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Rare and Other Cancers

Archives for May 2011

Small Intestine Cancer
My mom was diagnosed with small intestine cancer, she had a tumor and lives far from me so my sister and we went there for the surgery and after a 4 hour surgery the doctor came out and told us that it is stage 3 and in her lymph we are so upset with this news. My mom came home after 5 days in the hospital and was home 2…
gist tumors (gastrointestinal something? tumors)
Is anybody familiar with a rare form of cancer called GIST? I lost a good friend to this awful thing. It was fast, and seemingly untreatable. Anybody?
Advanced Stage Chologiocarinoma ( bile ducts)
Hi all, My father was diganosed with chologiocarcinoma on sep 2010 in advanced stage as it had metasized to liver and lymph nodes. The tumor is around 8cm in the left lobe and there are some small nodes on the right side too. The doctor advised chemotherapy of cisplatnin and gemcitabine. Doctor used carboplatin instead of…
cancer of unknown primary
someone please help i an the caregiver for my mother who is 77 we were told 2 years ago that she only had months to live an we should call hospis so we did an a year later they took her off. we go to doctor every 3 months an they do CT scan an every time he says it is spreading she has about 20 tummers in liver, lungs,an…
Gallbladder Cancer
Could anyone tell me more about this when it has spread to the liver? Thank you. Life expectancy, etc? Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy NOT an option. My mother -age 98. Sad but want to be prepared and can handle the truth.
T Cell Lymphoma
I am looking to connect with a survivor of T cell lymphoma
CAAT diet for cancer
I'm from the ovarian cancer discussion board and thought the following info would be of interest to this board: Controlled Amino Acid Treatment (CAAT)—A Novel Nutritional Approach to Cancer Treatment By Michael B. Schachter, MD, CNS, FACAM Angelo P. John, a cancer theorist for more than 40 years, has developed an extremely…
Copay assistance for gallbladder cancer??
Does anyone know of an agency that offers copay assistance. There are plenty out there but believe it or not if you don't have a certain type of cancer you do not qualify. Gallbladder seems to be excluded everywhere I try. Her chemo copay for Xeloda is $525 for 3 weeks. With all of her appointments and procedures having…
My mom has appendix cancer...don't know what to do
Hi guys, im super new to this website. Around this time last year I got a call from my dad, and he sounded very worried and told me he had some "bad news". I was like "oh shoot, i must have overdrawn my credit card" or something like that. "Your mom has cancer...it's serious". Turns out she had stage 4 appendix cancer.…
radiation effects
hey All I had cancer in nasal and sinus cavity. My question is this Can radiation to an area cause tissue nearby to be necrotic and cause swelling and inflammation 6 months later. Also can biopsy of tissue be negative whilst other part of mass biopsy later is positive??? i know Y'all aren't doctors, but I'd just like your…
Peritoneum Cancer with Stage IV Gallbladder Cancer - Treatment Started Today
Hi all: I've started a new discussion topic as the three gallbladder cancer ones are getting long. I started treatment for peritoneum cancerous nodules following gallbladder cancer. The oncologist is trying the chemotherapy used with colon cancer so I'm also posting there. Apparently the combination of oxaliplatin,…
Primary Peritoneal Cancer /Breast Cancer Survivor
I am looking to communicate with anyone who has been recently been diagnosed with Primary Peritoneal Cancer (PPC). I am a 6 year breast cancer survivor, (2005) but was diagnosed with PPC in November 2009. PPC was determined not to be metastatic breast cancer. After undergoing major abdominal debulking surgery and 6 months…
Dealing with Neulasta shots
For anyone who has to get Neulasta shots while in chemo to keep up white blood counts, a trick to lessening the bone pain that might result from them is to take Claritin day before, day of and day after the shot. I read this on another site, tried it (I am in chemo for primary peritoneal carcinoma)and it worked! Thought I…

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