Cancer Survivors Network

A friend of mine's daughter was diagnosed with stage 3b melanoma, she is 12. She has had surgery to remove the cancer and all the ... her husband are at wits end. As it is, she only has a 50% survival rate is she DOES get treatment. If she doesn't, it goes down to 30%, ...

Forum topic - Jennifer1961 - 09/23/2011 - 11:28pm - 1 comment

... CSN members, and many others I know that are fighting for survival I pray for you every day. hope I didn't make anyone mad ... be slammed by a cancer diagnoses. I was dx Jan 2001 with melanoma and have had no reoccurrnce since. My husband was dx stage iv crc Feb ...

Forum topic - fatmomma - 10/14/2011 - 9:42pm - 18 comments

... to bad weight, 145, no high bp, no diabetes, shes a skin melanoma survivor of many years. My point is, 80, is old...but sometimes, some ... having tried to save....herself when she had the chance. Survival rates for anal cancer are pretty high...I mean if my mom had anal ...

Forum topic - Nan-Peg11 - 08/14/2011 - 10:46am - 37 comments

... being in remission 2yrs (I hit 2yrs in June) and having a survival rate of about 95%, which I believe I have. I had a great prognosis ... (V10) is disqualifying. Skin cancer (other than malignant melanoma) removed with no residual, is not disqualifying." As I understand ...

Forum topic - crgn84 - 07/20/2007 - 2:48pm - 8 comments

... cause what it does to the body) 2) has a 97% 5 year survival rate 3) they think they are being comforting I find a lot of ... perspective... To compare... A "bad cancer" would be Melanoma, stage 4...with Metastatic brain tumors. My husband was diagnosed at ...

Forum topic - nasher - 08/25/2011 - 2:44pm - 12 comments

... al. 2002. For colorectal duke grade c the 10 year survival is 84.6% versus whatever other odd you get quoted from your bookie. ... Then my mom had a spot on her face, found out it was melanoma and the natural doctor told her he could treat it with some lasar ...

Forum topic - pete43lost_at_sea - 09/16/2011 - 4:19am - 10 comments

... and high risk patients. We expect excellent cancer free survival rates and even less urinary side effects than past combination therapy ... is FDA-cleared for the treatment of prostate, lung, ocular melanoma, brain, breast, colorectal, and head and neck cancer as other cancers ...

Forum topic - prezmic - 09/09/2011 - 7:03am - 0 comments

... -- The FDA today approved Zelboraf, a drug that can extend survival for the 50% of melanoma patients whose tumors carry the BRAF V600E mutation. ...

Forum topic - nasher - 08/26/2011 - 11:27am - 1 comment

... My current opinion is that the answer to long-term survival for OVCA survivors is ultimately in cancer stem cell therapy...good ... in the US unless you have kidney cancer or malignant melanoma. Chemo seems to be a necessary evil for most of us with ovarian ...

Forum topic - nyartist - 08/30/2011 - 11:14am - 8 comments

... -- The FDA today approved Zelboraf, a drug that can extend survival for the 50% of melanoma patients whose tumors carry the BRAF V600E mutation. ...

Forum topic - nasher - 08/26/2011 - 11:25am - 0 comments