Cancer Survivors Network

... it represents a better future, some hope. my long term survival depends on my immune system doing what it did well just before cancer ... similar to this vaccine in melbourne, hear as well for melanoma, and i was trying to fake a skin cancer to get on to it. only joking. ...

Forum topic - pepebcn - 02/05/2012 - 1:43pm - 19 comments

... so I accept it for what it is. This is my 3rd cancer, melanoma at age 22, prostate at age 55 and now this in my 60's. John Boy ... I was told the erbitux would add another 10% onto survival rate. (I was told risk of return 40% with surgery alone, 20% with ...

Forum topic - djbxray - 12/31/2011 - 11:16am - 86 comments

... our disease which can also have an affect on our long term survival and that would be what is refered to as the Fuhrman nuclear grade.The ... my oncologist is a "specialist" in kidney cancer and melanoma. You may have to go to a larger cancer hospital to find specialists. ...

Forum topic - Limelife50 - 01/13/2012 - 1:53pm - 14 comments

... less than .4% of all cancers. Not many statistics on survival but looks pretty bleak even without metastasis. Surgeon says 1 1/2 to ... when it comes to this type of thing. Your Sinonasal Melanoma Dignosis My name is Tina and my mother has just received the same ...

Forum topic - mjdouty - 01/21/2011 - 8:47pm - 4 comments

... he finishes his treatment...he's done with dealing with Melanoma forever. Even after both of his parents have spoken to his doctors and have heard that, survival rate for Stage III Melanoma is 50% over 5 years, and being young and ...

Forum topic - tnsexton - 11/29/2011 - 12:28am - 5 comments

... Avastin combined with chemotherapy has improved the survival of some lung cancer patients. Avastin plus folfox has improved ... agent with profound activity in a small minority of melanoma and renal cell cancer patients), “I am confronted with a dilemma of ...

Forum topic - gdpawel - 07/01/2011 - 2:09am - 6 comments

... same disease and doctors felt the daughter's chances of survival equally bleak. The woman traveled to Oklahoma where a shaman gave ... 2002). PGMs were then tested in animal models. B16 melanoma, LS180 (a colon adenocarcinoma), and Lewis Lung carcinoma all showed ...

Forum topic - LaundryQueen - 07/01/2011 - 9:13pm - 10 comments

... the cerebellum in 15%, and both in 28%. Median overall survival was 62.3 months (95% CI 51.2 to 73.3). The median time after ... by stromal cells of their host organ. For example, Melanoma cells are closely related to CNS cells. Breast cancer cells more ...

Forum topic - gdpawel - 10/24/2011 - 1:56am - 83 comments

... the most bizarre anomalies in my opinion is in regards to melanoma. Melanoma has been linked to sun damage, and yet it is statistically ... year. This patient will be logged as having had a ten year survival rate, before finally succumbing to the disease, which again took ...

Forum topic - ricwally - 08/05/2011 - 1:40pm - 26 comments

Patients with melanoma are now candidates for the antibody Yervoy (ipilimumab) and/or the ... activity for both compounds. For the MEK/ERK inhibitor, melanoma appeared to be a favored clinical target. This is highly consistent ... Phase III trial to meet progression-free and overall survival goals in triple negative breast cancer patients (Zacks Investment ...

Forum topic - gdpawel - 10/24/2011 - 2:11am - 2 comments