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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…
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stopping vomitting !! please help!!
My husband (54) had a surgery about 5 weeks ago. They removed the bottom half of his Esophgos and the top part of his stomach due to stomach cancer (porly differentiated adenocarcinoma). He is vomitting and has reflux for hours! Any clue how to stop this horrible phenomena?? I just went over the previous messages...got no…
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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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i need an advice
Hi everyone, my auntie,58 years old,was diagnosticated with stomach cancer in october 2010.Wastold 6 months to live,but she is still alive nowadays. However,she was getting chemotherapy,and latelly her situation got worse.Few days ago she had blood in her stool and since then she was vomiting blood everyday.Shewas admitted…
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Salivation, nausea post-op
Our son had complete removal of stomach and spleen, half of esophagus two months ago and has excessive, constant salivation and severe nausea. Can't eat by mouth or accept liquid nourishment via a tube placed in intestine as bile backs up, vomits. Zofran ineffective, Compazine helps some. Does all of this pass over time…
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Trying to save my brother
My family recently found out that my brother has stage 4 stomach cancer. The doctors immediately told my parents that there was nothing treatment would do because it was so far advanced and he was too weak to undergo chemo. My brother is 45 years old and has never been sick. He started with these stomach pains and went to…
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Can anyone with knowledge about gastric cancer help me
Hello, My wife has gastric cancer, and she learned about it early April. She has done all the tests but has not started on treatment. She doesn't want her stomach to be cut into pieces or even removed. She is in so much pain. Is there anyone who knows another kind of therapy other than Chemo or radiation? Below are the…
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My Father is suffering from adenocarcinoma of stomach cancer
my name is prashwin salian and i am from india, my father is 64 year old and suffering from adenocarcinoma of stomach cancer and he is 4th stage(cancer has already spread to his lungs & liver) and i just wanted to check is there any survival chance at 4th stage and or any ways to extend his life, doctors have said surgery…
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cancer infiltrating the nerves.....
my sister suffering from stomach cancer and has chronic back pain.... she had 6 cycles of chmos and inoperable tumor in the stomach the disease has spread to the lymph nodes and now it has infiltrated the nerves.... does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
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stomach cancer
My sister is suffering with lot of back and lower back pain and bloating in the stomach. Is it common with stomach cancer?
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oxaliplatin and 5FU - what to expect?
My brother was diagnosed with Peritoneal Carcimatosis and starts chemo next week - can anybody give me a heads up on the side effects of this chemo regimen? We have been warned about his cold sensitivity, but nothing else. Thanks for the help!
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Need HELP or advice and chemo drug names & questions **NEWBIE**
Hello to everyone....I was diagnosed June 17th of 2011 with stage IV stomach/distal junction/esophageal cancer with mets to the outlying peritoneal lymph nodes in upper chest and over kidney and heart and so forth. No spreading to other organs or into blood or marrow or bones or etc. SAME story as many of you posted here.…
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Drinking water causes regurgitation / foamy vomit
My husband had 20% of his esophagus 20% of his stomach removed on Aug 4, 2011 (about 3 weeks ago). He seems to be eating ok...except for drinking water or any form of liquid. So, we're now worried that he'll get dehydrated soon! He is suppose to eat 5 to 6 small meals a day with liquid intake between meals...but because he…
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FIL Diagnosed - Stage 3 Stomach Cancer
My father in law was diagnosed a week ago with stomach cancer. They've since done an endoscopy and determined that it is stage 3 and was found in nearby lymph nodes tested. They did a PET scan this past friday but we do not yet know what has been found. They put a port in on Thursday and he's supposed to start Chemo…
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My brother was just diagnosed with Stage IV Stomach Cancer...has already spread to Liver
My brother is 41 years old and was just diagnosed with Stage IV Stomach Cancer that has spread to his liver and possibly his pelvis. He's had a hard life, suffering from Lupus @ age 9 which lead to kidney failure and 10 years on Dialysis. In 2000 I donated a kidney to him. He developed diabetes some five years after the…
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signet ring cancer
I found out i had signet ring cancer stage 4 june 17 2011, i first learned i had a tumer in my belly on may the 9 2011, the docter keep saying it wouldn't be cancer but on june 17, the took out a 17 in tumer and then i was told it was cancer. and that wasn't the orginal start of the tumer, the orginal is in my up stomach…
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Pain following radiation
I had stage 1 gastric MALT lymphoma and completed three weeks of radiation therapy in March. I am still experiencing stomach pain and bloating. I have changed my diet to not include spicy or gas causing foods. Prescribed antacids and pain mess do not help. Has anyone experienced this? How long does the healing take after…
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Tips for keeping weight up during chemo?
Hi My mom (46 yrs old) was diagnosed with stage 4 Gastricadenocarcinoma this past April. Right after Easter she had a total gastrectomy and a splenectomy. Thankfully we were told that there was no cancer found in any of the lymphnodes tested. She began her first round of chemo this week. She already has lost a lot of…
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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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Stomach cancer
Hi All, Actually my Aunti has Stomach cancer. now she is in lost stage. I want to know that whether her childrans also get the same stomach cancer in future and her daughter is doing all the help to her mother (Cleaning her body totally and washing clothes).is there any problem like getting the problem to daughter? Please…
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New oral chemo for stomach cancer--Tesetaxel
[New oral chemo, tesetaxel, has been fast-track approved by the FDA for gastric cancer.] Tesetaxel is a novel oral semi-synthetic taxane. The drug stabilises microtubules, inducing potent cytotoxicity in a wide range of tumour cell types. Certain taxanes have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of breast (BC), lung,…
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Looking for expertise in Northern California
Hello everyone- I'm a member of the breast and uterine cancer boards and this inquiry is because I'm trying to help my neighbor. I don't see a separate board for pancreatic cancer, so I'm starting here. Anyway, my neighbor was recently diagnosed with a rare form pancreatic cancer. He was told he's 1 in a 100 and "they"…
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colonoscopy and endoscopy gets done for the 1st time tommorrow morning...scared
my dad is having an enoscopy and colonoscopy tommorrow morning...scared of what they'll find...been six months waiting since he first vomited blood and they'd suspected him a stomach or colon cancer sufferer, and tommorrow's the day. i made up that liquid drink Fleet that he has to drink to induce diahorrea so they can see…
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Peritoneal Cancer - New Discussion Board
Hi anyone who has peritoneal cancer (primary or secondary) - we have started a new Discussion Board called Peritoneal Cancer. If you have this, as well as stomach cancer, please visit that Board too. We hope to have lots of information available on this quite rare cancer. Thanks! Cheryl
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PeritoneaCarcinomatosis
I see all cancer sections except one for what i was diagnosed with 6 months ago. I have peritoneal carcinomatosis and I want to discuss this with people who have the same thing. No offense to my fellow cancer patients. Its just, well you know, you are more comfortable with discussing your illness with someone going through…