My father was diagnosed with CUP in Dec 2003 He has Peritoneal mets.  He is
being treated with Gemzar and Taxitrate (sp?) and has responded very well.
The biggest problems he is having are small bowel blockages on his off week.
He has had 5 rounds of chemo and been hospitalized 4 ...

Are there two J's?
A Jae and a J, but both using the username "J" ?
Cheers
Sinead

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I got results back from last weeks MRI of a left temporal lesion first
diagnosed as low grade glioma (tumor) back in July of 03 without biopsy.
New imagery showed lesion had shrunk a little so doctors are classifying the
tumor as stable and giving me another six months of breathing ...

Hello, I am 44 Y/O male recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I am in
4th week of 6 week chemo/rad. Tx. Dr. states I am responding very well. I
feel very fortunate so far as the only real side affect I have experienced
is being very tired. No nausea to speak of no skin ...

Recently, my supervisor is interested in the 3-D Matrix cell culture
system and wants to use it to study the cancer cells. This 3-D Matrix
can better mimic the in vivo situation. As a student with engineering
background, I am still quite verdant in this field. Could you please

Hi again all,
Mom wanted me to ask you if any people that had lung cancer (3b) or even
other cancers I guess, have pain in different parts of their bodies still.
It's been 2 years since her chemo & radiation. She is also very fatigued, at

Apologies if this has been double posted, but my PC is playing up when
it comes to posting these queries.
I'm trying to ascertain whether bone cancer (e.g. hip) causes pain in
the early stages, whether it can cause severe pain which then subsides

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How was the flyfishing and pshrink ?
Thinking of you (I see you're busy on other newsgroups).
Good to know you got back safe and sound.
J

Hello to everybody,
We have just come from hospital. Nicol?s is doing well. On his second round
chemo, he didn?t need platlets, nor blood transfusion. He looks healthier,
even with less hair and has begun eating fruits, which he prefers to milk.