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Medicines
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Can anyone advise me about Sutent?  We have been on Nexavar for 6 mo's. Is it supplied like the Nexavar was, direct to us from the compnay? Is it ...
406/13/07 Message Rating
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Daily News Article on kidney c...
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Power recipe: 2 cancer drugs  Thursday, June 7th 2007, 4:00 AM PrintEmailSuggest a StoryMixing two new cancer drugs together in a cocktail raises the tumor...
106/12/07 Message Rating
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Hypercalcemia
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I am wondering if anyone has been diagnosed with hypercalcemia and what treatments you received if any.My husband was diagnosed with metastasized RCC in Sept &#...
206/12/07 Message Rating
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Sutent
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Dear All,Just an update from my June 5th posting.  Just this week I received a letter from Pfizer that after my reapplication for their First Resource prog...
006/12/07 Rated by 1 members
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Weight Loss
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It's good to hear the success stories on these message boards.  My father is battling kidney cancer right now and is currently taking Sutent. He had a ...
006/12/07 Message Rating
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Nexavar when Sutent doesn't wo...
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Hi My father got cancer in one kidney 5 years ago, and kidney was removed. One year ago a met in the lung was removed by surgery, but recently other mets&n...
306/12/07 Rated by 1 members
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sutent side affects
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could anyone advise what to take for Sickness & Diorreah while using Sutent, as i have a patient that is suffrering with this problem and needs some helpful...
506/12/07 Message Rating
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7 Year RCC Survivor - Sutent, ...
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I have been going through all of the various messages looking for others with success stories .... and I found many, but they are all so scattered that I though...
506/12/07 Rated by 3 members
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IMRT
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My mother will begin radiation treatment for a bone metastasis and I was wondering if anyone has had experience with IMRT.  Was it effective in reducing pa...
506/12/07 Message Rating
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new drug
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Hello everyone,Has anybody tried 'neovastat'  as kidney cancer treatment?Victoria
006/11/07 Message Rating
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Is anyone here on 25mg Sutent?
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Hi to all,My father has just finished a full cycle on 25mg Sutent.  He had severe side effects on 50mg so his onc. reduced his dosage. Is anyone here on 25...
206/11/07 Message Rating
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Reduced dose of nexavar
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I have been taking a full dose of nexavar for 18 months for stage 4 rcc mets to left lung. On the positive side my disease is stable. No change in the tumo...
106/10/07 Message Rating
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Pain Management
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My husband's oncologist and his radiation oncologist have been trying to manage his pain for months.  Nothing seemed to help.  It finally got so b...
006/10/07 Message Rating
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Tips to help with side effects...
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Would like to give everyone 2 tips we have learned while my mother has been on Sutent.   #1 for the rash, foot and hand blisters and tenderness...try ...
006/09/07 Message Rating
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Sutent and Dialysis
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HelloHas anyone been on Sutent while on Dialysis.  I am hoping to try Sutent real soon. Please get back to me if you can help.
106/09/07 Message Rating
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Whole Brain Radiation - Brain ...
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Does anyone here have any experience with Whole Brain Radiation?  I've read stuff on some websites, but would like to hear if someone either went throu...
106/09/07 Message Rating
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sutent - one man's positive ex...
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"Oscar" was diagnosed with advanced RCC in October and began taking 50 mg of  sutent  a day in January. The tumor was huge - 19 cm. It ...
206/07/07 Message Rating
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My Mom - RRC mets Brain and Lu...
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In March of 2007, my mother was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer, mets to the brain and lung.  She has 3 mets in the brain and no one has said anything about t...
706/06/07 Rated by 1 members
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New to Board -questions about ...
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Hi, I am new to this board. Give you brief history... My father passed away 9 months ago suddenly. We moved my mom into our house. She had kindey cancer in 1999...
506/06/07 Message Rating
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questions
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Hi ,My name is Tracy and i was told i have a 1cm complex mass on my upper left kidney.I have so many questions.1) does anyone know the differernce between a com...
206/06/07 Message Rating
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Sutent
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My wife has been dealing with RCC for over 10 years now. Stage 4. After right Kidney removal, (initial diagnosis) she has had mets in left lung (partial resecti...
106/05/07 Message Rating
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Sutent
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Thanks to everyone who responded to my message yesterday, June 4, 2007.  I will speak to my oncologist, but as I am the first person he has perscribed Sute...
406/05/07 Message Rating
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Sutent
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I am a 45 year old woman and started on Sutent almost three weeks ago for stage 3 Renal Cell.  I have side effects of elevated blood pressure, mouth sores,...
506/04/07 Rated by 1 members
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Brain Mets while on Sutent....
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I was just wondering about brain mets while being on Sutent.  My Dad has been Sutent for a year, scans have shown shrinkage and stabilization - things...
306/03/07 Message Rating
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Nexavar/RAD001 Clinical Trial
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Does anyone have info or results from the clinical trial at Methodist with Nexavar and RAD001?
006/03/07 Message Rating
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