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Anal Camcer Survivor of 7 months
Anyone else diagnosed with this, gone through chemo and radiation, then have enteritis and proctitis??
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Michael Muhney of The Young & The Restless
I found the new LA Cancer Challenge Video on You Tube feat. Michael Muhney of Young and the Restless Fame! What do you think? Like it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kONjAhZGQb0
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Neuro Endocrine My husband was sent home to die
I need help. My husbands tumors are in the liver he has been through 6 chemos already not one of them worked. Today they told him they cannot do anything now. They told him to get a transplant but he is to risky to do so due to the clots in his portal vein. Wow what can I say the emotions we are dealing with right now are…
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islet cell pancreatic cancer
I have been diagnosed with islet cell cancer of the pancreas. Tomorrow, I'll be meeting with the oncologist to determine the type of treatment. I was told at my first appointment that the general procedure for this is resecting the pancreas and removing the spleen. My concern with surgery relates to its risks for one older…
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PANCREATIC CANCER-PANICKING
I am a colon cancer survivor from August 2003. Brief history: Locally advanced Stage 4 colon cancer 8/20 lymph node involvement. Colon cancer started in the cecum colon extended across the pelvis and attached itself on to the sigmoid colon. The whole right side of the colon is gone. I was left with a tranverse colon and…
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Any luck with Tarceva
I have had pancreatic cancer for over 17 months. It was originally in the tail, the duodenum and surrounds the celiac axis. My first treatment was Gemcitabine and Cis-platinum. After about nine months of that treatment I switched to UCSF and have been receiving Irinotecan & Taxotere. My last CT scan showed that my tumor in…
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Pancreatic Cancer
My husband has just been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Its now a week since the diagnosis and we have not had any plan or blood results yet. He had a CT Scan and his notes were sent to the Pancreatic team at another hospital. The tumour was blocking his bile duct which caused him to be sick and jaundice. He had an…
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Need Some Advice and Support
My father has Pancreatic Cancer and the chemo did not help. The doctors told him that surgery won't help and may make it worse. The chemo stopped a couple weeks ago. Now he's taking medicine and saying he's always tired. Since this cancer, he's lost so much weight. He used to weigh 148lbs, and now he's barely 90lbs. We're…
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neuroendocrine treatment
After a whipple operation to remove a neuroendocrine tumor in the head of the pancreas in sept. 2003, A recent CT, MRI, and octrioscan has revealed 5 suspect tumors in the liver.With this information,I have just traveled to Uppsala University in Sweden where I met with the world experts in this cancer. I have had a…
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Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia
Blood tests from my 8 year breast cancer check-up last year revealed an oddity. After a bone marrow biopsy, I was diagnosed with Chronic Large Granular Lymphocytic Leukemia (LGL, a disease of the T-cells. I have only found limited information on this illness on the Internet. To date, I do not have any symptoms and…
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Surgery Decision
My mom was just recently diagnosed with PC. She is having a hard time deciding if she wants to go through the surgery. She's 80 and is otherwise in very good health. She is concerned about the recovery and complications from the whipple surgery at her age. Is there anyone on this message board that has had or know someone…
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Looking for support to get through next few days while I wait for results on possible pancreatic can
I guess the title says it all. I recenty though I had a stomach ulcer- I took the medicines for two months, but the pain in my right rib and left rib won't go away. So I went for a cat scan to see if I had gallstones. I do have gallstones- and I need my gallbladder taken out. But what shocked me was the 2cm mass in my…
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im new here/ alternative meds?
