Cancer Treatment: July 2011

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Is there anyone else here going through treatment for breast cancer

Is there anyone else here going through treatment for breast cancer?
I am going through treatment for inflammatory breast cancer since 2004. I'm doing well, have had a few set backs, but all in all, it's good. I have gone through 2 separate times of radiation, 3 separate times of chemo and a bilateral mastectomy. Let me know how you are doing and what you have been going through.
Women's Health - 3 Answers

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I have not personally, buy my mother in law is. She first had breast cancer 15 years ago and had a mastectomy. It recently came back and metastesized into her blood and bones. She went through 6 months of chemo and steroids and a lot of pain. Right now there's no sign of it, (she's in remission again) but of course with cancer you never know. We're just happy to have her around Let me just say God bless you! Breast cancer is something horrible to go through. Not only for the patient but the family too. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. But I know you'll make it through. Stay positive.
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Hello, I went thru a double mastectomy last year in March. Fortunately for me, they caught the cancer very early. I had a lumpectomy in my left breast in January, was scheduled for radiation when they found more cancer and that is why I asked for the mastectomy, that is when my doctors said they wouldn't unless I did both because of so many things going in my breast so I said okay! I have never been sorry for that decision. Because they caught it so early I did not have to do the radiation or chemo. To which I was very thankful I had my annual mammogram that is when they found the cancer, it had not formed a lump yet. I have never regretted my decision, but you do think about it sometimes, so just by reading the different cancer sites I realize how blessed I have been. I had 2 surgeries and healed quickly with no problems in fact to the amazement of my doctors. My thoughts go out to you, and my prayers, because this is a tough disease. Do you have lots of support all around you?
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Should a patient whom has had a melanoma skin cancer removed need any further treatment

Should a patient whom has had a melanoma skin cancer removed need any further treatment?
Dr. that performed the removal said he got all of the cancer and no further treatment was needed. Has anyone had this similar situation?
Cancer - 5 Answers
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Regular follow ups - just in case. Soulds like it was caught early - congratulations!
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My mom did. :) She's not had to go back the last 2 years and has not had any recurrences.
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The information that a doctor uses is in the pathology report. The size of the tumor, whether the margins of the sample were clear, or if it was ulcerated determine if it was stage I or II. For either of these stages the treatment is surgery alone to remove the tumor and surrounding tissue. No followup treatment is needed. If you are still concerned then get a copy of all the reports and have another doctor look at them. Preferably a melanoma specialist. Also check out website www.melanoma.org
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Are you sure it was melanoma and not basal cell? Melanoma is bad and would normally require at least chemo because, even though the margins were clear, there's no certainty that there is no cancer cells left and it spreads and is deadly.
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If it is stage 1 or 0, ussualy furthur treatment is not needed. If it has spread to lymph nodes or other areas, typically chemo and radiation are needed to wipe it out. My aunt had a stage 1 melonoma, and she had it removed with minor surgery. She had to have ct scans, and also has to get regular scans check ups, but no chemo or radiation was needed in her case.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Judging from a spiritual viewpoint,when you refuse the treatment of cancer with possibility of recovering

Judging from a spiritual viewpoint,when you refuse the treatment of cancer with possibility of recovering ,?
Judging from a spiritual viewpoint,when you refuse the treatment of cancer with possibility of recovering , it correspond to the suicide?
Religion & Spirituality - 7 Answers

