Results

We had a chance to look at the scans of Layne today. There has been no spreading - so that's good. It continues to be contained within the abdominal area. The only thing that might be a concern is that one of the tumors seem to have gotten a bit bigger. The growth is not significant enough for the doctor to feel the need to change course immediately, but there might be some changes in the not so far future. There's a new clinical trial that will do things a little differently. The oncologist used the term 'upstream'. So, the new trial uses a concoction that gets to the issue earlier in the process than the current trial medication. They're going to see if there's a spot available for him. He will continue with this trial until then. If he does get into that one - he'll have a 4 week cleansing period and then start the new one. I think if/when the new trial starts it will be similar to what he's doing now...occasional testing with drugs he takes on a daily basis.

Layne commented as we were leaving that he keeps hoping against hope that one of these times we'll go in and see that all of the tumors are gone. I'm not sure about that one. I asked a clarification question today and Dr. Garrido told me that there are so many small tumors that they're unable to count how many there really are at this point. They've always been there, so I wasn't alarmed - just reminded that this is pretty serious stuff. (It makes me wonder if there are some of those really small ones in other organs.) There are just a couple they can see. One in particular is what they are watching.

So, I guess it's onward and upward.