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Dormant stomach cancer help
My mum has stomach cancer and had surgery to remove it,but surgeon who performed the surgery said he couldn't get all of it out and some is laying dormant but he couldn't get to it and remove it.Am looking to hear from someone or know of someone who has same type of cancer and can offer help and advice as to what…
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hard and fast facts please
im sure we have all read the symptoms of stomach cancer. .nausea .vomiting with/ or without blood .feeling full after a light meal .indegestion .blood in stool .excessive belching .pain in abdominal or back ...and so forth. My question is, how often you did you guys, or your loved ones suffer from these things? were you…
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aversion to eating
Hi - I'm asking for maybe someone who knows what to do about an aversion to eating all of sudden. My brother had his stomach removed 7 yrs. ago and was doing fine until a few months ago when he suddenly started loosing weight. (from 140 lbs. to 124 lbs.) within 5 weeks.He had a scope done and everything is clean, but even…
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Stomach Cancer Stage 4 - Help required urgently.
Hi, My Dad who is 68 years underwent 2 surgeries in last 2 months [stomach-intestine bypass surgery on 22 Feb 2011 and partial gastrectomy on 22 March 2011]. The Biopsy report says T4 and out of 20 lymph nodes 5 are infective so it is T4N2M0 which is as per pathology Stage 4. At the end of report it has been mentioned as…
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signet ring cell cancer of the appendix
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New diagnosis
My 83 y. o. mother was just diagnosed with stomach cancer last week by way of an EGD. Her PET scan revealed multiple bilat. nodules on her lungs, thyroid, and retroperitoneum. We have appts. with a general surgeon and an oncologist next week to find out if it's carcinoma or lymphoma. IS THERE ANY HOPE?
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Has anyone been diagnosed stage 3 or 4 with such minimal symptoms???
My father has been told they suspect stomach cancer. he vomited blood once on 21st january 2011 which prompted him to seek medical help and has been anaemic ever since, he has no pain but his GP has said sometimes "pain" from stomach cancers can manifest as a ravenous hunger instead, he sometimes feels hungry when he knows…
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Stage 4 Stomach Cancer - Microscopic penetration in pancreas
Dear CSN members, My Father was suffering from duodonal ulcer which has blocked the duodonel. Hence he underwent stomach-intestine bypass surgery on 22 Feb 2011. Durng the surgery doctors suspected a part of stomach as malignant. Hence they picked up a piece from there and sent it for biopsy. Unfortunately the biopsy…
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Malignant Ascites (Fluid overload)
My brother is in the throws of esophogeal/stomach cancer, has had chemo and radiation but was not allowed to receive surgery due to low albumin levels. He began experiencing abdominal bloating, and during evaluation they did a CT scan indicating spots around the abdomen lining and a potential spot in the liver and…
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Stage 4 Cancer
Dear CSN members, My grandfather in Iran has been fighting stage 4 stomach cancer for the past two years. He has been unable to eat anything except through a feeding tube. His condition has become worse as he no longer can walk, and recently he needs assistance moving an inch of his body. My grandmother called me this…