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...cision, also known as a lumpectomy, an operation in which a small volume of breast tissue containing the tumor and some surrounding healthy tissue is removed to conserve the breast. Sylvie from the ...
...h more tired than last week when we went 11.5 miles. I saw my 2nd opinion oncologist this past week. My tumor markers seem to be even better than usual. My CEA was 1.7 and my CA 27-29, although in t...
... bypass and a pacemaker over the course of twenty years, it was more than a shock to realize that a tiny tumor discovered in his salivary gland would take his life less than eight months later. Durin...
... can get some input-- I don`t post much but read everything. I am 45, had IDC diagnosed in Oct. 2000. Tumor 1.7 cm (normal mammogram 4 months before!) Lumpectomy, CMF, radiation, then CMF. A few m...
...going to onc for checkups every 3 months. blood work also for ca 27-29. all normal until july this year. tumor markers rose to 100. onc sent for PET SCAN which showed metastatic breast cancer to my ch...
...as, duct papillomas, duct ectasia, fibrosis, mastitis, metaplasia (apocrine or squamos). - Poliferative tumors: moderate or florid hyperplasia, papilloma with fibrovascular core, atypical hyperplasia...
...o treat hot flashes in women taking the breast cancer drug tamoxifen may reduce the effectiveness of the tumor-fighting medication, U.S. doctors said on Tuesday. Their study, published in the Journal ...
...ne 2000. since 2000 i have been seeing the onc and surg every 3 months and have blood work taken for tumor markers and they have been normal up til now..they are elevated to 100. ok..so the on...
... from 2002. It was done by implanting human cancer cells into the fatty breast tissue of mice. After the tumors had grown equally in the mice, at 8 weeks, one group was given 10% FS. When they were di...
...ema) hurts. He referred me to endocrinologist (abdominal swelling) and surgeon (new sores on chest near tumor site). Now, he is acting faster--but I am beyond petrified. I have lived with these co...
...fective treatments that can reduce the risk of the cancer coming back. Even through surgery removed your tumor, It is possible that some cancer cells may remain elsewhere in your body. Reccurence is t...
...brex I was on was increased to 800 mg/day--the highest 'safe' dosage--and the level recommended for anti-tumor activity (at least for those who have colon cancer---which, as far as I know, I don't hav...
...heumatoid. Low-grade infection can have a similar appearanance. "This is not the typical appearance of tumor/metastatic disease.' That sounds wonderful to me--but can they rule out shoulder or other...
... I have a question.. I had my BC treatments in 2000 and since then have had a slight raising on my blood tumor markers. I had, about 3 or 4 months ago, bone scan. CAT scan, PET scan, chest xray, befo...
...s told it would be a lumpectomy, 7 and 1/2 weeks of radiation with a possibility of Tamoxifen since my tumor was hormone receptor +. The first excision showed clear nodes but 4 dirty margins - fi...
My MRI shows that the axillary lymph nodes are clear on the side that contains my cancerous breast tumor. The tumor is about 1cm. Could this indicate the good possiblity my nodes are clear before the
...e. Others must delay reconstruction for six to nine months. Women are treated with radiation to destroy tumor cells left in chest walls and lymph nodes. Those cells can, with time, spread to other pa...
...that it has been shown to increase ones chances of getting it, due to the inability of being able to see tumors through dense tissue...it also says that it has been found to be hereditary, and can't b...
...t disease. 1898 Physicist Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium and later use to effectively treat tumors. 1900 Thor Stenbeck cures a patient with skin cancer using small doses of daily radia...
...ointed out a "thickening" in the pelvic region. (Lobular presents as thickening and not in the form of tumors). In the few weeks since I saw him and started using the pump more and not wrapping, the...
...pecific molecules involved in carcinogenesis (the process by which normal cells become cancer cells) and tumor growth. By focusing on molecular and cellular changes that are specific to cancer, target...
...rt is as follows--- Specimen of right modified radical mastectomy measuring 20*12*3cm. On cut section a tumor is identified in central and lower inner quadrant measuring 5.5*3.5*3cm. Sections examin...
... time" at home? I've heard interesting things about Tamoxifen for instance. 3. If, by some miracle, the tumor is benign, could it still have caused damage that can't easily be repared? Aside from ju...
A quick recap... My mom was recently diagnosed with Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma. There are two tumors in her right breast, above and away from the nipple. The larger of the two (9mm) is in-situ,
i posted here the other day telling all of you that i was due for the blood work for the tumor markers ca 27-29.. in november they were up to 230.. i had been on the arimidex since august but that wa
Direct anti-tumor and anti-vascular effects were studied of Tykerb, Nexavar and Avastin in fresh biopsy specimens of breast cancer and presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Can
...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 angiolymphatic invasion of the lymph nodes. (...
...r another gal from the IBC and another board passed away. Her dr. told her she was fine in January (per tumor markers). Skin mets developed in mid March. She was buried 5 weeks later. What I know a...
...nally went back for a mammo and it came back "abnormal". My doctor thinks it may be scar tissue or a new tumor ( it is on the scar area). She wants me to go for a biopsy. My concern is that the biopsy...
...ted after only two because more than three times as many women taking HRT had a recurrence or new breast tumor compared to women who received other treatments to relieve symptoms of the menopause. "W...
...bloodstream or lymph to the bones or liver? Or....do the cancer cells break away only from the primary tumor and lie dormant for awhile before growing? (or NOT growing.) If mets eventially show up i...
...onths since end of treatment I have been going to the onc for check up and blood work for the ca 27-29 tumor markers all has completely good and normal until may of this year. tumor markers eleva...
...because the “target” of Avastin is not the cells themselves, but rather a hormone (VEGF) secreted by the tumor cells. Avastin complexes with free VEGF and blocks its action. Having a good tumor-dru...
A metastasis occurs when cancer cells dissoicate from the original tumor and migrate via the blood stream to colonize distant (or even more local) organs. For a cell such as a cancer cell to migrate,
...hem to visualize whether a drug hits its target and whether hitting the target leads to shrinkage of the tumor," Dr. Hisataka Kobayashi of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, who helped lead the study...
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