Pet Scan

Well, my husbands PET scan came back and now it has spread to his spleen, his bones, his rib, his liver, and his adreanal gland cancer is growing. They are changing his chemo treatment to a more aggresive one but I can help but wonder if this is going to work. They told us that we would have to wait and see if this one works. It just seems as though his cancer is getting worse and spreading all over the place. 10 weeks ago, it was not in any of these new places and now look where it has gone in such a short time span. Is there any hope of him getting better or is it just going to continue to spread? Can they stop it in his bone? I didn't think they could but I am not sure. Does anyone have any information on what is to be expected? I am just so confused because he seemed as though he was doing really good. He had a little pain in his hip but we just thought that was due to the chemo. I fear his time is now limited and I am scared. Can anyone give me an idea of what is next? laura

I have seen the hope just since. I have joined CancerCompass.com. Can't believe how well some of these people are doing. Wish My brother would get on here and just see.They've started Paul on Tarceva. Things are looking, For him now. He had Two sessions of Chemo and Radiation and neither helped him. But since he's started Tarceva. His tumors are going down in size and not spreading.His Tumors where growing and spreading. And he was stage 4 when he started Tarceva.Just get on the Message Board and read some of the stories about Tarceva. One womans been on it for 3 years now.And she was stage 3b when she started. bigsis1018