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Suggestive Pleomorphic Liposarcoma ... Help required
Hello CSN colleagues, My father just had a surgery for a malignant tumor which doctors say is Pleomorphic Liposarcoma. Below is the Biopsy report, I do not know what it is and what I need to do now. I consulted two doctors, and they have two different views. Can you please advise and help. HISPATHOLOGY ( BIOPSY REPORT )…
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My Mom has stage 3 cancer
Hi everyone, My mom has been diagnosed with stage 3 stomach cancer. She is 50. I have already lost my grand mom to stage 4 cancer just 3 months back and we did'nt see it coming. There were absolutely little or no symptoms before it was too late. Everything happened so quickly. She had nausea/vomiting just one month back…
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Nutritional / Holistic Care
Hello Everyone, To get you all on the same page: My father was dx with stomach cancer last year. He beat it by taking a pill form of chemo called Gleevec. The cancer went away. Fastforward to now. The cancer is back. He took another pill form of chemo known as Sutent. This pill put him in the hospital with a failing liver.…
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My mom just found out she has a gastric caner
My mom just found out yesterday and she has a cancer. She got blood test this morning and will get CT scan this week to find out how bad it is. She's only 57 and have 2 year old granddaughter. She had stomach pain (more like heartburn or stomach upset) and it's been a while. She got her upper endoscopy done last week, and…
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New member looking for information about anemia
Hi, I just found this site, and what I have had time to read in 15 minutes has told me more than all of my doctors combined. In August of 2004 I was admitted to the emergency room in severe pain from my throat down to the middle of my chest. After I had came to from surgery (3 days later)I was told that I had suffered a…
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Plastic linitis
My mom was last mom diagnosticated with plastic linitis, the doctors say it is phase IV, she is 55!! And she is loosing a lot of weight since one month ago, the doctors didnt want to remove her stomach because the cancer is already spread in the lymph nodes and other organs, I need some information about alternative…
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how much weight post total removal of stomach surgery?
hi all, wondering how much weight individuals who had their total stomach removed lost generally? how long did it take you to go back to your normal weight? my mother will have her entire stomach removed early feb. in 2012 and wondering what we might expect regarding weight lost, recovery, etc. thanx in advance for sharing…
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Depressed Survivor Help!
Hi my 77 year old mum had total gastrectomy in Feb 2011 and went through 6 cycles of chemotherapy. She was doing fine except for occasional low energy and weight loss. But recently she has difficulty consuming food and liquids and retaining them. Doctors did scans and barium swallow and found some part of her small…
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Stomach / bone cancer - need advice!
My husband has stomach cancer that went to his bones. He is responding well to chemo and he is getting around and has not had pain in several weeks. Here is my problem - we saw the doctor today and he mentioned about going back to work part time with restrictions. My husbands job does not really allow for light duty and…
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FULLNESS IN STOMACH WITHOUT EATING ANYTHING
MY DAD HAD SURVIVED GASTRIC CANCER BUT LAST MONTH DOCTOR SAID IT HAS REOCCURRED BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF DARK THINGS BUT BIOPSY TAKEN SHOWS NO SIGN OF MALIGNANCY . NOW THE ONLY PROBLEM IS DIET, HE IS UNABLE TO HAVE ANYTHING. LAST MONTH HE WAS DIAGONISED WITH ASCITAL FLUID WHICH DOCTOR REMOVED THROUGH NEEDLE . NOW I AM…
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stage 3 stomach cancer need advice
My dad was diagnosed with stomach cancer last sept and he had 60% of his stomach removed last monday. He is recovering pretty good. The cancer was classified as stage 3, it did not spread to any other organs but the surgeon took 18 lymph nodes and 10 were infected out of the 18. He is scheduled for 6months of…
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Husand has stage 4 stomach cancer and esphogeal cancer
My husband was diagnosed with cancer on September 2, 2011. Since then we have had two endoscopies, one exploratory surgery, on feeding tube surgery, two rounds of chemo and 5 weeks of everyday radiation. He could not start the third chemo because he was so sick. We are scheduled to go in and have a CT scan on Saturday to…
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pallative care??
