A New Treatment on the Horizon

Kanik has been feeling pretty good and doing some great things this summer (please see the masterpiece mirror below).  And the latest chemo treatment that he's been receiving for the past couple months has definitely caused fewer negative side effects than the last chemo treatment he received.  However, according to the results of Kanik's CT scan this morning, the newest treatment is not effective enough.  The scan showed growth in Kanik's lung tumors, though they are still small.  (Kanik's liver function is still really good.)

So, Kanik will stop this latest chemo treatment, but the good news is that he is in place to begin a new trial, which is designed specifically for liver cancer.  In order to start this new trial, Kanik has to be drug-free anyway, so stopping this latest chemo treatment is actually not such a bad thing.  Dr. Abou Alfa does not have an exact starting date for this new trial, however he thinks it will probably begin sometime next month.

As always, we'll keep you posted on the latest developments and give you more info on this new trial.  In the meantime, feel free to text, call, email, fax or page Kanik to send him some love.