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Stage 4 Colon Cancer Matastisi...
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My husband had Colon Cancer stage 1 cancer almost 16 yrs ago now at age 56 he has stage 4 cancer tumor 9 cenimeters on his lower spine but no where else??? (CEA...
605/16/08 Message Rating
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elevated CEA
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 Hi-just read your message regarding having an elevated CEA withoutany other symptoms. I had a normal CEA at the time of my diagnosisin 2004-stage III -so ...
005/15/08 Message Rating
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Please help me.
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Hi, my name is Gabriel, my mother was diagonose with colon cancer stage 3. My mom will be starting her chemo on June of 2008. She is 65 years old.  We woul...
105/15/08 Message Rating
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stage iv colon cancer that met...
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Does anyone out there know what the growing rate of cancer is that moved from colon to lung? My mom had her colon cancer removed Aug 2006, in Oct of 06 we start...
205/15/08 Message Rating
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Elevated CEA with no other sym...
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I had bowel resection surgery 2 years ago.  My cancer was removed and the surgery was considered the cure.  I have not had to have any further tr...
605/15/08 Message Rating
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Hello
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Hi.. I am a 39 year old male just recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer with metasis to the liver.. I had major surgery to remove the section of the...
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Erbitux and diahorrea
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Hi folks,I will be commencing 3rd line treatment with FOLFORI & ERBITUX in a few weeks. I am warned of the adverse side effects including the rash...
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Chemo-Therapy ??
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Greetings,I just had colon cancer surgery (Anterior Resection) 6 weeks ago. Thank G-d the surgery was succesful and all the cancer was removed.Initially the Dr ...
1005/13/08 Rated by 1 members
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Liver mets
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My father had Stage IV colon cancer, had it resected, has a colostomy, and went through six months of chemo. He finished in Dec. of 2007. In January they did a ...
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Post surgery questions
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Hi everybody --I'm new to this site.  I was diagnosed with colon cancer in mid-March and had surgery this past Tuesday, where they took the tumor, 31 l...
405/11/08 Message Rating
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Question about side effects.
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My husband has just started chemo for colon cancer withs mets to the liver. Two weeks ago, he started with just oxiplatin. He tolerated his first dose pretty we...
1605/10/08 Message Rating
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Colon Cancer
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I was diagnosed with Colorectal cancer of my sigmoid colon in June of 07.  Since then I have undergone three very painful operations to remove the peach si...
805/10/08 Message Rating
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Margaret Needs Us
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Dear Cancer Compass Friends,                      ...
505/09/08 Message Rating
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Pet Scans
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My husband had rectal surgery in January along with two tumors removed from his liver.  All margins were clean.  His follow up visit indicated that he...
005/09/08 Rated by 1 members
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cancer sucks
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hello all, I just wanted to thank everyone for their replies. This website is very helpful. I know all of you are dealing with  cancer one way or anot...
205/08/08 Message Rating
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Scar tissue in colon
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Recently had a colonoscopy as a follow up to my colon surgery and chemo. The doctor said that my colon was almost closed due to scar tissue at the site of the s...
205/06/08 Message Rating
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Rad001 Clinical Trial
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Does anybody know anything about it? my mom just got her scans back, after her first cycle of 12 rounds of FOLFOX she had some growth in her lungs(cancer was al...
305/06/08 Message Rating
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Vomitting Husband/Avastin/Stg ...
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Good Evening Colon Cancer World~I am posting this evening because I am feeling so helpless.  I have read postings here since my husband was diagnosed in No...
3905/06/08 Message Rating
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Need some alternative medicine...
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I may need to give a little background before I ask this question. My husband was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in August of 05. He underwent a total co...
405/05/08 Message Rating
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Side affect using Emend
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My friend who has been battling stage IV colon cancer for a little over four years has been having more trouble with side effects due to the Chemo. He is curren...
305/05/08 Message Rating
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colon cancer
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hello, I m new to this site...a month ago our  lives changed forever. My husband was complaining of pain in his lower side. Went to the dr. He sent hi...
905/04/08 Message Rating
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elevated liver enzymes
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I'm a newbie, hope someone can share their experience. My husband was diagnosed stage 3B in late Dec. He had surgery and is now undergoing chemo 5fu, oxipla...
305/03/08 Message Rating
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Neuropathy Help
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I began developing neuropathy after my second dose of FolFox and was pretty bummed about it.  I try to do things as holistcally as possible so I started do...
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Need some help and guidance
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Hello!  My name is Margie and my father was just diagnosed with colon cancer.  We are still in the early stages of the diagnosis as we do not have a s...
805/03/08 Message Rating
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CPT Mac had clean scans
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Thanks for those who asked.  For those that don't know, I was orignially dx with Stage IV cc with mets to the liver in July of '04.  I was giv...
505/02/08 Message Rating
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