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RFA.....for liver tumor
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Three years ago I had RFA for colon with liver metastases.After  being diagnosed, I was treated with Oxilaplatin, and 5FU,  8 chemos with occasional t...
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can colon cancer be inherited ...
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My sister-in-law was just recently diagnosed with lung cancer, and it baffles us because she doesn't smoke, nor anyone close to her does.  So its very ...
105/02/08 Message Rating
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Colorectal cancer w/metasis to...
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If anyone has or has had this type of cancer, please contact me for some discussion. I am a 62. yr old white female w/rheumatoid arthritis that requires me to b...
105/02/08 Message Rating
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Trusting Holiday is Best Medic...
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Hi folks;I am in a limbo state wondering what treatment to do next, and when? I have been on and off Xeloda (2nd line treatment) for the past 18months for ...
305/01/08 Message Rating
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Does anyone know anything abou...
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Hi there,My dad, who is 70, was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer at the end of March.  He took his first chemo treatment yesterday (Folfox and will sta...
404/30/08 Message Rating
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Radio Frequency Ablation Pleas...
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Hello Everyone,My mother is a Stage IV Colon Cancer patient with mets to the liver and the lungs. She basically has two tumors both just under 2 cm on the liver...
1304/29/08 Message Rating
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2nd bowel perforation - has a...
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My son was diagnosed last May at the young age of 39 with Stage IV colon cancer.  He started on FolFox plus Avastin and after two treatments suffered a bow...
104/29/08 Message Rating
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A Little Hope Please...
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For those of you who have been reading some of my posts, my Dad has Stage IV Colon Cancer.  He is half way through his first round of treatments, 5fu+ Oxip...
2504/29/08 Message Rating
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vectibix
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My Mother is starting a new treatment called vectibix. This will be in place of erbitux, which quit working. Just wondering if anyone else has used this drug.Th...
204/28/08 Message Rating
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liver resection vs. other trea...
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Hello,I'm just wondering if anyone wishes to share their experience if you've had metastases to the liver after colon or rectal cancer (o...
204/28/08 Message Rating
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Anyone out there with Partial ...
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Hi -I'm posting for my husband who has colon cancer stage IV with mets to the liver.  He now has partial bowel obstruction due to tumors that grew in h...
104/28/08 Message Rating
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Need Advice.
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my father complainsof CA colon  and he did Right Hemicolictomy and he had receivedOxaliplatenuim for 6 cycles with Xeloda and now by last invetigation byPE...
004/28/08 Message Rating
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colon cancer with liver mets m...
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hi, my husband has colon cancer with liver mets, he was diagnosed October 07, had colon surgery and they found a mass on his liver. He did 5 rounds of chemo unt...
904/27/08 Message Rating
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colon cancer with liver mets m...
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hi, my husband has colon cancer with liver mets, he was diagnosed October 07, had colon surgery and they found a mass on his liver. He did 5 rounds of chemo unt...
004/27/08 Message Rating
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When FolFox 5 fails
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My brother has stage IV colon cancer that has not responded to the first line standard treatment of FolFox.  He also had erbitux.  He is 37 years old....
904/27/08 Message Rating
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puzzled at others' reactions
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Hi. I am 39 and was just diagnosed with stage 0 colon cancer. I am sure my experience is/will be much easier than most of yours and for that reason I hesita...
3104/24/08 Message Rating
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Should I asked the Oncologist ...
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Hi -I'm confused and scared if I should asked the oncologist about my husband's prognosis.  My husband has stage IV colon cancer with mets in his l...
1804/22/08 Message Rating
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What does this mean?
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My sister-in-law is 48 years old with stage 4 colon cance to pelvis, liver and lung. She is scheduled to have her second folfox treatment in 2 days. Her primary...
204/22/08 Message Rating
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dealing with
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I"m a 37yr old female fter ayesr of being treated for a bulging disk i could no longer go 2 the restroom they found a tumor in my rectom squamous cell carc...
304/22/08 Message Rating
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Scared about adjuvant
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Hello: I am new and just had a colon resection for stage 2a on April 1st.I go to the oncologist on wed. for a consultation on chemo. I am really scared. I have ...
504/22/08 Message Rating
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Margaret's Update
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Hi to all of you who have been following my 2 year(plus!) fight with this disease. I know some of you have been waiting for an update from me....sorry to be so ...
504/21/08 Message Rating
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Stage IV surviving extensive l...
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My Husband is 36 and was diagnosed with Colon cancer in December, had a colon resection - he has multiple mets on his liver and we've been told no options f...
1404/21/08 Message Rating
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Advice needed
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My mother who turns 80 in May is going through the Folfox treatments with the Cetuximab for Stage III C adenocarcinoma. She had 6 positive lymph nodes out of 22...
104/20/08 Message Rating
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Wondering
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Am stage 4(se info under"Would yo be concerned")Have noticed a pain in my right shoulder blade and along my right side when I try to sleep on it.Ring ...
004/20/08 Message Rating
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Cetuximab
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A family member has been offered a clinical trial using cetuximab. Although he is diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, I wondered if anyone has experi...
204/19/08 Message Rating
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