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Liver Cancer
Archives for January 2010
Discussion List
Liver resection
I'm scheduled for a liver resection next week. Very confident in the surgeon and procedure. Thnking of NOT doing chemo after. I had chemo and rad in 2008.....for the cancer that ended up spreading to my liver. Anyone else OPTED out of chemo and doing great????
Nexavar & TACE
Hello, My husband was diagnosed with liver cancer in October 2009. The liver specialist has put him on Nexavar which he started January 1st. He just underwent a TACE procedure 2 weeks ago. We don't know the outcome yet but his labs are coming back good. The #'s have been dropping. If there's anyone out there who also has…
Clinical Trials?
Does anyone have an opinion on clinical trials for cancer patients? My mom has stage 4 liver cancer and has tried different types of chemo that have unfortunately not helped. Her next option is to try experimental treatment. Has anyone been a part of clinical trials? Anything you can share that might help? Also, does…
Nexavar after Liver Transplant and Mets to Lung
I'm a liver transplant recipient (2yrs ago) that was diagnosed with liver ca to the lungs 6mos ago. I'm on Nexavar and have been for 3mos. Side effects aren't that bad (slight nausea, hair thinning, but I do have fatigue that is worse some days than others and diarrhea that has sent me to the ER). My 1st scan showed no new…
Nexavar Treatment after surgery to remove HCC tumor
Has anyone had surgery to remove tumor (HCC)and then taken nexavar to prevent recurrence? I have been told there is no treatment after surgery. Nexavar works to keep tumors from growing any further. There are no studies to see if Nexavar would prevent recurrence after surgical removal. I will have CAT scans every few…
liver enzymes
hi, i was just curious what everyone's liver function panel values were at time of diagnosis. I got a ct scan and a few spots were noted on my liver, but my LFT was fine. also my sed, ldh, crp were all fine. could anyone let me know what their lft values were please? it would be really appreciated, thank you so much.
My dad has survived ec, but now has mets to his liver...what to expect?
Hello to all here, My dad is an esophageal cancer survivor, 11/08. Unfortunately the cancer has spread to his liver. Within the next few weeks we have to decide as a family whether or not to start the chemo treatments. There will be two treatments of irinotecan and cisplatin three weeks apart. Has anyone here had this…
Surviving Fibrolamellar HCC
I am a 14 year survivor of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. Originally diagnosed in 1995 at the age of 23 in Boston, MA with an 8 lb tumor I have been blessed with 14 years of non-reoccurance. I am wondering if there are any other FHCC survivors out there from anywhere and/or from or treated in the Boston area? I…