Peritoneal Cancer
Discussion List
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Tax
Has anyone heard off M D Anderson? I live in the Uk But would like to know more about this Texas Cancer Centre.
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Cycloblastin (Cyclophosphamide) anyone?
Having had three rounds of Gemzar with falling CA125's unfortunately on the fourth round my numbers went up by 10 percent!. So so disappointing! I really thought is was onto the right chemo for me. However my Oncologist has added Cycloblastin which I take in tablet form, one 50 mg daily. Just wondering if anyone else is…
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NY Times says only 1/3 of ovarian cancer patients get the best treatment
Must admit, it’s more than a little unsettling to come across articles like this one, which says only a third of ovarian cancer patients are getting the best treatment. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/health/ovarian-cancer-study-finds-widespread-flaws-in-treatment.html?pagewanted=all I was surprised to read some ovarian…
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Yes...finally!!!
While getting my chemotherapy treatment today (Week 3 of my 2nd cycle of Taxol), my oncologist told me that the blood work done at last week's treament showed another decrease in my CA125 numbers. At the start of this current Taxol treatment, the numbers had been a little over 11,000, but after the first cycle was…
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Mother just diagnosed with stage iv peritoneal cancer - Seeking advice
Hello, My mother was just diagnosed with stage iv peritoneal cancer. Pathology came back as serous papillary carcinoma of Mullerian origin, but they are considering this primary peritoneal cancer. During her first surgey they were unable to remove the cancer (due to bleeding), they basically closed her back up, said the…