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first tace
hi everyone want to share this with you and get opinion.i had my first tace procedure and dr says he cant tell if the tumor shrank or not says it is nont just a round tumor. he yold me that i now have a blood clot and scheduled another tace next week really depressed here thanks for readind a replying
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Liver Cancer Chemoembolization. Need Info on the risks
July 2009 Iwas diagnosed with liver cancer and cirosis. At the time I was being treated for Hep C, The interferon caused my platlets to drop dangerously low. Treatment was stopped, November 2009 I underwent the Y90 embolization for the tumor, a 90 day follow up showed the tumor was gone. July 2011 an MRI showed the tumor…
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Liver Resection
I had a liver resection Jan. 2011. Segment 5 was totally removed. I am still experiencing pain. Is this Normal? I had breast cancer 10 years ago, but this cancer has been diagnosed as mets to liver unknown primary. I'm tired and cold all the time. My oncologist doesn't seem to be to concerned, but I am
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Regarding cancer
I want to know that if a patient is suffering from cancer which is reached upto 3rd or 4th stage and the patient is not aware about the disease than in that case he is having no pain where the cancer spread or originated than will it be cancer or not?
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Ndew chemo treatment-what is it?
My mother's Dr tld her that the radiation only made her cancer worse. He wants to insert a port for a type of treatment. Can anyone tell me what this procedure entails and what can be expected to happen. He simply closed her file and left the room without answering any of her questions.
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Need guidance
My mother was diagnosed Liver Cancer and it has created a huge impact in our lives, I am her only daughter...she will have her first quimotherapy treatment this comming weak, however her eating habits have changes tremendously, she has not appetite and is so week, is anyone going through this? I am so afraid of loosing my…
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Any referrals for Fox-Chase
I am looking to get a second opinion for my hubs Lee. He will soon be through with his 4 rounds of chemo with Cisplatin/Gemzar and we anxiously await his results of a CAT scan. Depending on the results and what our oncodoc plans, we will be looking for a second. Our oncodoc, suggested Fox-Chase Center in Philadelphia. I…
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Pain in upper right quadran
Could I ask if anyone started with pain here and bloating for no reason? I am a breast cancer survivor and have gerd, but this is scaring me because it seems worse than that. I will make an appointment with my oncologist soon but was just wondering if anyone could shead some light on these symptoms. Thank you
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MRI Guided Laser Ablation
Is anyone familiar with this procedure for Liver Tumors? I found this on the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FLA. website and would love to find someone who had this done and learn more about it.
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abdomen pain after taking lactulose
anyone going through the same? the pain is extreme and what the advice nurse suggested is to make sure he takes the methadone that he was prescribed for pain. so, i really have two questions one is taking lactulose giving anyone else abdomen pain? and, are there any suggestions for a more natural pain reliever? methadone…
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Livatag(R) shows significant survival increase in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients
Read this article today about Livatg which says that it extends survival benefits to 32 month in comparison of current 17 months. Can some one suggest about it. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110627006456/en/BioAlliance-Pharma-Submits-Phase-III-Clinical-Trial
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Tace -- Feeling Fataigue , Nausea etc.
My mother had TACE on 4th June. Though there was general fatigue in initial 2 weeks. But on this weekend (after 21 days ) she is feeling very tired , nausea and pain in abdomen / neck etc. Can some one suggest. I am very worried.
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sending good positive thoughts
Hello. I've been away from the board a while and I just want to say that I hope and pray that God gives you the strength to continue the fight. Read, read, read and ask all the questions that need to be asked. my husband Ed was diagnosed with liver cancer Jan 2010 and we are still fighting this. changing nutrition to a…
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Chemo caused diabetes??
My husband has cholyangiocarcenoma,(primary liver cancer of the bile tract). After his third treatment with Gemzar/Cisplatin, his sugar levels went up dramatically. I have read of Chemotherapy induced diabetes as a possibility. Has anyone else had this happen? Is there such a thing? Is the high sugar levels an indication…
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Aggressive stage 4 liver cancer-ideas for help
Received dad's diagnosis last month. Given no treatment options due to tumor size, clotting in veins. Discouraged nexavar due to it's side effects. Dad not wanting to give up, but accepting this one doctors diagnosis. Dad still eating, visiting, but legs swollen so can't do much. I want to help at least with symptoms of…
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Looking for an alternative Transplant Center in Florida
Just wondering if anyone knows of any transplant centers in FLA that will transplant quickly!!
