My daughter has tumors now in her brain from the breast cancer. The breast cancer tumors stopped growing and shrank slightly from treatment with ixempra and xeloda. What treatment works best for the brain tumors?
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Now I don't know if you're joking or what?! I would seem rude but I have to tell you. This is not the place nor the people that can give you proper medical advice about such complex treatments especially with the very less information you gave. Ask your doctor he knows better. If you're being naive you are just being ignorant and inconsiderate.
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From reading your mail, I understand your daughter's primary cancer is breast cancer. Normally, if the treatment is successful for that cancer, the cancer cells in her brain will be eliminated too. The primary cancer treatment usually treats the secondary cancer too as far as I know.......however, whilst I have a keen interest in cancer treatments, I am not an expert and I suggest you contact your local cancer support group or services if you require a definitive answer.
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Ahhhh, I am sooooo sorry. I went to www.healthline.com which is one of two websites I use frequently. I clicked on "diseases and conditions" and the alphabet comes up. I clicked on "B" hoping for "brain tumor". There is much information regarding brain tumors. Too much to begin to quote here. This is quite a serious question and I hope you do not depend on the answers you will get from a bunch of us who are not Oncologists. I DO hope you have taken these questions to your doctor. Her breast cancer spread to her brain before the original breast cancer could be treated. I'm sorry. There are treatments out there. However, none are cures, but may extend her life. I don't know about quality of life, however. I'm sorry. Please read the site for yourself. I hope you and your daughter know God and seek His help through prayer. He can cure. God bless you both. My prayers are with you. I am an RN
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Here are some links to information and resources. You have to trust the oncologist and neurologist and pray for her...she could consider joining a clinical trial.. Brain Tumor Information http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term=brain+tumors&submit=Search (brain tumor clinical trials…hit map tab for local trials and don’t forget to turn pages) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/clinical_trials/ (clinical trials) http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/brain (results of brain cancer clinical trials) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/ask_a_professional/ (click on “email a professional†to ask a question about brain tumors) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/physician_listings/ (neurologist link listings..to find a physician) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/ (diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/brain_anatomy/index2.html (National Brain Tumor Foundation…brain anatomy…run the hand over the brain to view areas and a function box will appear underneath the illustration) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/treatment/index.html (common brain tumor treatments and side effects) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/treatment_center_database/index.html (treatment center database) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/survivor_stories/index.html (survivor stories) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/faq/index.html (frequently asked questions) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/brain_tumor_orgs/ (link list of brain tumor organizations) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/alternative_therapy/ (alternative therapy links) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/treatment_resources/ (treatment resources links) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/other_sites/ (related sites link list) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/connecting_and_coping/support_groups/find.asp (brain tumor support groups) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/connecting_and_coping/support_groups/online.html (brain tumor online support groups) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/connecting_and_coping/support_groups/pediatric.html (pediatric support groups…listed for other readers who might need…) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/connecting_and_coping/message_boards/ (brain tumor message boards) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/connecting_and_coping/caregivers_corner/ (caregivers corner) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/cancer_orgs/ (link list of cancer organizations) http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/links/financial_assistance/ (financial assistance link list) Disability help http://www.new-horizons.org/ (organization to help the disabled..resource) http://www.new-horizons.org/faqcat.html (frequently asked questions about disability help) Medicine help http://www.pparx.org (partnership for prescription alliance…help with free or low cost medicines) http://www.copays.org/ (Patient Advocate Organization…copay assistance for malignant brain tumors) Nutrition and Support for cancer patients http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/MBC_6.asp? (nutrition for cancer patients) http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MIT/mit_0.asp (supporting cancer patients) 3 books on disease symptoms and treatments you could also get these books on ebay or amazon or a half price book store. (last two are very similar).. 1.Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine 2.Handbook of Diseases (Lippencott) 3.Professional Guide to Diseases (Springhouse)
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Your best source of information is going to be the onocologists. If you do not have confidence in the ones you are currently seeing, get another opinion. There are many factors in treating breast cancer beyond where the cancer has spread to, so there is no one answer that is right for all cases.
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