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Rare and Other Cancers
Archives for September 2010
Discussion List
Adult Wilms Tumor
Does anyone have or know someone with Adult Wilms Tumor?
Wilms cancer in Adults...
My husband was just diagnosed with Wilms Cancer in July of 2010 and will begin Chemo in Oct.2010.. he is 37 yrs old and will like to find other adults who have Wilms
Vulvar Melanoma
I am hoping to connect with others who have been there done that. Preferably those with vulvar melanoma in particular and not vulvar cancer. I was diagnosed in January, Stage 3 with a large primary. I have been doing my homework and talking with my oncologist and I know the prognosis is not wonderful... or even good. I…
Pancreas concern
My husband had an MRI to check for kidney stones and none were found. He went to see the urologist yesterday, who asked if he'd ever found out what the 'small cloudy spot on the MRI was in his pancreas'. The MRI was over 3 months ago and we'd never been called (VA Hospital) about the cloudy spot. I can't find mention of…
Parathyroid Carcinoma
Hi, My husband was diagnosed with parathyroid cancer in 2008. We were glad that finally we had answers as to some of his health concerns and the doctors responded so quickly. Its extremely rare and the doctor in 40 years had only seen it twice before. We had the bad parathyroid removed and monitored it religionouly for 2…
husband diagnosed with gallbladder cancer
hello, My name is Tina. My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV gallbladder cancer in may of this year. It has spread to his liver and bones. This completely blindsided us. He had no symptoms at all. We were seen at Sloan Kettering and they were unable to operate. He has been on Gemzar and cisplatin. He has received 6…
Gullbadder cancer
Hi, My daughter is 25 years old, she has Lupus and now found gullbadder cancer..she went into surgery and they removed the gullbadder and now they say its in her liver and stomach and they put her on a chemo pill that makes her very tired can anyone give me any information on this terrible cancer thanks
sinus sarcoma
Has anyone been diagnosed with a sinus sarcoma????Would like to hear from you.
Ampullary cancer
I finished Radiaton and Oral Chemo (Xeloda) on 9/3/10. ( 6 weeks treatment) The Xeloda was interrupted several times due to side effects that included blood in the stool, which was diagnosed through endoscopy as stomach erosion. I reduced the Xeloda to the lowest dose, 500 mg 2x's daily and still had side effects (nausea,…
cancer treatment center of america
anyone have experience with these hospitals
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
I was diagnosed with AML in 2006 and received treatment for it and went into remission for 2 months. But while I was in remission I contracted a fungal infection (fusarium solani). It took 7 months to get this infection under control. I was then able to start my chemo-treatment again, but the doc's continued me on the…