Liver Cancer
Discussion List
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Recovering from Liver transplant
After 13 years of battling HCC with 3 recurrences and 3 previous surgical treatments for tumors at varying times, I was listed for transplant in Sept., 2018. After 6 months of waiting I received an MELD exception for HCC which put me high on the list for transplant. I received the call on May 7, 2019 and received my new…
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DPD Enzyme Deficiency
My husband passed away on December 12, 2018, due to treatment with Capecitabine with a previously undiagnosed DPD enzyme deficiency. He had been diagnosed with Bile Duct Cancer, Stage 1, had a successful Whipple surgery, was pronounced "Cancer Free" by his Radiation Oncologist, but was prescribed Capecitabine by his…