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My husband has stage 3B colon ...
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My husband was diagnosed with colon cancer 7 weeks ago and had a large tumor and large part of his colon removed 6 weeks ago.  He know is undergoing Chemo ...
1104/19/07 Message Rating
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Questions about stage at diagn...
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Hello. I have read through so many messages, trying to find some information, and hopefully, some sense of relief. I am curious about the stage of colon cancer ...
804/19/07 Message Rating
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Surgery for entire colon remov...
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I was wondering if anyone knows information on the type of surgery my Dad just had on April 16th.  My Dad was diagnosed with colon caner 2 weeks ago after ...
104/18/07 Message Rating
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My mom has colon cancer
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My mother was diagnosed with colon cancer in may of 2005. She has been doing excellent until just recently, she was hospitalized because her pain got out of con...
304/18/07 Rated by 2 members
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acupuncture
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I was told today that acupuncture may help my mother with any side effects she may have with her chemo. I do know of one person that has been helped with t...
004/17/07 Message Rating
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Facing upcoming colon resectio...
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Hi all: I don't even know where to begin.  I'm scheduled to have removal of the rectosigmoid colon & 5cm mass in rectal wall on May 3rd an...
804/16/07 Message Rating
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size tumor/RFA?
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Hi everyone,My mom was dx in 7/06 with colon cancer, pre op ct showed 1 tumor in the liver also.  She had colon resection with no positive nodes in August,...
204/16/07 Message Rating
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Metastasese to the trachea
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Can anyone help with information please.  I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1999.  Surgery removed the tumour; but in August 2000 single tumours we...
004/15/07 Message Rating
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PET/CAT SCAN
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I have a friend who had removed from the colon a mass that was removed, it was in several lymph nodes and this was also removed.They have just finished treatmen...
304/13/07 Message Rating
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TroVax
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Here is an e-mail to enquire about TroVax. enquiries@biomedica-usa.com I would love to get my mother into a study using this. I thought if anyone else wanted to...
104/12/07 Message Rating
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questions about lymph node inv...
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I would like to ask witch doctor or anyone who can help me with this question.  When my pathology report came back my oncologist told me they took out 13...
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What exactly is Hospice?
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Many questions needing answers: What is Hospice exactly in laymens terms? When are they called in? Can a person appear to be doing not too badly but still need ...
404/11/07 Rated by 1 members
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Oxaliplatin
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HelloI had my first colonoscopy at 55 (July 2004) and was diagnosed with colon cancer.  I had a sigmoid resection at that time and  was given 5FU...
1504/09/07 Message Rating
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TroVax
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Hi this is my first time asking a question. My mother has stage 4 colon cancer. She will be starting fu5 with Avastin and camptosar soon. She tried chemo once a...
204/08/07 Message Rating
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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...
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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...
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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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