rw'imiti yawe n'amakuru yo guhamagara umuganga wawe w'inzobere mu by'indwara z'umubiri (oncologist) ahagaragara kugira ngo ushobore gutanga aya makuru vuba na bwangu ku muganga wese ukwitaho. Ibi bifasha kumenya neza ko wakira ubuvuzi bukwiye kabone n'iyo utari ahantu usanzwe uvurirwa.
Ugomba kureka gusa ziv-aflibercept uyobowe n'umuganga wawe w'inzobere mu by'indwara z'umubiri, uzagira icyemezo gishingiye ku buryo kanseri yawe yitabira ubuvuzi n'ingaruka zose zikubaho. Ntukigere ureka uyu muti ku giti cyawe, kabone n'iyo wumva umeze neza.
Muganga wawe azajya asuzuma buri gihe niba uyu muti ugufitiye akamaro binyuze mu bipimo by'amaraso, isuzuma rishingiye ku mashusho, n'ibizamini by'umubiri. Bazagusaba kuwureka niba kanseri yawe ikomeje nubwo uvurwa, niba ingaruka zikomeye, cyangwa niba kanseri yawe igabanuka.
Igihe cyo guhagarika ubuvuzi gitandukana cyane ku muntu ku muntu. Abarwayi bamwe bashobora guhagarara nyuma y'amezi make niba kanseri ititabira, mu gihe abandi bashobora gukomeza umwaka cyangwa kurenza igihe kirekire niba ubuvuzi bukora neza kandi ingaruka zicungwa.
Ushobora gufata indi miti myinshi ukiri gufata ziv-aflibercept, ariko ni ngombwa kumenyesha ikipe yawe y'inzobere mu by'indwara z'umubiri ku byo ufata byose, harimo imiti yandikwa na muganga, imiti igurishwa itagombye uruhushya rwa muganga, n'ibyongerera imbaraga umubiri. Imiti imwe irashobora gukururana na ziv-aflibercept cyangwa ikongera ibyago by'ingaruka.
Imiti igabanya amaraso isaba kwitabwaho by'umwihariko kuko ziv-aflibercept ishobora kongera ibyago byo kuva amaraso. Ikipe yawe y'abaganga izagukurikiranira hafi niba ukeneye gufata iyi miti yombi icyarimwe kandi ishobora guhindura doze cyangwa igihe.
Banza ubaze ikipe yawe y’abaganga b’indwara z’umwijima mbere yo gutangira imiti mishya, harimo n’iyo ubona ko idafite ingaruka mbi cyangwa imiti y’ibyatsi. Bazakugira inama ku byo wemerewe gufata n'ibyo ukwiriye kwirinda mu gihe uvurwa.