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Alternative treatment
Has anyone tried milk thistle or e-tea for help with liver cancer? Just wondering, if so, how much do you use and did it seem to help?
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Leukapheresis
Hi, Has anyone any knowledge or experience with Leukapheresis ? Vaccine therapy can be used /developed in concert with Leukapheresis. This is being used in Germany. Any feedback whatsoever welcome good or bad. Scambuster
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Unknown primary
Anyone out there with unknown primary cancer....I was diagnosed with mets to liver unknown primary. I had a series of testing, two surgeries and still inconclusive. I would really like to hear from someone in the same situation
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Liver, gallbladder cancer - need questions answered
Even though my mother was first diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, it has spread to the liver. I'm a bit confused because they are still calling it "gallbladder cancer" even though her gallbladder was removed. When it was removed, they had NO idea she had cancer. We found that out weeks later and then weeks after THAT they…
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Adeno Carcinoma
We just received the diagnosis 2 hrs. ago that my husband has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Needless to say I am overwhelmed! The oncologist will give him chemo for 3 months then retest and gave us a 50/50 chance that the chemo will help. My husband is 75 and is taking the news very well, I am about to turn 60 and…
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not sure what to do
my husband was diagnosed with stage IV HCC 7/09, the liver is under control now he has been on nexavar for about a year with a lot of bad side effects, but he is a real trooper. he just had a bone scan and chest xray and the results were perfect, but his Mri shows that he has several lymph nodes that continue to get larger…
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Tetrathiomolybdate
Hi everyone I am new to this site. I have been battling cancer for 7 years. Metastatic colon cancer that has spread to my liver. I started the Tetrathiomolybdate (TM) treatment 2 weeks ago. The experimental treatment is supposed to lower copper levels in the body to slow the growth of cancer. I am also taking Xeloda with…
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Any Pre or Post Transplant patients on Fosomax?
My husband is waiting for a liver transplant and the Hepatologist & Endocrinologist have asked that my husband start taking Fosomax for early signs of Osteoporosis. He was diagnosed when he underwent the evaluation and they want him on something beforehand since prednisone could cause hairline fractures while taking post…
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any one know about Radiofrequency ablation
im new to cancer and it looks like this will be the first course of treatment,till transplant or what ever. i dont realy know much at this point,im looking for info on sides or risk's sounds simple but wondering just the same if any one has dont it, thanks in advance for the help
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Xeloda and seniors
Hi everyone, I just joined this network since my lovely father has been diagnosed with liver mets after recently being operated for a lesion in his colon. I have lots of questions and concerns as I live far away from him and the feeling of helplessness seems even greater so any support would be great. He is 75 years old…
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Issels Treatment??
Has anyone ever heard of the Issels Treatment? I came across a web site that claims great results with Immunotherapy, even in advanced metastatic cancers. Looks like private clinics. Probably pretty pricey, and may even take advantage of desperate cancer patients who would be willing to do anything to get well. Just…
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Liver Cancer Hope
If anyone would have told me I would feel as good as I do today or would be still alive to see my 42nd Birthday in a couple of months, I probably wouldn't have believed it back in 09. Oct of 2009 I was diagnosed with a tumor approximately 9 cm on the left lobe of my liver. I had the left lobe resected. The removed tissue…
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No surgery; no RFA; no CE, just standard chemo
My husband has been dx w. cholyangiocarcenoma, that is inoperable. I understand inoperable, because he has 2 large and multiple small tumors in his liver. It started in his hepatic duct which was resected in Sept. of 2010. Now last CT showed multiple tumors and multiple nodes. What I wonder is, why the oncologist was so…
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anyone on Oxaliplatin and 5-FU??
Just started oxaliplatin and 5 FU.Anyone who took it? Does it help?