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Rare and Other Cancers

Archives for August 2017

Circulating Tumor DNA in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
This recent publication showed a very effective and noninvasive way to determine genetic alterations in cancer with unknown primary. In 99.7% of the patients, the authors found that genomics profiling of tumor DNA circulating in plasma revealed driver mutations that are targetable by drugs. Cancer Res. 2017 Aug…
gallbladder cancer stage 4
I just signed up to this discussion board hoping to find more recent posts. Many are really old! I was diagnosed May 8 with stage 4 gallbladder cancer and have been undergoing chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin which seem to be reducing the tumor although it is still really early. I too have been told that because…
Mees line on fingers or toes
Has anyone had these? Hard to find doctor who even know that these could be caused by. cancer. Anyone who can respond would help so much. Thank you.
Pancreatic cancer side effects from folfirinox treatment with rittilan and or marijuana
Has anyone had experience treatin side effects with marijuana for naseua or weightloss due to lack of appitite? Has anyone had experience using rittilan for fatigue? Both appear in scientific literature.
Bile duct cancer
Hello, I was just digignosed with bile duct cancer and set for the whipple procedure in about a week, I am 48 and in good health and shape otherwise, but of course very nervous about this procedure, I have been told I am a great candidate for thi ssurgery and the cancer is local to the duct and has not spread, I ws just…
chordoma

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