Pancreatic Cancer

Marian,

There is NO rhyme or reason to cancer. It strikes the young, old, black and white. My father was a 56 Native American when he passed of Pancreatic Cancer - my friend Ray only 35.

I am sorry that you and your family are having to deal with this. It is hard and PC is probably the worst cancer to endure...especially knowing the probable outcome.

God give you strength.

- T

What are they giving your Mother?? I live in the US and would be very interested in getting information on this Doctor as my 49 year old Son was diagnosed in November 2004 and is really suffering. Please let me her from you ASAP.

My husband was diagnosed with PC last August 2004. He had all the symptoms but the doctor didn't know what it was. Stomach ache, backache,lost 35 pounds. After treating him twice for what they thought was h-pylori, they finally did a scan and found that he had a tumor about 2cm on the tail end of his pancreas. They removed 60%, plus his spleen and some lymph noodes cause it had spread to 7 of them. Then he did 7 wks of radiation and then 4 months of chemo on gemzar. This May, they discovered that it had spread to his liver and he is now doing chemo with gemzar and a new drug named tarceva. The first two weeks were very rough. He got a very bad rash on his face, neck and all around his chest and back. It is starting to go away now, this is his third week. The rash is suppose to be a good sign meaning that the medication is working. He is 52 and doing well right now. Would like to know the name of the scientist and the name of new drug or therapy. Please continue letting us all know more soon since it is a matter of urgency for all of us. Letty

Dear Letti and Joanna:
First of all, let me tell you that you have all my support in such difficult times you are living, I know first hand how hard this is. Okey, this treatment has been tried with success in 2 terminal cancers, though they weren´t pancreas. Still, I went to the university in Madrid and talked to Prof. Bru, the scientist that has leaded this investigation, and he told me that he thinks that this works FOR ALL SOLID TUMORS. You have the case here: http://www.euroresidentes.com/Blogs/2005/05/spanish-scientis
there is a page that has been formed and where they are discussing all aspects of this man´s theory, you can find interviews done to him, you can also find all his studies done and published. The problem is that this one is in spanish.

As for the treatment what this man has done is empower your defenses so they produce masive amounts of leucocytes and those suposedly destroy the tumors. Now, I have to tell you that oncologists here do not even want to read this man´s studies. I do not really understand that. Some of them , just a few agree with him, but I know 1 thing: So far he has cured 30 tumors inoculated in mouses and 2 terminal cancers. Not 1 failure. Here the only way to get that treatment is either ask for it for compasive use, that is, because there is not conventional treatment that will cure you, or do it illegally, buying them in a small country called andorra and which is next to Spain. But I strongly do not advise that, as a doctor would have to supervise it. Everything you need to do is on Mr. Bru´s study. You can find it on the second webpage (www.terapia-cancer.org/) and it is in english. The name of the article is "Regulation of neutrophilia by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: a new cancer therapy that reversed a case of terminal hepatocellular carcinoma ", an it has been published on the Journal of Clinical Research on may 2005. Now, on the study there is exactly what you need to do and the medicine. Also, Prof. Bru has said that if any doctor calls him telling him that he is going to administer the treatment to a patient(that means it has been done legally, I do not know the laws on your country), he and his team wil asesorate him or her completely free. I have talked to the man personally and I believe in him. We have asked for the treatment and it will take 5 weeks more to get authorised. Meanwhile my mom is on gemzar with tarceva, which is a very goos treatment, but (I hate to be this harsh) this does not cure pancreas cancer, actually diseminated pancretic cancer has no cure with conventional treatments. That is why we are going to try this. My advice is go with the study to all the doctors you can find until you find one that will try this. Never stop fighting!!!

Thank you for responding. I have gone to both sites since I do read Spanish. There is a lot of reading to do for a while and next wednesday when we go back for my husbands chemo session, will bring it up when he sees the doctor. Thank you, Letty

Thank you for responding. I have gone to both sites since I do read Spanish. There is a lot of reading to do for a while and next wednesday when we go back for my husbands chemo session, will bring it up when he sees the doctor. Thank you, Letty (letyze@aol.com)

Thank you for responding ayaman. I have gone to both sites since I do read Spanish. There is a lot of reading to do for a while and next wednesday when we go back for my husbands chemo session, will bring it up when he sees the doctor. Thank you, Letty

Hello, I just saw your message and wondered if you have more information. I am 57 and have been dealing with pancreatic cancer since April 2004. I focus both on naturopathic and traditional chemo etc. I would like to hear more about your mom surviving for 6 years and this scientist you are talking about. Thank you.
Diane

Dear Tiffany,
Sorry to hear about you Father. My prayers are with you and your family.

My father has been diagnosed with preiampullary carcinoma of the pancreas.
As a result he underwent a whipples resection and is now undergoing chemotherapy.
He is on 5FU and Leucovorin. He is on a 6 month treatment of 5 days each month.
What I would like to ask others out there - is that since my dad is finding the side effects quite hard to handle, and combined with the whipples resection he is in alot of discomfort, is it possible for the doctor to reduce the chemotherapy from the usual 6 months to treatment to 4 months? Has anyone ever done this before?

Will appreciate anyones feed back on this.

Thanks and Regards,
Marianne.

Hi Karen,

I am new to this site. My father was diagnosed
with acinar cell carcinoma of the pancrease
three weeks ago. He is 47. It is in his lymph
nodes, and his lungs. It is too far for surgery
or radiation. He is getting a pic line today, and will start chemo this week.

I am wondering how your how you and your family are doing, and if your husband continued with
the chemo. I know that your message was in april, so you probably know my next question.
Is he still alive? I know that sounds horrible, but I am trying to find out the
facts about this cancer. My mother, attempts to
not tell everything, trying to shelter us.

I appreciate your response. And am so sorry
for your family and husband.

Thanks,

Sheila