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Liver Cancer
Archives for November 2012
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I don't want my wife to get misdiagnosed, advice please
I have colon cancer and I post regularly on the discussion board over there. Got some new news yesterday regarding my wife. She has had right side pain for a couple of months but has been busy taking care of me and with work so she put off seeing a doctor. She got an ultrasound yesterday and the ultrasound guy said she had…
HCC met to lung
This is my first post. My husband was diagnosed w/HCC January 2011 (AFP 4,000). He's been through five TACEs and was on Nexavar all of 2011 (AFP levels dropped to 100), went off Nexavar beginning of 2012 so he could undergo another TACE. When his AFP level hit > 36,300 he was put back on Nexavar in October. Now the cancer…
How fast can HCC spread
My husband was told he had HCC about 2 months ago, He has chirissos from Hep c. they put him on Nexavar, wanting to treat the tumors but his bilirubin was too high. It was a 6 but after juicing beets and radishes I have gotten the billirubun down to a 3.5 they said he is now a candidate for the Radiofrequency ablation. he…
ZALTRAP CHEMO
HAS ANYONE HAD LUCK WITH ZALTRAP? I BELIEVE IT IS NEW.1 TREATMENT SHOT MY MOMS BP TO 290 OVER 188..NOT GOOD. JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS HAD ANY TREATMENTS AND WHAT SIDE EFFECTS TO EXPECT. GOT HER BP UNDER CONTROL. THANKS AND TC.
Believe in HOPE
I just thanked someone on another thread for sharing positive information. Now I am so grateful to have the opportunity to share mine. My father was diagnosed on Aug.1 with primary liver cancer. He had an 8.5 cm tumor. At first, they told him nothing could be done, then they said a liver transplant, finally he went to…
Stage 4 PanCan ...any advice/info...
Hi...I am new to the CSN message board. My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer which spread to his liver in July. He began treatment at Sloan in August, he was on folfurinox(sp?). His CEA went from 375 to 45...however his tumor grew 32%. He is not on GTX. He is the greatest person I know...everything good…
Surgery for Tony
Dear Survivors: My husband was diagnosed with liver Cancer on the lst week of September. Immediately they told him that he needed to remove 5 tumors from his liver. They set up the surgery for 9-27-2012. Tony was kind of sceptical but he was positive. He had cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, and hepatitis C. He was always…