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When is it over?
My father has liver cancer due to hepatitis B, and he has a blot clot that has developed because the diseased tissue--which measure 13 centimeters across, three lesions that grew into one--is pressing against a vein. His stomache and ankle swell with water, and he cannot eat because of the discomfort this causes him. He…
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cholangiocarcinoma
Hi I just got diagnosed with choangiocarcinoma. It was inoperable due to a lymph node metastasis, and the tumor had attached to the portal vein. The options that I have are radiation and chemotherapy, which starts in three weeks. If anyone has any information in this type of a cancer I would appreciate it. Anne
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Vitamin K therapy slows liver cancer spread
DDW: Vitamin K Therapy Slows Spread of Liver Cancer By Roberta Friedman SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- May 29, 2002 -- Portal vein invasion (PVI), seen frequently in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, can be prevented in half treated with vitamin K, researchers say. They presented their results here at the 103rd annual meeting…
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NO SUPPORT
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT SUPPORT. my father died of liver cancer in 1971. i was 13 yrs. old. my mother basically died the same day. she had not worked since 1945. all she knew was waitress work at @2.00 hr. plus tips. we barely survived. all the people that my father knew and came to his funeral told my mother," if you need…