Hello all. I just got back from Virgina Mason Hospital, Seattle WA. I am dignosed with pancreatic cancer. Im told this has also spread to my liver. Here is what else im told... Surgery is not an option as if they operate on either the pan or liver one will spread faster, They also suggest no radition as this will also…
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Last scan showed 2 tumors are half the sz. they were;
But the Adrenal tumor is the same. At least it has not grown. I am going for my 5th Chemo treatment 3/23/01 , after the 6th ,will have another scan. I am having allot of bone pain 2 days after Chemo and it has almost reached the point to where I can hardly walk and also I am out of it for 9 to 10 days. The DR.is having me…
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Looking for Pancreatic Cancer Survivors
My family will find out on Friday (2/20) the exact source of my mother's pain. The doctor has suspected pancreatic cancer and reading up on the different information I obtained, her symptoms are aligned with PC. I am scared but I will fight for her also. Howeer, the literature I have read about PC has been discouraging and…
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Fallopian tube cancer
My sister, 42, was diagnosed with Fallopian tube cancer about one and a half years ago. She went through a surgery (total hysterectomy) follwed by chemo. But unfortunately the cancer has returned just after a year from her last chemo. The doctors do not have much experience with this type of cancer as it is very rare. She…
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sinus/nasal carcinoma
In October 1999, in attempt in treat my "unresponsive sinus infection", my doctor sent me to see a local ENT doc. One look in my nose and he turned to his nurse and said -This patient is an office priority, have an immediate CAT scan and biopsy! Having been in excellent health as long as I can remember, I'm now 68, you can…
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Intraabdominal Desmoplastic Small Round Center Tumor IDSRT
I am writing on behalf of my 15 yr old nephew who has this vary rare cancer. I would like to connect my nephew and his family with anyone else who has this cancer. It would help them immensely.Thank you.
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What treatments are you having/have had for pancreatic cancer?
My Mom has pancreatic cancer, 2.6 cm tumor, clean margins, one node involvement. We're meeting with the oncologist soon and I'm just wondering what treatments are others on? Any comments on 5FU or Gemzar, radiation or chemoradiation would be greatly appreciated. Also, is anyone taking megadoses of antioxidants during…
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want a survivor friend
I am a 57 year old woman who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 9 months ago. I am looking for an e-mail buddy to share experiences and feelings with.
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Pancreatic Cancer - Please help us!
I really hope someone out there can give me and my family some much needed help and advice. On August 24th, my 56 year old father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It came as a complete shock to my entire family. We thought he was going into surgery to have a cyst in his pancreas drained and that after that all would…
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CT scans...How many are too many
Because of my history of leiomyosarcoma, primary in uterus and secondary in left lung, my oncologist is watching a lesion in my right lung which showed up in a CT in March but did not show up on a PET. I was told it probably was cancer, but was just too small to show up on the PET. I had another CT in June that showed no…
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Brenner Tumor
Can anyone give me some info on Brenner Tumor? I am looking for someone that has been diagnosed with this type of tumor to talk to.
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Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemo
Has anyone had the heated intraperitoneal chemo after surgery?
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Ileostomy Reversal Surgery Ostomy Bag Rectal Cancer
From my husband's surgeries and recovery from the Ileostomy and reversal procedures, led us to make a website during his recovery. It is at www.freewebs.com/ileostomyreversalsurgery. It is to help those who are facing the same thing or close to the same thing. We had so much trouble finding info that we needed answers for,…
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Cholnagiocarcinoma & Appendial Adenocarcanoma at the same time.
My 52 year old sister has been diagnosed with: 1) Unresectable primary Cholangiocarcinoma in the left lobe of her liver extending to the Pancreas. 2) Carcinomatosis consistent with Adenocarcinoma with Peritoneal spread. 3) Evidence of Lung Mets. The doctors continually tell us how rare a case she is, and frankly it seems…
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pancreatic Cancer
I have a friend just dx with this and they are talking about the whipple procedure. She will be having this done in a chicago hospital. Can someone tell me what kind of recovery she will have, like how long before she would be on her feet. Can someone maybe explain what they will be doing.
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PET scan reading???
can anyone tell me if it is common for a PET scan done three months after concluding radiation and chemo treatments still show "significantly DECREASED activity" in the original surgery location? I had nasal cancer surgery in early March and lost half of the roof of my mouth, the right side of my upper jaw, part of my…
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Syringoid Eccrine Carcinoma (need any possible information)
Hi, My mother was just diagnosed with syringoid eccrine carcinoma, which as I understand is a dermatalogic cancer. There is very little information available on this cancer. Has anyone had any experience with: - Surgery (Mohs versus regular surgery) - Therapies - Physicians (do you go to a general oncologist or a…
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Pancreatic Cancer...advice?
I am 20 years old and my mother may have pancreatic cancer. Her skin turned very yellow, and we didn't think anything of it as she was not in pain, but after a test the doctors found a mass on her pancreas and it is pushing against the liver which is why she is jaundice. We will not know for a day or two if it is cancer,…