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Oxiliplatin
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In November of 2005 I had surgery for a malignant tumor attached to the right side of my colon. I had half of my colon removed, the tumor (baseball sized) remov...
404/07/07 Message Rating
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Then what do you do?
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My husband will not consent to go to the hospital. His high temp. is consistent, but he will not budge. I have tried having friends talk to him, I've talked...
104/06/07 Message Rating
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Functional profiling
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Functional profiling (whole cell profiling) with cell culture assays for targeted drug therapy Recent findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Onc...
004/03/07 Message Rating
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Temperature 100+
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I have written a few times to say that since we are out of cancer options as well as health insurance for my husbands' stage 4 cancer, we are no l...
504/03/07 Message Rating
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Free Columbus, Ohio Patient/Ca...
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Conversations about Colorectal Cancer: Finding HOPE (Healing. Options. Peer Support. Education.) in your Community presented by the Colon Cancer Alliance ar...
004/03/07 Message Rating
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Free Phoenix, Arizona Patient/...
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Conversations about Colorectal Cancer: Finding HOPE (Healing. Options. Peer Support. Education.) in your Community presented by the Colon Cancer Alliance ar...
004/03/07 Message Rating
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campstar to treat mets to lung...
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Sister has new mets to lungs and 1 new lymph node positive in lungs. They changed the mix today and added campstar. Also had 5FU, Avastin, leukovorin. Left out ...
304/02/07 Message Rating
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cea and general info
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My wife was given the news Jan 9th 2007 of stage 4 colon cancer with mets to the liver and the lymph nodes.  We have found a Dr that has decided to forgo a...
504/01/07 Message Rating
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Need advice on stage 3 colon c...
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Hi, I live in Toronto Canada and do not have acces to as many of the medications available in the US. I am a 53 year old male.  need to hear from anyone ou...
904/01/07 Message Rating
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hold on chemo-low platelets
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My bil was diagnosed with colon cancer in Aug. 2006.  A nurse who assisted with the colonoscopy said the rest of the day was somber in the colonoscopy room...
803/31/07 Message Rating
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mets to lungs
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My sister has colon cancer stage IV w/mets to liver and lungs. Has been 1 yr since diagnosis. Removed tumor from colon at that time, did beam directed radiation...
203/30/07 Message Rating
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New treatment - Vectibix
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I have stage IV colon cancer with mets to the liver, the original treatment was to be Erbitux weekly and CPT-11 every three.  Five minutes into my treatmen...
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Sir Spheres anyone had it?
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Has anyone had success with Sir Spheres? SK sent me home with no hope after 18 months of chemo. I am now resistant to chemo and do not think a Chemo Embolizat...
903/27/07 Message Rating
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flat pancake like tumor
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my husband has just been told he has colon cancer with flat pancake type tumor in low part of rectum any one with any thing like this simptum? we have not even ...
203/27/07 Message Rating
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Mother with Stage IV Colon Can...
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My mother is 69 years old and on Oct. 31, 2006 she was diagnosed with Stage IV Colon Cancer. My mom had never been sick (other than an occasional cold, etc.) an...
1103/26/07 Message Rating
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Advice needed
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Hello all,  I am looking to find out from some of you who have been down this road about how you found out that you had colon cancer (whether the dr could ...
003/25/07 Message Rating
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Looking for help
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Hello all,  I am looking to find out from some of you who have been down this road about how you found out that you had colon cancer (whether the dr could ...
103/25/07 Message Rating
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been fighting a long time
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My husband was diagnosed with colon cancer in fall of 2003, he had surgery to remove 2 tumors and many small "spots". He began chemotherapy shortly th...
303/25/07 Message Rating
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Just got the news
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My dad was diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcenoma, a more uncommon type of colon cancer. I am having a hard time finding out much about this type of cancer on t...
803/23/07 Message Rating
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Many Mets, What Next
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My wife (46 y/o) has been going through chemo for stage four CC, with mets to the liver since January of this year.  After three months of FOLFOX/Avastin t...
603/23/07 Message Rating
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different kinds of colon cance...
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I was diagnosed with colon cancer? Stage 3 6 nodes were positive.  Please tell me if anyone knows are ther different kinds of colon cancer?  Is it h...
903/22/07 Message Rating
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neuropathy
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I had surgury for colon cancer march 2006 followed by chemo and a drug called oxiplatin i have been off chemo since oct.2006.  since I have been off of C...
803/20/07 Message Rating
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He has pneumonia
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I took husband to the Dr. yesterday after he was not feeling well and was waylaid the whole weekend. She said after listening to his chest for what seemed like ...
103/20/07 Message Rating
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Questions
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Hi All, I am 31 and a two and a half year breast cancer survivor. I have been having a series of abdominal issues for as long as I can remember. It star...
203/19/07 Message Rating
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questions if anyone has any an...
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Hi,  I am a 57 year old women who was diagnosed with colon cancer stage 3 c last March 2006.  My surgeon felt he had gotten everything the polyp was...
203/19/07 Message Rating
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