Treatment options

Discuss new treatments, alternative treatments, and standard of care issues. Also discuss the side effects or adverse effects that arise from these treatments and how to identify, manage and report them.

Discussions

Cancer Treatment Centers of America

• By SassyNani · Posted 12:53 am
• 0 replies
• Does anyone have experience with CTCA ...

weight gain with faslodex

• By denyc · New reply 12:10 am
• 3 replies
• Hi is anyone out there having weight issues whilst receiving faslodex injections i had my fourth injection a couple of weeks ago have not changed my eating habits but my clothes have become uncomfortable ...

Metformin for mbc

• By carzur · New reply yesterday at 11:36 pm
• 15 replies
• Is anyone taking Metformin, usually a drug for diabetics, for treatment of their mbc? What dosing? In combo with anything else? I will be discussing this with my onc at next visit. Thanks ...

Bone Scan vs Pet Scan

• By bujubaby · New reply yesterday at 9:42 pm
• 11 replies
• Hello everyone. I have bone mets in several places and was wondering how many of you have had a bone scan. I have never had a bone scan, only had a pet scan. I was reading on several websites and it seems ...

Latissimus dorsi flap surgery next month

• By IowaSignTerp · New reply yesterday at 8:14 pm
• 4 replies
• My recurrence keeps popping up in the same area again and again so this time we are removing it surgically. Doing the latissimus dorsi flap surgery to take the shoulder muscle and swap it over to cover ...

how long to plan IMRT for brain mets?

• By jfed · New reply yesterday at 7:45 pm
• 1 reply
• About a month ago, my mom's MBC was found in her brain (also previously to the bones and liver). She is having trouble with vision, extreme fatigue, etc. Her health has declined very rapidly in the last ...

Anastrazole

• By cathyd08 · New reply yesterday at 6:25 pm
• 14 replies
• Anyone out there who is/has been on Anastrazole? After issues with Letrezol, Exemestane and Faslodex I am to start with Anastrazole. Just wondering what SE might be expected. Thanks for any input. Cathy ...

Supplements

• By Vickisurvivor · New reply yesterday at 5:20 pm
• 9 replies
• What is Ip6. Where do you get it and what dosage ...

radiothion type IMRT standart or IMRT -VMAT

• By alexy · New reply yesterday at 5:17 pm
• 5 replies
• Hi, My mom had MBC , 2 of her bone metastases needs to undergo radiotherapy, we have options of choosing from 3 different type of radiation : classic 3D( free of cost), IMRT( covered 30 % of the cost ...

Xeloda/Herceptin - dark spots???

• By pleasntnss · New reply yesterday at 1:08 pm
• 17 replies
• I've been on Herceptin & Xeloda for 6 months now. I'm on 2 tabs 2x day with no break. Aside from the diarrhea that is tolerable...the bottom of my feet and palms have gotten darker & are developing dark ...

Stop cancer Mets!

• By armywife199 · New reply yesterday at 10:50 am
• 15 replies
• http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/06/14 /stopping-cancer-spread-researchers-iden tify-protein-that-regulates-cancer/?test =latestnews One of the scariest aspects of receiving a cancer diagnosis is learning ...

Tykerb Hair Loss

• By enjoyful · New reply yesterday at 9:05 am
• 10 replies
• Hey all, I started a clinical trial for Tykerb/Femara four weeks ago. Within the last two weeks, my hair's been dropping by the handful. Has anyone else had this? Is there anything that can be done? Susan ...

Angio Sarcoma

• By linda905 · New reply June 16, 2013
• 6 replies
• I developed Breast Cancer in 2000, and was given 20 treatments of Radiation. In 2006, my oncologist said I was breast cancer free, but I had Angio Sarcoma from the radiation treatments 6 years earlier ...

Pain under arm

• By CR3594 · New reply June 15, 2013
• 12 replies
• I have been having pain under my arm where I had the dissection of 22 lymph nodes 7 years ago when I had a bilateral mastectomy. At the time, only my sentinel node was positive. I am er+ PR+ and her2 ...

Under my arm has been hurting for a month? where lymph nodes were removed??

• By plamont · New reply June 15, 2013
• 13 replies
• I had my surgery last November for a mastectomy of my left breast - I begged for a double mastectomy but Surgeon refused as he said my cancer was only 2.5 cm and was not serious - he said my other breast ...

Oligometastatic Mets (one organ or location)

• By VeraKB · New reply June 15, 2013
• 4 replies
• Very encouraging info from SHARE in New York: http://www.sharecancersupport.org/share- new/learn/blog/OligometastaticDisease/ I have always wondered why they don't 'help' us by local treatment of some ...

Just looking for some help or guidance

• By tkaysmiles · New reply June 15, 2013
• 12 replies
• I"m not really sure treatment options fits what I have to ask about but I will start there. My mother was diagnosed with estrogen positive cancer 2 years ago. She went through chemo, radiation and a lumpectomy ...

afinitor and mouth sores

• By njhopeful · New reply June 14, 2013
• 21 replies
• I am taking 10mg afinitor. After two weeks I developed mouth sores, sore throat, etc. The pharmacist said the afitinor kills good bacteria (like a strong antibiotic does) and that causes something like ...

Common Cold Virus to target Cancer

• By langley10101 · New reply June 14, 2013
• 5 replies
• http://www.examiner.com/video/use-the-co mmon-cold-virus-to-target-and-disrupt-ca ncer-cells ...

Change in breast after reconstructive surgery

• By hellokittycat · New reply June 13, 2013
• 6 replies
• I had a silicone implant after my reconstructive surgery, three years ago.. Now my breast feels larger, all of a sudden. Is this normal ...

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