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Rare and Other Cancers

Archives for August 2013

Not a survivor yet... But soon
Hi! i live in KY and I know that we have a great cancer center here, but the more I research my particular cancer DFSP, I wonder if I should stay here and just trust the doctors here (they want to do a wide local excision) or if I should continue to research the MOHs surgery. It's located on the space on my breast where…
Brain Tumors - Cancer
For a good novel about the struggles with cancer, check out the new book called "Beautiful Wilted Flowers" by Amber Nielsen. It takes you through a young woman's story with cancer and how precious life really is.
Cancer Centers of America
My mom has adrenal cancer. She is being treated at the Cleveland Clinic. I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about the Cancer Centers of America. Thanks.
My Fiance has Cancer, but the Hospital he is Currently at are not Starting Treatment
Good Morning Everyone, My name is Sarah and my fiance's name is Roger. We found out three weeks ago now that my fiance has adenocarcinoma of the duodenum (tissue cancer of the small intestine) and liver cancer (doctors noted actual type of cancer, but I cannot remember the name of it). Roger is currently at Spectrum…
Follicular Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the small bowel?
Hi, I have read about people that has or had small bowel cancer, but I am wondering if there is anyone out there that has or had follicular non hodgkin's lymphoma in the small bowel?? Thank you!
PLEASE READ & HELP US!! malignant Eccrine Porocarcinoma (tumor form)
On June 21st 2013,My 31 year old husband was recently diagnosed with a very rare, most aggressive form of cancer..Malignant Eccrine Porocarcinoma. Apparently it started in his sweat glands. There have been less than 300 cases ever reported in the world and unfortunately they don't know a lot about it. He went from having 1…
1 year survivor
my wife was diagnosed with one of the rarest ( i guess ) type of cancer in the early month of last year she had then undergone whipple surgery last june 2012 and 6 chemotherapy sessions until december of last year. after a year of her operation, she healed greatly and living her life just like the way she had before her…
HAI and pancreatic cancer
Hello group, My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic caner with liver mets in May. She's responding well to her GTX treatment (little nausea and pain; she says she feels "normal!", but a doctor at Sloan Kettering said she's a good candidate for HAI. It's common procedure for liver cancer to have this pump, but I…
linitis plastic gastric metastasis to rectum
Need help......any new developments, treatments heard? CT-PET Does not give too much information. Any suggestions on scanning equipment that may have more updated information available and where located? UCLA? City of Hope?

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