just wondering if someone could tell me if this is normal... mum has been told she will need to see the pallative care docs after xmas. they havent opeerrated or done any chemo but she wants to try. will she have that choice to fight? and is it really bad that they havent operated or done chemo yet? she was diagnosed 2…
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Diagnosed
I am a 53 year old male, married with three daughters (21,17,14)Two weeks ago, I went to emergency because of side abdominal pains. I had seen my doctor who said that it seemed like a muscle pull. It seemed to make sense because I was helping my wife set up her new restaurant and doing a lot of physical labor. The pain…
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external beam radiation
Hi, I was just wondering if anyone has had external beam radiation to the stomach. Can you please let me know of your experience? Thanks. Thrive
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Stomach Cancer - my pregnant daughter's husband just diagnosed, he is only 28
I am so distraught, my daughter is six months pregnant with their first baby and her husband has just been diagnosed with stomach cancer, he is only 28. They said it was a large tumour and they are not going to operate, I assume that means it must be pretty bad. I just don't know what to expect and I wondered also if he…
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stage 4 stomach cancer with ovarian cancer as secondary
just wondering if anyone has been through the same... my mum was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer with large tumour on the ovary, and smaller mets all through abdomen. they thought it was ovarian cancer first but have now said it started in the stomach. they want mum to have the chemo pill, but have said its up to her…
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stomach cancer stage 4
My sister 41years, was diagnosed with stomach cancer 6 months ago, she lives in India and gone thru 6 chemotherapy cycles and the tumor is not responding... it has spread to her lymph nodes, some parts of the liver and pancreas. She is suffering a lot with back pain and the only option is to do total gastronomy, which she…
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lost my sister 3 weeks ago to stomach cancer
I lost my sister 3 weeks ago...she was diagnosed with stomach cancer stage 4 in march,and was inoperable, she suffered a lot towards the final stages... Good luck to all the survivors and the care givers... Enjoy every moment with your loved ones.... maggie.
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Just wondering about test and results
For the past year and half I have been sick to my stomach and my vitamin D levels have been extremely low. My dr finally did a fecal fat test and found out that I am not absorbing fat so she sent me to a GI. The GI did both a colonoscopy and an upper endoscopy this past Wednesday to see if they can find out why I keep…
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Is there cancer related to lower left abdominal pain?
Recently one of my friend always got lower left abdominal pain, He is very curious about why such things happen. I think he might need some observation or examine from hospital, but he don't think so. I'm very concern about his health, and I want to know, whether there is some cancer associated to pain in lower left…
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Stomach Cancer Stage IV
Aloha, My husband has been plagued with Stomach Cancer Stage IV on the first of September 2011; he is doing chemo and has many junk side effects. I think if you treat each symptom accordingly they won't suffer as much. As for the chemo; my thinking is that we are just buying time because of the odds! Dr. says he may…
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Waiting
Hi, I am a 40yro female. If you happen to be reading my post, English is not my first language so please bear with me. I feel ashamed to be here but I have to let it out somewhere. I guess I deserve it if people are laughing or despise me for my winningness and cowardly act since all my test result are still pending; I…
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Need Opinion On Stopping Chemo
First of all god bless all those here that have or have a loved one that has cancer. Thank you for all of the good information. Background - In September this year (2011), my mother (age 69) went for a routine doctors appt because she kept having a feeling of wanting to throw up after eating, he scheduled an endoscopy and…
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symptoms of gastric cancer
what are the symptoms of gastric cancer. My friend 70 years old is constantly belching and burping and has a burning sensation in the chest sometimes. Should she be tested for gastric cancer. What symptoms did you all have when you discovered gastric cancer. I went thro lots of mails but could not find anyone writing…
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STAGE 4 B CERVICAL CANCER
MY MOTHER HAS STAGE 4 CERVICAL CANCER AND THE DOCTORS WENT IN TO REMOVE THE PELVIS BONE BUT THE CANCER HAS EATEN THE BONE TO BAD AND THEY'RE SYING THE CHANCE FOR MY MOTHER SURVIVAL IS LOW / TERMINAL SHE IS ON A BREATHING MACHINE NOW BUT HER BODY IS STILL BREATHING ON HER OWN I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IT ANY CLINICAL TRIALS…
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Unusual 4th Stage Stomach Cancer Patient- Amazing actually
I am not really sure if this is the correct forum to post this inquiry. I have a rather unusual, perhaps it is not unusual. I have a dear friend whose Grandmother has 4th Stage Stomach Cancer, which has metastasized to the following regions: 2 mets on both lungs, liver, bile duct, and several clusters of tumors in her…
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Functional Profiling for Gastric Cancer
Functional profiling consists of a combination of a (cell morphology) morphologic endpoint (DISC) and one or more (cell metabolism) metabolic endpoinsts (MTT, ATP, resazurin). It studies cells in small clusters or microspheroids (microclusters). The combination of measuring morphologic (structural) effects and metabolic…
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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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My GIST has spindle cells - what does that mean?
I'm a 28-year-old female who doesn't smoke, only drinks occasionally, is not overweight and is otherwise in fantastic health. That being said, I recently made a trip to the emergency room because I was vomiting blood – a terrifying surprise to someone who thought she maybe just had the flu! An endoscopy revealed that a…