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Rare and Other Cancers
Archives for November 2005
Discussion List
Carcinoid tumor of small intestine
My husband recently had a portion of his small intestine removed because of a carcinoid tumor. Can anyone please address the issue of diarrhea. He is taking cholestyramine for this at the present.
Chronotherapy cancer treatment
Did anyone hear about chronotherapy cancer treatment in the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago?
gemcitabine tolerability in older patients
Hi, Has anyone had experience of how to cope with side effects of gemcitabine chemo? My mother, 82, was diagnosed with nonresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer 5 months ago. Her doctor started gemcitabine a month ago. She tolerated the procedure well, however, developed edema and high fever. She was hospitalized…
NEUROENDOCRINE ISLET CELL NON FUNCTIONING TUMORS
Hi My husband was diagnosed with neuroendocrine islet non functioning tumors and is being treated with sandostatin lar. He has received one treatment and will receive 2 others and then have a scan to see results. Is there anyone out there with a similar diagnosis? we don't know much about any of this and could use som…
NEUROENDOCRINE ISLET CELL NON FUNCTIONING TUMORS
Hi, My husband was diagnosed in August with this rare cancer and has started treatment with sandostatin lar monthly injections. He began these in October, will get another in November and December and then will be scanned to see the results. Is there anyone out there who has been through this? Also I hear a lot about…
Where is Dr. Jeremy Kortmansky?
Dr. Jeremy Kortmansky has left Memorial Sloan Kettering and we were told he has moved to Connecticut and may be practicing near New Haven. However, we have been unable to find him. We live in Connecticut and had a successful experience with Dr. Kortmansky with an ampulary carcinoma, almost three years ago. We'd like to…