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6 vs 12 treatments in England
My oncologist offered me a trial for 6 vs 12 treatments with and without celebrex. I know that England only gives 6 treatments and was wondering if there are any statisics there regarding recurrence rates with 6 treatments.
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ATP depletion
"Depletion of cellular ATP by inhibition of glycolysis seems to be effective in killing cancer cells with a MDR phenotype. It is known that cells expressing MDR proteins, such as MDR or MRP, require ATP as the energy source to pump the drug substrates out of the cells. Thus, it is possible to overcome such drug resistance…
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bacteria may set off a chain reaction leading to bowel cancer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23687321 Researchers say they have uncovered how bacteria may set off a chain reaction leading to bowel cancer. Fusobacteria, commonly found in the mouth, cause overactive immune responses and turn on cancer growth genes, two US studies reveal. Maybe lifestyle can control these risks.
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Numb area from surgery
So my last liver resection they cut half way down and then went half way over, a backwards "L", quite a bit of the stomache area is numb, which when they give you those shots in the stomach it is quite an advantage, but now I seem to find it annoying that I have this dead area that I can't feel. Does it ever come back, or…
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technical question
Uploaded a new picture tonight? Can anybody see it? I can't! *hugs* Gail
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My mom has passed
I want to thank you for the guidance and help over the last year. My dad called me at his morning antold me me my mom had passed away. She was in alot of pain these last few days and I am relieved she is at peace. I saw her one last time before the funeral home took her. Right now I am relieved, sad and a mix of emotions…
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Bowel Management after Rectal polyp surgical excision #2
Hi All: I am new to the site. Just a little background in 2011 I went in for my routine 50 year old colonoscopy (a few months after my 50th bday). I had 15 polyps removed over two colonoscopys they were all over my colon. One in the rectum showed up as dysplasia on first scope then high grade on the turn at scope #2 and it…
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Pat's latest CT scan
Pat had a CT scan of the chest, abdomen & pelvis on 8/13. There is progressive decrease in the leisons in his lungs. In fact, the one in his right upper lobe has decreased from 5 mm, to 3 mm. In his upper left lobe, the nodule has gone from 16 x 15 mm to 15 x 8! Also, no new pulmonary nodules are present. No change in size…
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Rough week
Back in the hospital for another blood transfusion. I keep bleeding in the the rectum areshoo thalso decided to do radiationdown there to stop the bleeding. For the past month I've been poohing blood pooh clots. I'll get out of hospital in the morning the have radiation at 1pm. Then what I dread the most is I havetoo get…
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oxi
How important is the oxi in the chemo mix?
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bigman4christ
I haven't seen any update and am concerned. I see you were last online over a month ago but can't find that post. Hope all is well. Patch
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Keep fighting the good fight.
I haven't been on here for awhile but I like to check in now and then to let people know that things are going very well and I am in recovery. It's been over four years since I was diagnosed with colon cancer and since my resection. The tumor was the size of an orange, but I was Staged 2A since it hadn't spread. I elected…
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My very poorly husband
It is very hard posting today, my lovely husband Ian has been fighting this awful cancer for 3 years, he has been the strongest and most Couragest person I have ever known. this last month he has been very sick, hardly eaten and has lost so much weight, it hruts so much to see him trying so hard to be brave for me. I just…
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Roll Call ****ALL****
I think it has been awhile since we had one of these, I welcome all newbies, and those thay have been around to give history and an update on where we are in our journey. Lurkers plesae let us know how you are doing. I will start I was diagnosed November 2008 Stage IV Colorectal Surgery took out tumour, about 7 lymp nodes…
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Tumors in colon gone without surgery
I had 2 medium size tumors in my colon. When I went in for the colectomy the doctor couldn't find the tumors and opted not to do the resection. I was also given a colonoscopy soon after and still no tumors. Doctor did biopsy on the area where the tumors were and couldn't find any active cells. Before surgery I was given 11…
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Cell Food drops
I have been considering cell food drops which gives cells direct oxygen. Having had successful bowel surgery with 4 mets to lung, dx 3 yes ago, I am wanting to give this a go? I read that tumors don't like oxygen and thrive where ther is a lack of oxygen. I am on cetuximab kras mut positive and not sure what to do Cetux…
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Colloidal Silver
Anyone used this product in a nebuliser at all? If so, results?
