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Kidney Cancer
Archives for January 2006
Discussion List
No health insurance -- need surgery for malignant tumor the size of an orange
I am a caregiver for someone with no health insurance. He has just been diagnosed with a malignant tumor on his kidney the size of an orange. He needs surgery immediately or the tumor will leak or burst and spread cancer throughout his body. He has virtually no income or savings. Is there anywhere he can go to get…
Metastisized Kidney Cancer Survivor?
Hi all, I am a cancer survivor myself but last year found out a good friend got kidney cancer. It has spread to his back (L3 & T10 disks) and his ribs are spotted all over. It has not spread to any vital organs, just the bones. Does anyone know of any metastisized kidney cancer survivor's that I could get him to talk to or…
Encouraging news
2006-01-26 FDA OKs Pfizer Stomach, Kidney Cancer Drug AP WASHINGTON (Jan. 26) - A Pfizer Inc. drug won speedy federal approval Thursday to combat a rare stomach cancer and advanced kidney cancer. Sunitinib, to be marketed as Sutent, is the first cancer drug to simultaneously win Food and Drug Administration approval for…
Need Help While at NIH
My wife is having a check up at NIH and we can't afford the high prices for a hotel room. Does anyone know an inexpensive place to stay? My wife is the cancer survivor and will be in Bethesda for 3 days in February. If you can give me some ideas, please write me, Howie, at hra246@aol.com
HELP-surgery went well but now?
Help has this happened to anyone else? My mother-in-law had surgery a month ago for kidney cancer all went well and the surgeon said he got it all. She was released from the hospital a week later but she got worse. She went to the emergency room 3 times the next week the 3rd time they admitted her. She had pneumonia and…
problems after nephrectomy...anyone else have this?
Hi! I had a full nephrectomy 5 months ago and I am still severly swollen on that side. I am numb (feels like when your hand goes to sleep) from my hip to 1/2 way down my thigh all the way over to my groin area. This is all the time... I have not had feeling since my surgery. I have sharp stabbing pains all the time in this…
Nexavar?
Has anyone tried the new FDA Approved Nexavar?