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Colorectal Cancer

Archives for July 2013

Well Husband starting Chemo again
So, the onc took my husband off of Stivarga and has put him on Zaltrap with the pump. His left vocal chord is still paralyzed and the scans show that there are no tumors in his upper left lung, so that is good. but the tumors he has have grown a bit (that is the bad news). But overall, we are pleased with the results. This…
Pelvic lymph node dissection
The recent pet scan lit up a node along right internal illiac vessels in pelvis with suv-19.5 and interval followup had shown mild increase in size. The CEA has rose from 4.65(in Mar'13) to 8.69(now) so the doc says its mostly malignant. The onc says since its only single node, surgical removal will be beneficial. We will…
Interesting discovery made by Canadian researchers
"Over and over again,surgeons the world over were noticing that cancer recurred sooner if patients developed infectious complicatiions such as pneumonia after surgery...." www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Cancer+discovery+Montreal+Calgary+researchers+find+novel/8601851/story.html another article on this with link to original…

Colorectal Cancer

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