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... Pain worsened. Husband calls oncologist. He said that there had been a bone spur on x-ray and further tests should have been ordered. He orders them. Leaves message on answering machine--results s...
... in a clinical trial for herceptin but qualified for the 'observation' arm only. During the baseline of tests I mentioned to my oncologist I have been having daily headaches for about 2 months that h...
...now if that is good or not but also has me concerned.
Okay--then today I got results of some of my blood tests. One of the liver tests was high--total bilirubin--was 1.2. (Normal is < 1.0).
I am not...
I ran into a problem this week when I went to the lab to get blood drawn for my regular 3 month lab tests for my primary care doctor. The nurse could not use the vein in my left arm which she usually
...I am still having periods?
Follow-up care:
How often should I make an appointment
with you or for tests?
Am I at risk for any other cancers, and what can I do to reduce that risk?
Do I ne...
...at do you know? Mother Nature comes to call. So I guess I'm not after all. And here we go again with the tests and the waiting.....
...and said the dr. put in an order for that as well and faxed it to facility I use for most care and where tests are done.
However, the day before MRI they said they hadn't received any fax or order.
...
...y. Have to find out what's going on with the blood.
I was hospitalized for 2 days last week and all the tests, scans were done and he told me this AM there is a nodule in both lungs and I have an enl...
...llowed by an ultrasound to get a better diagnosis.
Well, earlier this afternoon I opted for having both tests the same day (compression mammogram and ultrasound)--which are scheduled for May 3rd.
I'm...
... could help you find out if you have breast cancer."
Zuckerman said she did not know of others avoiding tests for financial reasons, but "I hear more from women who don't want to get mammograms becau...
... Tykerb. The trend has away from the monoclonals to the small molecules, a trend in which new predictive tests may be able to hasten.
Some years ago, GSK had supplied some private cell-based assay ...
...eased their migration.
Scientists at The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, carried out tests on tumor samples taken from around 300 patients with inflammatory breast cancer, a rare b...
.... I was simply wondering if anyone else ever had this problem without there being a finding on all these tests: no papiloma, ectasia, no mass, no nothing, no calcifications even. Nothing except bloody...
... do not respond to treatment
A new vaccine has completely eliminated a type of breast cancer tumour in tests on mice, say researchers.
The vaccine targets breast cancer caused by an excess of a ...
...odes being removed from that side. Could this be the start of lymphedema?
My Sed rate & a few other tests are elevated?
Any idea what might be going on?...
...ew.
The docs repeatedly assured me that it was benign also, after their doing mammogram & ultrasound tests each year.
Both lumps proved to be cancerous, even though the first lump never change...
My wife just got the results of her genetic tests, and was positive for a BRCA1 mutation. Now, she has already undergone lumpectomy and chemo, and is currently undergoing radiation. Her oncologist d
Are there any tests that can show exactly, if Femara is reducing the estrogen in the body?
If there are, then this test could be used to determine the exact dose of Femara necessary, to keep the es
...eans the chemo worked. You may need to ask your doctor if he/she is going to be using tumor marker blood tests to track your progress. They aren't 100% accurate all the time so some doctors may not wa...
...od test? My family dr (the one I was designated to see for the next three years) won`t do anymore blood tests because he says I`m cured...."they took the cancer,(one year ago yesterday) no need to ...
...w this works in rats, and eventually people, the better lifestyle choices women can make," she said.The tests were designed to see the effect of cadmium at levels that might be encountered in real ...
...logists due to a change in medical groups. Our new oncologist says he does not use CA 27-29 tumor marker tests because early detection of reoccurrence of breast cancer does not make much difference to...
...ned by a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
These new gene expression profiling tests enable the oncologist and breast cancer surgeon to more accurately determine who should b...
Well, I had some of my week o' tests today, and one of them was my bone scan. The very helpful tech put last year's bone scan up on the screen and put today's next to it. Then she said, 'Well, neither
...ng from me when the CEA went up still again. I didn't tell them a few days later when the nurse said the tests show bone cancer. I'm not sure I can act like a fighter and show optimism tomorrow night ...
...ession under different conditions, such as cells found in cancer.
Hence the headlong rush to develop tests to identify molecular predisposing mechansims whose presence still does not guarantee tha...
...d some on.
also thought we should pass this on....her nodes came back CLEAN!!!! that's the last of the tests, so we're now probably looking at 3 months of chemo rather than 6....plus, Mateja is reco...
Appointments are a part of life during any treatment protocal. Recognize that the tests might be all day, So be prepared to wait. Sometime things go smooth when you arrive for an appointment
or test,
late yesterday evening, when i got back home & checked my email, i had gotten word from M Hospital about the testing.
they were only willing to order a bone scan, & they suggested that i have it don
...e 21st, they will do all the exams, I will be there for 4 hours at least because they want to do all the tests and give me the results. I am so relieved to think that in two weeks I will know what is ...
... with just novacaine, from what my mom said, it was a very painful experience. He sent the tumor off for tests and yesterday, my mom was told that it was malignant.
Here are my questions:
1) From ...
...ities of antibiotic. If no response to these by next Friday I will see oncologist and have the necessary tests. Positive vibes and prayers gratefully accepted. Hugs to all...
so far, the final pathology report is not back yet, from my mastectomy on Dec. 20.
the next tests ordered, are the bone scan & the CT of chest & abdomen.
if they are negative, then i am to start c
My Dr. has tried both the CA15-3 & 27-29 tests for a cancer count on me & neither one will show I have cancer, they both are in normal range ( I have Mets to bones in most of my body). So he said righ
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