Everything we've read and been told tells us that this is a rare cancer... if that's the case - does it seem unusual to anyone that at least 3 people within a 10 block radius in a town of 1400 people would come down with these type of tumors? Has anyone else heard or experienced this type of frequency??
There seem to be an extraordinary amount of cancers for such a small town... and not just Cholangiocarcinoma. In my family alone, my mother is fighting her second cancer (Bone; first time was Breast Cancer 25 years ago), my dad was just diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma and I had Leukemia (ALL) 23 years ago.
Dad has his first treatment today... actually in about 30 minutes or so. He'll be taking Gemzar too (seems like that is one of the drugs of choice per other posts I've read). We haven't been given much hope for him... but I'm still praying for a miracle.