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Esophageal Cancer

Archives for May 2023

Herceptin and heart damage
Has anyone continued with herceptin after having a decrease in ventricular ejection fraction? I have been on docetaxel, carboplatin, and herceptin for stage one invasive ductile carcinoma which is her2 and estrogen receptor positive. The plan was to continue the herceptin for a year but my Echocardiogram is showing some…
A positive message of hope
Hello all, My name is Marci and I come here ocassionally to tell you that there can be light at the end of the tunnel. I am a caregiver to my husband, who was diagnosed with esophageal cancer aged 66. He had adenocarcinoma at the junction to his stomach. He had the normal chemo and it did not touch his tumour which was…
Agent Orange esophageal cancer
My husband had stage 4 esophageal cancer. He was a Vietnam veteran confirmed to be in agent orange spray zones. He also was VA disabled 70%. When he claimed the esophageal cancer he was turned down by the VA. I feel they let our Vietnam veterans down by denying this as an agent orange disability. He was physically sprayed…

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