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no
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That would be Scientology.
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yes for sure
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I would think not. It's a disease. If you choose to not have treatment......then that's your choice. It's not suicide. Suicide is when there is no terminal illness involved and you end your life. Can you say "dictionary'?
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pharmaceuticals is the worst industry their is. they make a living off of human suffering. it is soulless industry. i took ecotourism not too long ago. i learned that their are plants out there if make a simple tea out of them they can help you with menstrual cycles, pregnancy... basically ALL the stuff that the pills do but without the side affects. not just for women but for almost all health issues there is almost ALWAYS a natural remedy out there if you know your plants... i promise you. pharmaceutical industries try to HIDE those natural remedies... "nature = bears, cannabalism, survival, wet, mold, fungus, poison, DEATH"... f that. NATURAL remedies exist. they are out their waiting for us. late at night you always hear on tv. "did you take (said drug) and you got throat cancer... WELL YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPINSATION! ""great im gonna die of cancer all i can think of is money. THANKS LAW. where were you when they perscribed it to me?"
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i wouldnt risk it! turn to natural healing: prayer to god& healthier diet (which strengthens the immune system, cancer cells attack the immune system)
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You go to Nuclear Medicine . They might just ask you to sign a release form that says leukemia, bladder cancer, salivary cancers etc, etc may result from taking this little bit of radiation for a little bit of cancer. In the six months you have been going for tests for this cancer and finally are diagnosed no doctor mentioned this to you prior to your visit to the hospital for treatment. They may give you the odds of not dying from the cancer they are attempting to cure. What my physicians failed to mention is that you will probably die from something relating to the treatment of the present cancer. Think of the advertisements on tv where they talk really fast about side effects.. My answer to this question is that refusing treatment is not the same as suicide.

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

In the cancer cells, which of these processes will stop if the treatment is successful

In the cancer cells, which of these processes will stop if the treatment is successful?
a scientist is trying to discover a new treatment to stop cancer cells from dividing.in the cancer cells, which of these proccesses will stop if the treatment is successful? *Mitosis, *Chemosynthesis, *Binary fission, *genetic recombination
Other - Science - 1 Answers
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Mitosis- If it stops, there will be no new cancer cells.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

How can Cancer make people life's miserable? Give Details:- How much cancer treatment cost and if insurances

How can Cancer make people life's miserable? Give Details:- How much cancer treatment cost and if insurances ?
cover them?
Cancer - 4 Answers

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oh, i don't know how about the horrifying pain, horrifying pain tends to make people miserable.
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As a cancer patient, we are often unhappy because there are so many cancers (around 200 different ones), and doctors often don't have time to reassure patients properly - so you feel you are neglected and in a 'fog'. And often the stories one hears about treatment and side effects are enough to upset anyone! I set up a website HAVING FUN AFTER CANCER www.after-cancer.com to try and reassure fellow patients, and tell them that life does go on and there are lots of nice things we can do to make ourselves feel better. Hope this might help. Verite R
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I would know very little about the cost. Except it put a friend of mine ten thousand dollars in the hole. For medicines that were not covered. As for the cost of my cancer treatment-I live in Ontario and Ontario Health Insurance Plan and Ontario Drug Benefit pay for it. And yes cancer is a miserable Â¢Â¥ pain the rear. It felt like my life came to screeching halt the day I was diagnosed. There was no sense of time, direction or security any more. Fortunately I had two very powerful weapons to rely on. My faith in God and the military psychological training handed down by my father.He taught me to never let a problem overwhelm me. The solution is very simple. Break the problem into its component pieces and solve the pieces one at a time. Once I did that I could decide what information I needed, and what to do about treatment, my life, and my future. Curiously the quest for information was the catalyst to starting to live again. I lost all my hair due to chemotherapy so I sprouted a big collection of hats and scarves along with an in your face attitude. During radiation treatment I was a horrible patient for staying close to the Daffodil Lodge. As soon as my treatment was done for the day, I was gone out the door. And I teased the heck out of my radiation team. Managed to get them laughing daily.
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There is nothing good about cancer period! So from hearing the diagnosis it is all down hill from that point on in your life! When those words are said that tell you that you have cancer your life becomes a whirlwind of going into doctor's offices to get probed and poked, x-rayed and every scan done to you imaginable. Then in our case we went to Chemotherapy one day a week for 15 weeks. Every week was worse than the others as far as what the side-effects are. It is great if you enjoy: Fatigue, sickness, sore-throats, nails breaking off your fingers and toes, constipation, body aches and pains, blood draws,losing your hair, Ports surgically put into your chest, daily injections of drugs that increase white blood counts, surgery (in our case a mastectomy), measuring your drain that comes out of your side every two hours and emptying it, taking pain medications because the surgery hurts, and now more chemotherapy which is causing nerve damage in the fingers and toes, and worrying about if when you stop this kind of chemotherapy how long will you still have nerve damage. Not being able to taste salt or sugars, and then radiation everyday except the weekends for the next six weeks. So more fatigue and sickness, body burns, and when it is all done: You will still be fighting your insurance company for all the co-pays, medical deductions, double billings, and all kinds of medical expenses. In my case I still pay 30% of all prescription medications, and had to fight them because they did not think some scans were covered and I just wanted them. So far medical expenses are $220,000 and medications are $50,000+ and oh yes, my wife was the major wage earner so I had to work 60+ hours in summer and take care of all the cooking, cleaning, and everything else that needed to be done around the house. Now it is slow at work, my wife has not worked for the last 6 months, she tried to go back to work but she could not take the stress and cried for hours and we decided that she should quit. The most embarrassing thing for me is that we had to ask her parents for financial help. Before this happened we were doing pretty good, but now I am so depressed, scared, and sad. Sometimes I don't want to go on, it would be nice to end it all. I give up. But I go on for my wife and I will never desert her. If you want to see miserable, depressed, sad, tired, and all that, well here I am. People say, "Well, it could be worse", and I know it but for once I would like to see something go my way. My wife has 6 more Taxol treatments to live through and already she is crying because it hurts her fingers and toes. AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN REALLY DO. So, how is would that make you feel? I hate cancer, I thought our lives were pretty good, and it has knocked me down to depths of despair I never thought possible. And I am scared it could get worse, my in-laws moved away so now I feel alone. Before they were around and my wife could talk to her mom. Now she can't. Oh, well..I could go on and on, but what for?

