Talk Cancer

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Last radiation treatment today and got unplugged from the chemo tonight!!!! I was getting so very tired of trudging downtown everyday and of being connected to that pump 24/5.  Have lost only 17 pounds throughout, and my hair only thinned.  (I pay someone to thin it every month as it is!  I [...]

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Step thank you for ALL your support and information for all of us.  You are truly a VERY special person.  I have some more questions for you if you don’t mind.  You indicated on my prior post that since my husband’s SCLC has now spread to his adrenal glands that a cure [...]

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Michele – my thoughts are with you – keep hoping and stay strong. All the best Eve

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Michelle, You are a special, strong woman to be able to sit here and compose such complex and detailed updates about yourself, and I know this group is behind you every step of [...]

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what does this mean in english mass of right neck: soft tissue extensively infiltrated by metastatic poorly differentiated carcinoma. the immunophenotype: CK7 negative, CK20 negative; is more consistent with poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma than with adenocarcinoma. Does this mean the cancer could have started elsewhere in the body, perhaps [...]

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From what I can see I would say this individual has a fairly large amt of cancer that is metastic or spread.  If this helps I well tell you what I can in english what it means. 1.the lung shows there is either cancer there or a pneumonia 2.there is an [...]

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I read in the paper yesterday that one of the changes in health care in B.C. would mean that the Vancouver Cancer Clinic might start charging for some diagnostic tests. Any ideas what tests they’re [...]

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I had a CT scan today which included an injection of iodine and now have been told to stay off Glucophage for 48 hours.  I don’t know how much will actually happen in just two days — I assume that some medication will [...]

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HELLO, MY MOTHER IN LAW HAS BEEN TOLD SHE HAS CHRONIC LUKEMIA….. WE, AS HER FAMILY HAVE NO INFORMATION, I HAVE READ ONLINE ALL THERE IS TO READ.  HOPING SOMEONE HAS INFORMATION OR MAY BE LIVING WITH THIS DESEASE AND CAN SHARE SOME THINGS WITH US ON WHAT ARE FAMILY IS ABOUT [...]

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    Hi everyone, I had a lung biopsy on May 1, but it was inconclusive. The test actually came back saying non-malignant, which really got my hopes up. But my oncologist explained it was inconclusive, because she can see the lung mets on the CT Scan. The metastatic cancer was [...]

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Hello All, I have a few questions for the group. First a little back ground. My wife under went a six week regiment of whole brain radiation for a metastasis to brain of melanoma. 3-4 weeks in to it the hair went. I intended to shave mine but she wouldn’t hear [...]