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Taking avastin?-A predictive biomarmarker
ascopubsorg.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2017.77.1782 Don't know how one gets tested for this.
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Fatty tissue
DH had the first of many test yesterday here at MDA, as a follow up from his last PET/CT Scan where he has some hot spots. Yesterday was lymph node in the left pelvic area. We were told it was not a lymph node, rather fatty tissue, but still was a hot spot. We will get the resulT’s next week. does anyone have similar…
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Podcast
Someone else on this board had mentioned the book, Everything happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I Have Loved) by Kate Bowler who is a Professor at Duke Divinity School and diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer. I have not yet read the book but want too. My disclaimer is that I am not a deeply religious person but some of the…
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Stage IV incurable Colon cancer.
Hi everyone, I am new to this and this is my first ever post. What a year it has been, at this time last year my wife who was 43 at the time was always complaining of upper right shoulder pain. At first we did not really think it was anything, so I would massage her shoulder and when I would do it it would feel like a ball…
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Just received cancer stage
First off, thank you to eveyrone who has commented on my previsous post. I am so thankful I found this page. Today I was officially diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer. The tumor has gone through the colon wall and has affected the lymph nodes surrounding the tumor, but thankfully it has not spread to any other organs. I…
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My Colonoscopy
So here I lay in bed the day after my colonoscopy, not feeling well physically, but emotionally fantastic. I toasted my first prep to my husband whom is going thru the unimaginable. My second dose, I rose the glass to everyone here that is so supportive, defying the odds, and for those whom depisite their fight, lost the…
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PSK- Questions about use, obtaining, links to studies?
Hi all, I have been looking at some additional supplements/treatments to ask my onc about at my first visit for Stage IV. I have come across PSK, or turkey tail mushroom, and am wondering if you have any experience utilizing this, how much your onc recommends taking, and how you obtain a pure form? Here is a link on PubMed…
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A pill used to treat toenail infections could help to cure bowel cancer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5790737/Cancer-nailed-pill-commonly-used-treat-fungal-nail-infections-cure-bowel-cancer.html?ito=social-facebook. A pill commonly used to treat fungal nail infections could cure bowel cancer, research suggests.
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Neuropathy
Hello, I am 2 months post systematic chemo and have neuropathy on both hands and feet. What did help you manage it? Did it go away? Butt.