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Friday, July 8, 2011

I need to know about radiation treatment for cancer

I need to know about radiation treatment for cancer?
I am writing a book about a cancer patient and I need to know about radiation. Whats the proccess? How long does it take? What are the side-affects? What does it feel like? Anything. Thanks!
Cancer - 7 Answers
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go to the following links and you will soon know the real truth.......
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It would depend on the site of the cancer. 4 siblings in my family have had radiation treatment for cancers, 2 in similar locations, the other 2 quite different and we have had 3 very different experiences. Breast cancer, 4 dot tattoos were made to line up treatments with to ensure each treatment went to the correct place. 5 days a week for 5 weeks, the treatment was given, took about 10 minutes to ensure everything exactly right position and about 30 seconds for the treatment. by week 4, burns to the surface skin in the area and skin peeling away, last week very painful with ointment being applied after each treatment and covered in plastic wrap to keep the area moist - yuk! Tonsil cancer, a clear mask was made to fit the lower face & neck, molded to patient, with a grid on the mask for lining up treatments. Skin surface was tender, so it was lucky that the radiation caused hair in area to fall out as it would have been too painful to shave. Internally, throat was too painful to swallow and a naso-gastric tube was used for feeding in the last week of treatment. Uterine cancer, radiation was applied internally, with the patient needing to lie completely still in isolation for 24 hours. Treatment was suspended whenever anyone (nurse etc) had to enter the room or if the patient needed to move. Patient reported worst experience of her life. Hope that helps.
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My husband had neck cancer, maligant neoplasm of oropharynx,unspecified. He had a laryngoscopy, a tonsil taken out and a biosy of his tongue. 90% of it was cut out and a nerve was taken out of his shoulder.The other 10% was too close to the main artery to take out. My husband had the strongest radiation there is twice a day for 7 weeks. A porter cath was put in his chest for the kemo treatments. He had 2 8 hours kemo trearments. One time after a radiation treatment, the conbination of the meds, crashed his blood pressure and he fell on the floor. After the first 3 weeks he was so weak he could not walk. he threw up bile. He choked a lot. He was in the hospital under 24 hour skilled nursing care the last 4 weeks. He was fed threw a feeding tube, sticking out of his belly. It took hours for the liquod to drip into his stomach. He could not swollow because the radition fried his throat. ruined his salava glands and taste buds. His neck was burned and cream was put on his neck. When His kemo doctor saw him, she said no more kemo. He was given morphine for pain and for nausa, phenergan and antibiotics. His immune system was down, so he developed herpy sores in his mouth. The antibiotic was changed. Before the ambulance drivers took him for his treatments, he was given morphine and nausia medicine. He was given morphine and phenagen on a regular basics.And he lost hair on the back of his head and on the left side of his face. His voice started sounding froggy. There is a lot of pain and nausia with these treatments. He had regular pet scans to check to see if the cancer came back anywhere. He had radiation damage to his shoulder. Later a spur grew on that shoulder and it had to be removed. That was 3 years ago. He still has a hard time swallowing, tasting and no salava. He has pain in his shoulder. The day will come when he will have to have a balloon procedure to widen his throat.
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You can find some of the answers on www.after-cancer.com Look up Aloe Vera (helpful gel) - this could give you ideas of what can help during treatment. Good luck with book Verite R
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To get your facts straight I would go to an onocologist and ask your questions. Don't know if they will charge money to talk t them, but if you are writing a book, you really want to get the facts. I don't know if a cancer yahoogroup will let you join, as some of them are very picky about who joins. They really protect. I am on the lung, and thyroid cancer groups. Thyroid cancer patients receive radiation. I just went through that less than two weeks ago. My mom has lung cancer and went through a different type of radiation (10 treatments) in all. I just had to take a couple of pills.
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There are many treatments and they vary based on the type and location of the cancer. An oncologist will request a certain radiation dose (a measure of energy deposited into the tumor) be given, then medical physicists and dosimetrists will develop a treatment plan that details how and when the radiation will be delivered. The treatment plan is developed to minimize the radiation dose to healthy tissue as much as possible while delivering the desired dose to the tumor. The radiation dose will be fractioned over a period of weeks to allow the healthy tissue to heal. Some cancers (primarily thyroid) are treated with radioactive material, Iodine-131, that is injected or taken in pill form. This is usually a single dose and is done as an outpatient procedure. However the patient has to take care to limit the amount of time they spend around others, especilly children for the first week or so following the trreatment. In some cases if the patient can not avoid being around people at home they stay in the hospital for a few days. You could talk to an oncologist or a medical physicist to get more details. The physicist will generally have more time, as they do not have appointments with patients all day.
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Mine was to my head for brain cancer. I had a mask molded to me head so I couldn't move during the treatment. I laid on a table, they hooked my mask to the table and left the room. It took all of 5 minutes to complete my radiation. 5 days a week for 6 weeks. A lot more mucous in my throat and a metallic taste. It doesn't feel like anything. My hair fell out where the radiation went in and came out and it turned the skin on the side of my face and skull brown, which went away about a month or so after my treatments were over. To the TD moron who is following me around again, are you saying MY treatments were not correct? Idiot.

