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Sutent too expensive!Please he...
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My dad has to switch on sutent and it costs 5850 eur without tax, and 9655eur with. I'm quite desperate because insurance wont pay for the medicine. Is ther...
311/26/07 Message Rating
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Nexavar doesn't work anymore!
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Hi, my dad was on nexavar for year and a half. The medicine has stopped working and they suggest that he should try sutent. If anyone has experience in switchin...
211/26/07 Message Rating
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what does this all mean
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Two weeks ago my dad was traveling the world on business as usual.  Last week in Japan he started urinating blood and blood clots.  He got back to Cal...
911/24/07 Message Rating
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Identifying Solid Mass Or Flui...
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Does anyone know whether or not a CT scan indicates whether a mass is solid of fluid filled? My family doctor ordered the test and then I was just told that I w...
111/23/07 Message Rating
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6 CM MASS ON KIDNEY
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Hi, I am a 37 year old mother of 3 young children. I received a call from my doctor yesterday to give me the results of my CT scan. I have been having upper abd...
811/21/07 Message Rating
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torisel side effects
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This is a followup of a previous message i posted re my husband  and his rash with the torisel.  His hands are now red , and peeling also but its most...
011/19/07 Message Rating
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Is Mefrog still on List ?
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I was wondering if anyone knows if Mefrog (patient) is still on the List?I would like to get some info on the Dr. he was seeing at Duke.
011/17/07 Message Rating
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Sutent/radiation=danger?
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Does any one know if this is safe?Or maybe risks are taken when you are stage 4 ?My husband just started Sutent,and they want him to get radiation as soon as th...
111/16/07 Message Rating
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My mom has recurrent kidney ca...
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My mom was diagnosed in October with renal cell carcinoma or advanced recurrent kidney cancer.  She had kidney cancer fourteen years ago and had her left k...
311/15/07 Message Rating
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spreading
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can anyone help me with this.. the primary cancer is kidney with brain and lung metasticis. what happens if it spreads to the bones. Can not take sutent any lon...
411/13/07 Message Rating
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Torisel Chemo--Decadron vs Hyd...
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Originally my chemo cocktail consisted of benedryl ( 2 minute infusion) + Decadron (30 minute drip) + Torisel ( 1 hour infusion).  My last 3 infusions had ...
411/13/07 Message Rating
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one year anniversary coming up...
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Hi all. I'm feeling really scared because the one year anniversary from my partial nephrectomy is coming up. Not sure if my feelings are normal. I 'm going dow...
511/13/07 Message Rating
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Sore Rectum
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Can someone advise me what to use to relieve soreness inside rectum and outside this is my 5th cycle on Sutentjoni
111/12/07 Message Rating
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anybody had these side effects...
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Hi I am a 43 year old male been on sutent for 4 months working well with a good  scan so far.I have an enlargement of the left breast area with some warm a...
211/11/07 Message Rating
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Important information location
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While I have found htis board to be very helpful as I help my husband fight this disease, another board has amazing infomration, archives, and on board knowledg...
111/09/07 Message Rating
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ascites with kidney cancer
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Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has experienced ascites as a result of metastatic kidney cancer, and what treatments are out there.  My husband has stag...
011/09/07 Message Rating
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my cousin has kidney cancer
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I want know any one out there has a solution for stage 4 kidney cancer.THE dr done gave up on him im trying to fine a treatment. I done lost my 5 year old daugh...
211/09/07 Message Rating
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Last stages of this terrible d...
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My husband is in the last stages of the disease.  Torisel is the last resort.  He got his first infusion yesterday.  He is very very ill and I ...
211/08/07 Message Rating
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blood transfusion on sutent
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has anybody had to have a blood transfusion while on sutent,my brother has just started his 4th cycle,and told that histumers sere stable at the end of cycle 3 ...
511/08/07 Message Rating
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rash torisel and any good resp...
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my husband started on torisel last week , oct 31, a couple of days ago he developed a rash.  the rash appears to be blisters but he doesnt have any itching...
711/07/07 Message Rating
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Any Hope At All?
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My husband, Tony was diagnosed in April of 2004 with kidney cancer.  He had his kidney removed.  The tumor was totally confined to the inside of the k...
711/07/07 Message Rating
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New lesion in remaining kidney
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HiI was dx with stage 3B RCC 1 year ago. 6 months ago small 2 nodules were found in my lungs, this week a CAT scan showed no change in the lung nodules but a ...
611/03/07 Message Rating
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New lesion in remaining kidney
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HiI was dx with stage 3B RCC 1 year ago. 6 months ago small 2 nodules were found in my lungs, this week a CAT scan showed no change in the lung nodules but a ...
011/03/07 Message Rating
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Sister passed
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Hi all.Wanted to let you all know.Connie passed away on the 28th of Oct.We are having her services tomorrow.Wanted to thank all of you for you prayers and ...
511/02/07 Message Rating
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Sutent in non-mitastisized tum...
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I was diagnosed with Renal cell carcenoma in June of 2007. My kidney and an orange sized tumor were removed. There were clear margins and no lymph node involvem...
511/02/07 Message Rating
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