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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.
Radiation for bone met -- what can I expect?
- By JillAline · New reply 2:34 pm
- 5 replies
- On my last MRI the met to my rib showed that it might be growing a bit. It certainly hurts, but nothing too excruciating. The oncologist is recommending that we radiate the bone met to "settle it down ...
Insurance rejected chemo regimen, anyone else?
- By Stubborn · Posted 1:56 pm
- 0 replies
- My previous insurance co. required approval of chemo prior to starting but I never had a problem being able to go with what the dr. recommended. As of Nov 1 ,I am under the FDIC's self funded cobra plan ...
Hand and Foot syndrome?
- By sistercare · New reply 1:36 pm
- 1 reply
- Hi My sister is finishing her second round of Xeloda. She is having trouble holding a pencil and walking. Any ideas for a natural treatment for hf syndrome? I heard that B6 was good. Wondering about alpha ...
Hair Growing on Gemzar & Carboplatin
- By mlm · New reply yesterday at 8:49 am
- 20 replies
- Has anyone had their hair start growing back while on gemzar & carboplatin? My hair is growing in and I'm wondering if it is temporary or what? Literature I've read said carbo hair loss. Anyone with experience ...
Blood test to determine risk of ONJ and Zometa
- By darn · New reply November 19, 2009
- 12 replies
- Hello to ALL, I saw my dentist yesterday for my 6 month check up and raised a lot of questions regarding ONJ. It is a fear I have being on Zometa. She is the first person to tell me this info. and I wanted ...
No Mastectomy for Stage IV Breast Cancer
- By KAB8 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 13 replies
- I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, triple negative breast cancer in June 2009. Due to the fact the cancer did not show up on the diagnostic mammagram or ultrasound, I underwent a skin biopsy ...
Liver cirrhosis
- By Lr24 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 5 replies
- I've been a stage IV since Jan. '07. I had results back today from my last CT scan. My Onc said I now have liver cirrhosis. My liver has been acting up lately... I've gotten very swollen (swollen abdomen ...
Surgery to Prevent Lesions BONE Metastasis ?
- By XYZin · New reply November 15, 2009
- 13 replies
- Hi Ladies, I would like to ask for you opinion about a treatment. My mother has MBC to her whole spinal cord (and some other sites, such as hips, shoulders, femur, ribs etc). The spinal cord is the most ...
Has anyone HER2+ had heart damage from Herceptin
- By violetsrblue · New reply November 15, 2009
- 7 replies
- I've been on Herceptin for almost a year and have found that the heart function decreases enough after 2-3 months that I have to go off for 3 months to have the heart function bounce back. This last round ...
How to Protect Yourself from Fraud
- By Saraj · New reply November 12, 2009
- 1 reply
- This link is on the Cancer.net website, which is sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncologists. There have been some questions about different alternative treatments. I thought this article ...
specifically targeted chemotheapies based on assay tests
- By sistercare · New reply November 10, 2009
- 14 replies
- Has anyone heard of Dr. Grace in New York City? He is doing work with patients targeting chemotherapy specifically based on lab tests that identify which chemos work with your specific tumor. He is not ...
Any advice
- By CazzT · New reply November 10, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi Everyone, Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with the very sore throat from radiotherapy on my neck? It just kicked in today and I can't eat anything without it feeling as bad as when I had ...
Aromasin aromatase inhibitor (estrogen blocker)
- By mindgardener · New reply November 9, 2009
- 11 replies
- Recently had to stop taking Femara when it appeared to have worn out, stopped working. Newly on Aromasin and having many side effects OR could be from new-growth BC mets to abdomin (ascites). Anyone else ...
HELP!!!! L00KING FOR ANSWERS/SUGGGESTIONS
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · New reply November 8, 2009
- 9 replies
- Hi Girls, Looking for help/answers/suggestions. I am on my second round of Taxotere/Carblotin combo. Stage lV triple negative. First round wasn't too bad, little nausea a lot of fatigue. Second round ...
xeloda and avastin
- By goldi1925 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 3 replies
- I am on xeloda + avastin for the past 12 months. One week on, one week off. The marker went down from 180 to 110 after 2 months Now it is back to 180. What are my options now? Does anyone have an experience ...
advice from my abc friends for discussion with doctor
- By stef67 · New reply November 3, 2009
- 6 replies
- could you beautiful ladies please give me your feedback? I just had an mri done for pain I have been having in my right leg , they also had me just get a regular x ray of my right leg. This pain is not ...
Circulating tumor cell test
- By missbutterfly · New reply November 1, 2009
- 15 replies
- Hi everyone, I was just curious as to wether anyone else has had this "new" test done. My cancer center just started using this test in May and I just had it done for the first time. My result was a 1 ...
Change of Chemo
- By IWILLBEATTHIS · New reply October 31, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hi Girls, It's time to change Chemo. I have been on Gemzar for 16 months and have tolerated it quite well. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working anymore and just looking to see what else has worked ...
FASTING BEFORE CHEMO
- By sr2603 · New reply October 31, 2009
- 14 replies
- Read some interesting articles on fasting for 2 days before chemo. Recent experiment on mice showed promising results in saving good cells and chemo possibly being more effective on cancer cells. I am ...
Anyone heard of baking soda to kill cancer cells?
- By cimamom · New reply October 30, 2009
- 11 replies
- Hi everyone - I received this email from a friend of mine...I had never heard of this...has anyone else??? Guess it can't hurt at this point! BAKING SODA KILLS CANCER I was surprised to learn about an ...