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Does the government GAIN or lose money from cancer treatment equipment and operations

Does the government GAIN or lose money from cancer treatment equipment and operations?

Cancer - 7 Answers

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i hope to god gain because that's my field of interest
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The government hands out HUGE amounts of money for cancer research, the government always looses money.
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The government neither gains nor loses money on medical treatment or equipment, unless you include tax revenues, which is nominal at best,
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The Government gains, and we lose, big time ! For proof, do a search on ' A World without Cancer '.When the page comes up, click onto the 55 minute Video by G. Edward Griffin.It's probably over 20 years old, but still very relevant.And, it's totally free.Please take the time to watch this all the way through.You'll be glad you did ! Hope this helps !
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im sure they gain billions thats why they do it.
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They loose money. The gov has paid all of my medical expenses, my living expenses, and my food since I was diagnosed in Jan of 2005. Do you REALLY think the gov is making money when they are paying that kind of money out to treat the patients?
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medical billing -radiation ocology specialists- my field not that I enjoy it -just- unfortuately there I am good neither doctors nor insurances nor government gain losses every where I have seen -in this field- equipment billed by dr and hospital -alike- may see about 20 to 30 -in percent- tens of thousands -owed- the drs in turn -write off- even more if the insurance does not par -out of network- and family -unable to pay- a dr -I worked 4- down your way designed created equipment and operates it he bills for treatment hospital bills operations -of his ingeniusness- and neither win -government- does not -either- family -of pt- and pt himself may if the treatment works

