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Chemotherapy Discussions

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Survival rate without Chemo?
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My dad was dignosed with colon cancer stage 3 (has not spead to other organs) in January 2007, and had a surgery to remove the cancer. (Actual tumor was about 2...
203/28/07 Message Rating
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Does it rott your teeth????
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Ever since i had chemo last year my teeth have rotted really badly,i havent got the perfect set of teeth but they seem to be getting worse could this be from th...
003/23/07 Message Rating
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tarceva side effects on intest...
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My mom has cronic diareha from tarceva treatments. will aloe help? what else will help ? what digestive enzymes and bacteria would help?
003/17/07 Message Rating
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Mouth Sores from Oxaliplatin
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Does anyone have any helpful remedies to alleviate mouth sores caused by Oxaliplatin?  Please reply
003/01/07 Message Rating
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HICCUPS!
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My boyfriend had gotten the hiccups so bad as a side effect from the chemo he's on. So bad, in fact, he busted open his incision from a surgery over 3 ...
102/08/07 Message Rating
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tarceva effects
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My mom was on tarceva 250 for 14 days and was fine, by the 20th day she had a beet red face like a severe burn, and it burned and so hot. She stopped tarceva fo...
001/24/07 Message Rating
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disposal of excess prescriptio...
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My Mother was diagnosed 6 or so months ago with a brain tumor and was prescribed Timodar along with radiation. After 3 days of treatment we elected to discontin...
101/23/07 Message Rating
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Fluorouracil and Leucovorin
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If you had fluorouracil and leucovorin regime  , is it possible to share your experience ? My husband is thinking of choosing this treatment as t...
301/23/07 Message Rating
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18 mos after not trying Carac ...
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Wow, I am so glad I found this board.  Eighteen months ago, the dermatologist who I have been seeing for some 25 years told me I hada spot of A/K on m...
001/22/07 Message Rating
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side effects
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Has anyone not lost hair or been sick from chemotherapy treatments?  Which treatment was it?  
001/21/07 Message Rating
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brain metasteses
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hi im new to this site and to computers my sister 40 yrs breast cancer for 7 yrs mastectomy tamoxifen mets to lung and skull and brai wbr gamma knife taxotere j...
101/14/07 Message Rating
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Fatigue and chemotherapy
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My sister is recovering from breast cancer.  She had a bilateral radical mastectomy and she received 4 treatments of "moderate" chemotherapy.&nbs...
001/02/07 Message Rating
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dissiminated endometrial cance...
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hello there I am desperate for any news regarding treating metstasizing endometrial cancer .My very close relative is just 45 and been diagnosed with dissiminat...
012/22/06 Message Rating
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Does Anybody Have Experiecer o...
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hi there i would like to enquire about oncologists that tailor the chemo cocktails to the patient. they take you cells und a certain amount of the drugs an...
111/19/06 Message Rating
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Painful Back 1 Week After Rcho...
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Hi, Im new to this but my hubby has non hodgkins lymphoma. He suffers from back pain about a week after his chemo. It is lower back pain. Has anyone else hear...
111/18/06 Message Rating
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2nd Time Chemo Usage
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My wife has bone mets starting in 03 after having a mastectamy in 2000, 6 cmf chemos and taking tomoxafin. She went 1 yr. on paclitaxel before relapse. She then...
011/11/06 Message Rating
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Second Round of Chemo
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im going to have a second round of chemo. i was in remission for 6 months from ewings sarcoma and the cancer is back again. can anyone tell me is chemo just as ...
110/14/06 Message Rating
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Dental Side Effects After Canc...
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Fillings are popng out. No pain in exposed teeth but pain in lower jaw. Reponse will be appreciated
010/11/06 Message Rating
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Velcade
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My husband is age 75 he has had MM for 2 years. He has been on 2 different chemo's. First was oral, 2nd was VAD. The vad caused Neuropathy in both feet, legs...
007/27/06 Message Rating
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Folfiri With Avastin
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My husband was taking Folfox4 without Avastin and will now be taking Folfiri with Avastin. Has anyone done Folfiri with Avastin and if so, any experiences with ...
406/28/06 Message Rating
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Head and Neck Cancer,. (nasoph...
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My wife is been taken xaloda for nasopharyngeal carsenoma cancer and swollen lymph nodes (she does not want radiation at all) sinse the past 12 months and latel...
006/20/06 Message Rating
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Thank You
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Thank you Ian and Donna for your advice. I have told my grandmother and she is going to talk to her doctor some more about medication and also going to walmart ...
004/07/06 Message Rating
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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can someone identify for me which chemotherapy drugs would be called by the initials "ABVD" given for Hodgkin's Lymphoma and what some of the anticipated side e...
202/14/06 Message Rating
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Fertility After Chemo?
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At 29 and two months pregnant i was diagnosed with Nasophylageal Carcinoma (Tumor behind Nose). I woke up one morning and could'nt hear and guessed it was somet...
002/10/06 Message Rating
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Please Help
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One of my family member is diagnosed of Osteosarcoma and needs to be treated. The treatment involves a surgery to remove the tumor and 1 yr of chemotherapy whic...
002/09/06 Message Rating
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