Treatment
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Thymus Extract
- By USMCMama · Posted May 7, 2013
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- I received a report from a friend highlighting Thymus Extract. It is a nutritional supplement to treat autoimmunity issues, allergies, chemo side effects, and cancer in general. Does anyone take this ...
CNS relapse with ALL
- By puddinlynn · New reply May 6, 2013
- 3 replies
- Has anyone experienced a CNS relapse with your child with diagnosis of ALL If so, how was it treated and were you given any stats about reaching remission again and/ or survival rate. Thank you ...
Child with underlying acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with ascites
- By cheahbooneu · New reply April 27, 2013
- 3 replies
- Hi, i have a 10 years old child who is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. He had recently completed his chemotherapy; scheduled to start his maintainance chemotherapy in May 2013. However ...
Gross Hematuria 19mos. No Diagnosis? Signs and symptoms of Bladder cancer
- By Toran_Kids_Gone_Wild · New reply April 24, 2013
- 1 reply
- I've joined because I'm trying to research information on behalf of my 15 yr old Son Michael. In July of 2011 he had a sudden onset of painful urination accompanied by cola colored urine. He's been admitted ...
Chemo
- By 2kayla · New reply April 13, 2013
- 4 replies
- Hi my 3 year old daughter has medullomyblastoma . She judged completed 6 weeks of radiation/chemo in Texas and now we are in California to start chemo treatment . I was wondering if any of you knew if ...
vincristin neuropothy
- By flv619 · New reply March 29, 2013
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- My son has been a 20 year cancer survivor. He had a medullablastoma (brain tumor) stage 4. John is now 24 and works some and gets disability. But he suffers so from the painful neuropothy in hands feet ...
allergic reactions to 6-mp with ALL
- By Cyno · New reply March 22, 2013
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- My 6 year old daughter was diagnosed with low risk ALL leukemia last year. We are in maintenance and she had been doing so well (I believe our consulting integrative pediatric oncologist and her recommendations ...
Guyabano Fruit for Cancer patients
- By Anwer · Posted February 27, 2013
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- I have heard about Guyabano fruit is very useful in cancer treatment specially while in chemo. I tried to find it about this fruit on net but found +ve and -ve both types of information. Do any one has ...
High ANC with chemo
- By wendysgirl · New reply January 30, 2013
- 7 replies
- Just wondering if anyone has experienced having high(er) ANC with 6MP and methotrexate? My daughter had labs done on Wed. this week and her ANC was 1900. I know that the goal is to get it under 1500 ...
Sickle Cell Disease
- By sujan · Posted January 27, 2013
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- Hi,, every body, My nephew 13 months old boy suffering with Sickle Cell Animea, if any body know the treatment or to control it, pls advise me. Thanks Sujan ...
Astroblastoma
- By abhi100 · Posted December 29, 2012
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- My sister was diagnosed with brain tumor last July when the symptoms of head ache ,vomiting ,numbness in her right hand started . We took a MRI ,the doctors confirmed that the tumor has to be removed ...
Anyone with B-cell Leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma needs to know this
- By LS1C5 · Posted December 12, 2012
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- University of Pennsylvania/Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia has successfully treated roughly a dozen people with B-cell cancers, and some people have had complete responses out to two years so far ...
Biphenotypic T-cell/Myeloid Leukemia
- By Avasmom122410 (Inactive) · New reply December 8, 2012
- 5 replies
- After almost 23 months of treatment for TCell Lymphoma, Ava's dr has informed me of a discrepancy on her initial dx report...making her Biphenotypical Tcell ALL. There are so few.kids out there who have ...
Please give me advice!
- By danielle_lovely · New reply October 19, 2012
- 15 replies
- Here goes: My son is 5. He has so many strange but not horrible health symptoms and I just don't know how they work together. First thing is that throughout his life he has had a few extremely high fevers ...
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- By SANDEEPSAMUDRALA · Posted August 30, 2012
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- Hi,This is deepu as previous i shared about my treatment,i have completed my treatment on june 2012,i was diagnosed by all (Acute lymphoblastic leukemia) in 2009 april and started treatment in may,iam ...
Medulloblastoma-Where to go for Proton Therapy?
- By emily622 · New reply August 20, 2012
- 9 replies
- Hello, Our three year old will need proton radiation on the tumor site. Where should we take her? The tumor was completely resected and there has been no cells in her spinal fluid or anything on the MRIs ...
Port Site
- By uticagirl · Posted July 27, 2012
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- My daughter has a double port , and recently she was admitted to the hospital for port site cellulitis... she got 4 days of antibotics(that made her itch) ,, but its still alittle red. Is there a chance ...
Proton Therapy for 5 yr old with brain tumor
- By princessisabelle · New reply April 5, 2012
- 11 replies
- My daughter is now 5 and has been diagnosed with Anaplastic Astroblastoma, the tumor was removed and now doctors are wanting to treat with Chemo and avoid radiation due to her age. My husband and I really ...
Medulloblastoma
- By flkrkr · Posted March 4, 2012
- 0 replies
- Twenty six years ago I was diagnosed with a Medulloblastoma (malignant) brain tumor. Surgery and radiation therapy to both my brain and spine were successful and I have remained cancer and tumor free ...
ALL Treatment
- By SANDEEPSAMUDRALA · Posted January 7, 2012
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- Hi previous i told my treatment will complete in dec 2011 but when i met my docter Mr sadashivudu (NIMS HYDERABAD) he told to extend the course for more 6 months,Iam fully satisfied with my docter advise ...
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