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Friday, July 1, 2011

does the gardasil treatment really help prevent cervical cancer

does the gardasil treatment really help prevent cervical cancer?
I'll be getting the treatment. Keep in mind I have a family history of cancer. My mother has been fighting ovarian cancer, her uncle had skin cancer and her father had prostate cancer. Any helpful information would be great too.
Cancer - 6 Answers
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It helps prevent HPV, an STD many women get, from causing cervical cancer. Also, there are several different forms or strains of HPV... the vaccine protects against the most common 5? or so? There are other kinds out there... so even after the vaccine you aren't immune to HPV, just better protected. ETA - prostate cancer IS genetically linked even though someone below says it isn't (I even know a family it runs in and doctors that say it does). Although you don't have to worry about it since you're female :P
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Yes it does! There is a slight chance it might not work, but don't worry with almost any shot that could happen and I think its very unlikely. I received this treatment recently. This treatment, in my opinion, is very important considering cervical cancer is hard to detect from what I hear. Hope this helps!
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70% of cervical cancer is caused by HPV. Gardasil prevents most of these forms of HPV, so greatly reduces the risk of cervical cancer. BTW, ovarian cancer, skin cancer and prostate cancer are not genetically linked, so you may be at a slightly higher risk of ovarian or breast cancer, but only if your mother has the genetically linked form of ovarian cancer.
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Over 99% percent of cervical cancer is caused by HPV. Gardasil protects against 2 strains of HPV (16 & 18) that cause 70% of cervical cancer (and the 2 strains that cause 90% of genital warts). With respect to those strains 16 & 18, Gardasil has shown to be 100% effective. So yes, it definitely prevents cervical cancer. Some people don't think Gardasil is that effective because it only reduces cervical lesions by about 45%. But the cervical lesions caused by other types of HPV are much less likely to progress to cancer than types 16 & 18. And acutally, Gardasil has been shown to give some protection against other strains. It's not close to 100%, but you have your chance of lesions from other types of strains reduced by maybe 20-40%. So yes, Gardasil definitely is helpful in preventing cervical cancer. Get it!
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Yes in it's own way it does. It only prevents 4 types of over 100 HPV's. Only 2 of the 4 it protects cause cervical cancer. If cervical cancer is caught early, you're not likely to die. It's not a brain tumor or anything that it's preventing.Sure it'd be great to protect yourself from this minuscule little risk, but then look at all the other risks. But don't get it! You are risking ruining your life! This vaccine is HORRIBLE! In the case of Gardasil, the worldâ€™s first genetically altered vaccine, the evidence stacking up against this vaccine is striking. As of August 2007, a review of the National Vaccine Information Center revealed the following, quite alarming, statistic about this unnecessary vaccine: 2,207 adverse reactions to Gardasil have been reported. Among them: 5 girls died 31 were considered life-threatening 1,385 required a visit to the emergency room 451 of the girls have not recovered as of July 2007 51 of the girls were disabled This vaccine is also the most expensive vaccine on the market, so you can follow the money trail to find out why Merck is now trying to push this cervical cancer vaccine on boys! Getting the Facts About HPV Health care officials and the media are portraying Gardasil as the long-awaited cure for cervical cancer, and theyâ€™re telling people that the side effects are minimal. However, the side effects of this brand-new vaccine are just beginning to surface, and as time goes by, their severity seems to be increasing. Further, while cervical cancer is a serious issue, it is not the epidemic that the media is portraying it to be. Of the more than 6 million cases of HPV that occur each year, about 90 percent of them clear up on their own within two years. If you eat right, exercise, and keep stress in your life under control, your immune system should be healthy enough to clear up HPV. Secondly, the vaccine is not fool-proof. You can still get "non-vaccine" types of HPV even if you get vaccinated. Finally, remember that HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, which means that it is nearly 100 percent avoidable by modifying your lifestyle habits. If you have friends of family members who are considering the Gardasil vaccine for their daughter (or son), please forward this to them so they can make an informed decision.
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Cancer in your family is not hereditary or they would all have the same kind of cancer and I think, would really need to be closer blood relations. The vaccine is for HPV. If you were to get cervical cancer that wasn't attributed to the virus, then no, it will not prevent it. Excuse me, Madelaine, but where does a brain tumor come into play in this answer??

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