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...e his life less than eight months later. During the course of his cancer treatment, as it became apparent that chemotherapy and radiation treatments would not suffice, more medications were tried. ...
I do understand that there are many causes & kinds of short-term memory loss. After chemotherapy, I was recovering & doing pretty good, until they put me on Arimidex. This caused a condition
..." Breast cancer zapped the energy from Betsy Derrington, 50, of Ballwin, Mo. The surgery and the six months of chemotherapy left her weak and tired. Back then (she was diagnosed in 1986, when she was...
... Breast cancer zapped the energy from Betsy Derrington, 50, of Ballwin, Mo. The surgery and the six months of chemotherapy left her weak and tired. Back then (she was diagnosed in 1986, when she wa...
...tight curls, which were tangling too badly for me to manage any more. The woman who cut my hair, said that the chemotherapy had probably damaged the ends or something. ??? Even the conditioner she ...
...e bar chart typically shown to patients after surgery offers four post-surgery options: hormonal therapy alone, chemotherapy alone, hormonal therapy and chemotherapy combined, or no treatment. But res...
...or the best prognosis but opted for a wide local excision plus reconstruction with an implant. The next step is chemotherapy (FEC) which I start next week and today I have been instructed to come off ...
Sorry to bother you nice folks again but the more I learn, the more confused I become. A very nice informative poster asked me if I had something called a MUGA Scan. I researched what it was and kno
... current methods of treatment in use in the United States are: surgery (mastectomy and lumpectomy), radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and monoclonal antibody therapy. Antibodies are proteins...
...not use the vein in my left arm which she usually does and she said the ones in my hands were worn out from the Chemotherapy treatments too. As some of you may recall, I wear a Lymphedema Alert Brace...
MammaPrint has the ability to predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer. Dr. Laura van 't Veer, from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, presented the data at the 2008 San Antonio
... surgery. It seems to be an excellent drug - killing off tumours with fewer side effects than her previous FEC chemotherapy. One problem is that it is causing her finger nails to become detached. H...
My relative just got confirmed to have breast cancer. She had the breast removed and will now go on to chemotherapy. She has been referred to Jason Winters tea. Is this a genuine cure or at least hel
My wife has recently started on a drug called capecitabine, an oral chemotherapy drug, for a recurrence of her breast cancer. This drug can cause hand-foot syndrome (redness & swelling of the skin
... breasts removed, along with my ovaries, uterus (complete hysterectomy), followed by radiation, but probably no chemotherapy unless the cancer has spread significantly. I don't have the time, energy...
Hi good folks, My wife had her very first chemotherapy session today for stage 2 breast cancer - 4 months (dose-dense) A,C, & then Taxol. Her pre-med's were Zofran & Decadron. She is VERY
...st cancer that has spread to her spinal column and brain fluid. Has anyone here had any experience with getting chemotherapy in this manner? She had been getting chemo through spinal taps prior to get...
... ago that they could skip it. The added therapy mostly affects those women who are treated with mastectomy and chemotherapy, and have fairly good prognoses at what is called Stage 2 cancer. But canc...
Hi, anybody would like to help me? I have done the operation and took three times of chemotherapy. Berfore the operation, I took also three times of chemotherapy. And my doctor told me that the norma
...fen suggest that zoladex & arimadex might be overwhelmed too? Should we be considering other options like more chemotherapy or surgery? Thanks for any advice,...
I knew I had another question, sorry. I have developed diabetes, presumably from the chemotherapy. Has anyone else had this happen? If so, will it go away, or is that here to stay? I had incredib
...oosing the right therapy the first time around. The tumors of different patients have different responses to chemotherapy. It requires individualized treatment based on testing the individual prope...
... the linear accelerator is the most widely used treatment device in the Western world. 1946 The beginning of chemotherapy as treatment for cancer can be traced to a chemical warfare used during Wor...
...deration can be given to surgical insertion of silicone stents in the nasolacrimal ducts early in the course of chemotherapy. A delay in diagnosis of this side effect can lead to permanent closure of ...
...s I know there is so much stuff on there that isn't helpful, I have come across twice now sites that state that chemotherapy is the "worst" thing that you can do, and that you should be using natural ...
I have recently been diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. I am about to start my chemotherapy regimen. I have a history of life-long migraine headaches. However, I have been migraine free for the
...ten permanent. For the record, I had a lumpectomy, and am scheduled for radiation following the completion of chemotherapy. The primary tumor was less than 2 cm, but there was extensive angiolymphat...
...nts & IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Recently in a tabloid, I saw something about constant burping. The chemotherapy did some damage inside me, which has caused this constant (& exhausting...
...e to higher co-pays planned by wife's HMO (HealthNet CA), which is through Medicare B, for Outpatient Svcs. and chemotherapy in 2004, my fiance and I want to get her on my Blue Cross plan at work. Her...
the extreme weakness/tiredness from chemotherapy, feels very strange to me & is frustrating, but the cancer nurse assures me that it is normal. yesterday, i got a partial description of what is happ
Has anyone experienced and side effects from taking Dexamethasone after their chemotherapy treatments? After my first treatment of Adriamycin and Cytoxin I experienced severe acne on my face, neck and
My relative got BC and i s now undergoing Chemotherapy. Just did the 1st round and has rather strong reaction in the side effects. Apart from the usual vomiting, she has a very painful mouth--but wi
...urn to see him next Wednesday and we want to try to determine if it is really necessary for her to continue the chemotherapy. The plan was for her to take 4 treatments of taxotere and then tamoxofin (...
How Presentation of Recurrence Risk Influences Decision-Making Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: How Presentation of Recurrence Risk Influences Decision-Making Celia Chao, Jamie L. Studts
... of breast cancer cells. Until this test, it had been difficult to pinpoint which women would benefit most from chemotherapy, and those which wouldn’t. MammaPrint is another genetic test that coul...
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