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Colon Palooza role call
I am seriously considering attending this event. i would love to know who else is going. Please post if you are going or at least considering it.
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Colon Palooza 11 New Orleans November 7-11, 2013
Just in case you didn't see the information under dorookie's post...... My friend Kelly is coordinating the event but is not a member of the CSN message boards. Please send me a private message with your email address if you decide to come so I can add you to Kelly's email notification list with updates, itinery, and other…
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Colon palooza?????
Has anyone heard anything about the colon palooza this year???? Who is running it and where will it be? If so can you let me know, hoping it's close enuf for me to be able to attend.. thanks HUGS Beth
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Why I love Thomas, The Ketogenic Diet hits the headlines, even Mercola at last is promoting it
Dearest Friends, Please don't read this if life style interventions will cause you stress. Please read this if you are interested in life style interventions with regards to diet. Its a strange co-incidence that this article landed in my inbox the same day as my increased cancer marker, I am a making plans to do the full…
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Hard time with my daughter.
Hi Everyone, Yesterday something has changed in me. I just finished a long nasty divorce. We lost everything we made with 20 years of hard work, but I'm ok with that, because I started a new life and despite of my cancer I'm very happy. During and after the divorce my ex has alienated my 15 year old daughter from me with…
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anti depressants
anybody use antidepressents to help take the edge off the st.4 dx if so whats best? I may need a little help
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I need to get some thoughts about the port
It will be a year since my last chemo treatment in a couple of weeks. I've had clear blood tests since then (thank goodness!!). I have a question about getting my port out... I know quite a few of you had your port removed soon after your last treatment. I've been a little superstitious and decided to keep it in for a year…
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Sad news...
Hi everyone, Just wanting to deliver some sad news about Steve. He passed away this afternoon at about 1:30. Yesterday morning I was on my way to the hospital when my cell rang. I was expecting that Steve would be discharged and that I would finally get him home. A nurse asked me to please come to the hospital as Steve was…
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They Roughed Me Up With Biop(s) + Breaking News
It’s been awhile since I submitted to a biopsy….much less a dual procedure. I had to do them as we’re just a couple of days from the 2-month mark…and short of this approach; I wasn’t going to have an answer on where…or where I didn’t have cancer present. My only recourse would have been either to go along with them…
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are we better off not knowing?
Hello my csn family.i kind of need some opinions on something that i was going to do when i found out in feburary 2013 that i had 38 spots in my lungs.first let me give a little history so i can better inform you of what my plan is so i can get some feedback from you all.i had a liver resection done in sept 2011 knowing i…
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Clinical Trial: BKM120 and Irinotecan
A close friend of mine who is not on CSN is starting a phase 1 clinical trial next week at University of Kansas. Here's the description: this is a phase 1 trial of the combination of irinotecan and BKM120 in patients with advanced colorectal cancer who have failed on or have become intolerant of at least one line of…
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Cancer therapy vs cure
It is not long before cancer becomes condition to be treated like we treat a skin rash. It currently is a pharmacuitical cash cow. Biotechs such as Genelux and Jennerex and a few others are developing this new technology using a live virus to replicate inside of the tumor. Nano tech at its finest. Using live virus and…
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High creatinine at 10, needs dialysis
Hi, my father was diagnosed with Stage IV Colorectal cancer mets to liver on December 2012. Had colorectal surgery and removed 2/3 of his Colon, also had RFA for the removal of tumors found in liver. Last colonoscopy showed everything was clear, this was 2 weeks ago. CT scan showed everything was cleared except enlargement…