CancerCompass message board discussion started by TexDaughter on 2/4/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,20615,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My dad is diagnosed with this antone else? TexDaughter Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My dad was too. They diagnosed it "neuro-endocrine". Even though it ended up in his liver, there was no known origin. nyazgirl Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 2/4/2008 TexDaughter wrote:My dad is diagnosed with this antone else? My Mom was just diagnosed with andocarcinoma of unknown primary and given 6-9 months.  2 out of 3 Dr don't want her to have chemo due to her age as she is 80, however, an extremely fit and healthy 80.  She isn't interested in doing a phase 1 trial at MD Anderson and wants to find the best quality of life she can get in the time she has left.  1 Dr. recommended biologic agent drugs?  and another recommended nutrional supplements etc.  I need my Mom around and want to make the right decision for her. I don't know if chemo would be terrible for her or not.Jindi jindi Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 4/24/2008 jindi wrote: On 2/4/2008 TexDaughter wrote:My dad is diagnosed with this antone else?jindi-I saw your post on the side bar so I'm not sure where to go back to for future posts, but my husbands initial diagnosis was adenocarsinoma with unknown primary. He is 65.  Initially 2 dr "guessed" it was lymphoma because the cat scan showed swollen lymph glands, however the biopsy showed adenocarsinoma. Because the dr had taken a lot of xrays, tests, etc the pancreas was basically all that was left. So the dr said we had options, but he actually recommended chemo . After further blood tests CA19-9 specifically, pancreas was detrmined.As far as treatment for your mom-is she in relatively good health-what does she want to do? Nutritional helpis good, but -as my husband always says"Where there is life-there is hope-I'm going to live until I die" If she wants to try chemo, many older people have made it through chemo.Email me at hiswayc@academicplanet.com to let me know where you are posting at.JanMy Mom was just diagnosed with andocarcinoma of unknown primary and given 6-9 months.  2 out of 3 Dr don't want her to have chemo due to her age as she is 80, however, an extremely fit and healthy 80.  She isn't interested in doing a phase 1 trial at MD Anderson and wants to find the best quality of life she can get in the time she has left.  1 Dr. recommended biologic agent drugs?  and another recommended nutrional supplements etc.  I need my Mom around and want to make the right decision for her. I don't know if chemo would be terrible for her or not.Jindi  hiswayc Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT I am affiliated with a company that has just introduced a laboratorytestto identify the tissue of origin for metastatic cancers.  In November2007, a team of pathologists from three cancer centers presented aposter at the Association of Molecular Pathologist meeting that showedthe test successfully identified the tissue of origin for 8 out of 10previously diagnosed as CUP.   (It also reports the results of a largeclinical validation study performed on more than 470 specimens).   A copy of the poster is at:http://www.pathworkdx.com/news/AMPAbstract5.pdf AlthoughI am not an MD, my life-work is in advancing the science of cancerdiagnosis - bringing new genomic technologies into the clinicallaboratory.   Ithought this might be useful new information for this discussion. Warm regards,  GGA GGADx Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT