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Rare and Other Cancers

Archives for January 2010

What Next
Well I was diagnoised in Jan 09 the PPC. I finished 8 cycles of chemo on Sept 10th. My CA125 was 11 my PET/CT came back that everything was gone. I was even told that I was cancer FREE in April. Then Oct 26th I had another surgery that found I still had cancer which was removed. Then Jan 10 I receive a PET/CT and a CT and…
Klatskins bile duct cancer post surgery in hospital
Is anyone familiar with klatskins bile duct cancer? My father is post surgery a little over 2 weeks. We have been having a lot of complications with infections and now a bacterial infection in the blood. I would love to know if anyone has been through this or has any information they could share with me. thank you, Courtney
Melanoma Stage 4
Hello, Just found out last night that my 65 year old Father In Law has Melanoma. It spread from his skin to his lung, to a small tumor in the thyroid. It also is causing a gland in his Kidney to bleed which in turn has caused him to get numerous blood transfusions as we as extreme pain. We are very scared of this disease.…
Phyllodes tumor
Hi all, I'm new to the site but not new to the disease. I had my first partial mastectomy in June of 1996 at the age of 26. After finding the lump and it being passed off by the first Dr as a cyst, then a fibroadenoma by the second Dr, I finally got a third opinion. Although reluctant this third Dr agreed to take the lump…
adenocarcinoma of the ethomid sinus
Hello, out there I have just been diagnosed with adencarcinoma of the ethomid sinus? My mind is just running out of control; Is there anybody that can talk with me about this type of cancer.
How long after radio/chemotherapy treatments, did your surgeon remove your panctreatic tumour?
My husband was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer last month. We went in with what we thought was food poisoning and came out with this Cancer. He becaume jaundiced and we flew from St Petersburg, Russia, where we were living at the time for work reasons to Malta. In Malta, he was hospitalised and on IV. We were operated on,…
Peritoneal mesothelioma
Are there other military out there with peritoneal mesothelioma?
Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Treatment
I have Stage IV Peritoneal Carcinomatosis metasticized in 2008 from breast cancer that I had in 2001. I first had Taxol for 8 months, then was put on the hormonals Arimidex and then Aromasin, neither of which was working. Now I am going to have Navelbine/Gemzar chemotherapy. Has anyone had this combination? Would love to…
Choroidal Melanoma Survivors
I was diagnosed with a large choroidal melanoma on January 23, 2009. It was discovered during an eye exam. I had visual disturbance which prompted my dr visit. It felt like something was in my line of vision but no matter how many times I wiped my eye or blinked it never moved or disappeared. I had 3 different eye drs look…
my mother
my mother diagnosed with gall bladder cancer 1 yr ago following gall bladder surgery for stone, underwent liver resection and 6 wks of radio and chemo. she was doing so well until this december when the cancer came back with jaundice.she is 58 yrs working women with so much things left to be done...the doctor says chemo is…
Block center for integrative cancer care
Has anyone gone to the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care in Evanston, IL for an evaluation? I'm curious as to how it functions. My mom has pancreatic cancer.
goblet carcinoid or signet ring cell of the appendix or colon???
The confusion is overwhelming. I was originally diagnosed with Stage IV Poorly differentiated signet ring cell adenocarcinoma. surgery removed my a tumor, appendix, part of my colon,small intestine the omentum (which had tumors in it) and several lymph nodes of which one had a tumor. A month later they changed the…
Bile duct AND gall bladder cancer
I am wondering if anyone has been diagnosed with both bile duct and gall bladder cancer? My dad went in for an ERCP last January. They tested him for pancreatic cancer and that came back negative. They were about to do surgery to remove his gall bladder when his test results came back positive for cancer. They found in…
anyone knowing about hidracarcinoma
sgtdad is still around. i first joined a year ago. i had an underarm sweat gland cancer. i am now 2 1/2 years into it. anyone having experience with this rare cancer please advise. linda 321, how are you doing?
Whipples: Info on recovery
December 19, 2009 - 10:15pm Hi, My husband was diagnosed 10 wks ago with duodenal cancer which had spread to panceas. He had a whipples. He came out of the op ok but in recovery started to bleed they took him into surgery again. They couldnt stop the bleed & cam every close to lossing him. He had a third surgery the next…

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