Is there any science behind this?
An acquaintance is trying to get me to invest in a company that's been
trying to develop a machine to screen for breast cancer using an
infrared camera.  Some quick internet research on the company shows

Can someone tell me what these results means? I need this is straight
English (I'm just a layman).
This test was done after 1 cycle of FEC.
Thanks.

According to my CT, I have a 13x17mm lesion on my liver. Oncologist says it
is almost certainly malignant. I've been in NSCLC Stage IV for 2 1/2 years
now, but this is the first spread outside my chest except to bones.
I know the spread to the liver marks the beginning of the end. ...

I am 44 and was diagnosed with myeloma this past summer.  If anyone
else is a frequenter of newsgroups, as I am, you will not find much
about it.  Where you will find a lot about is to subscribe to the
mailing list from the IMF, the international myeloma foundation.  This

I'd written that my sister said the tumor had shrunk from the chemo.
Well, she got the news that it's not enough according to the doctor.
The chemo is also affecting her kidneys.   She is going into a
clinical research program that the doctor hopes will give her a better

Due to higher co-pays planned by wife's HMO (HealthNet CA), which
is through Medicare B, for Outpatient Svcs. and chemotherapy
in 2004, my fiance and I want to get her on my Blue Cross plan at
work.

I hate to be a pest. I never knew what a colonoscopy was. So please be
patient with me until I become more knowledgable.
Brief background: colorectal stage III, starting chemo in January.
Just before my resection, I was told I had a "high CEA level," which I

My oncologist (a new one -- the oncologist who started me on chemo left
the area) is re-evaluating whether I should be having chemo for my
stage 1a, grade 3, non-metastasized ovarian cancer. (I had surgery to
remove the cancer, and they checked for spread to other organs.  They

About a month and a half ago I began my 5 year stretch of Tamoxifen
(for Breast Cancer.   This past week I noticed severe bruising on my
legs - one bruise in the lower leg but most of the bruising was around
my inner thighs.  About the same time my nose became very sore - not

My father who is 64 was recently diagnosed as having ( most probably)
Splenic Lymphoma.
The symptoms which took him to the doctor included fatigue to the
point of needing a nap in the day (totally unlike him) and general

I have been diagnosed with colon and lung cancer.  I went to my family
doctor
and explained that I had a change in bowel movements and he about panicked.
Sent me in for a CT scan which they ran twice since at this point they did

There is a practice available to everyone that the vast majority of
people are unaware of called Life Settlements or Viaticals. A person
can sell their Life Insurance policy and receive up to 85% of its
face value, tax-free. This lump sum cash settlement can then be used

As previously posted by Orac ....
From this newsgroup's Google archives.
J
"My first advice would be to relax.

How do you maintain a positive mindset with cancer?  How do you stay
strong?  What motivates you to keep living your happy life?

It's me again. New here with lotsa questions.
I recently had a colon resection and lymph nodes showed positive. My
surgeon set my up with a local oncologist later this week for
follow-up treatment, which I assume will be chemo and start soon after