A while ago, my wife was diagnosed with Merkel Cell Carcinoma.  After
quickly researching this form of cancer (and receiving helpful advice from
this newsgroup), we quickly found a cancer center knowledgeable about
Merkel Cell (Moffitt) and had it treated (surgical removal of all ...

(just a personal story of some good things that can come from
something as bad as cancer!)
So I'm hanging out at my hospital's Cancer Survivor picnic.  Fun and
games for the kids...and adults too.  Lots of good picnic style grub

Alrighty it's 2:30am Friday morning. In about 10 hours we go for
chemotherapy. The white blood cell count is pretty low. This is number
7 of 16. It's gonna be a tough one.
I can't sleep.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/06/health/06CANC.html?ex=1086494400&en=281c
dcee897ad6fd&ei=5059&partner=AOL
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is worth it

I'm 30 years old this year and but last year I was diagnosed with
DFSP.  It's the first time my surgeon's ever seen one in his life.
First time, my doctor's ever seen someone like myself as well.  Doctor
said by his statistics, he would probably see a patient like me every

I have a friend who has hemangioendoteliom. As I understand it, it is
in someway related to cancer but I don't know. I have sought
information at Google.com but only got a few hits. Could anyone please
help me to find more information about this disease? Very grateful for

There seems to be a discrepancy as to where they most freqently arise (head
or body and tail)
J
http://162.129.103.53/pancreas/typtable.cfm

Has anybody heard of a cancer called Pancreatoblastoma?  Any
information you can give me?  Has anyone dealt with childhood cancer?
How can I help my sister get through this strong and help her child?
I need advice...

Hi Gang,
Hopefully (fingers, toes, ears, nose and everything else crossed!) that I
may have cracked it and am back in action.  Thanks Em and J for off-line
advice - hope it has done the trick!!

Thanks for all the feedback to my earlier posts.Really it was very
helpful as medically and personally.
My Father is affected from advanced ca prostate + features of cauda
equina syndrome.

Just to let you all know that we have returned back from London last night
with very little problems. Getting to London was not a problem she slept
most of the time, but her condition got worse on the 3rd day of our visit.
She started having seizures; I was petrified at first but ...

My brother is two yrs past stem cell transplant but his PN has never
gone away, in recent weeks, its much worse. We've been trying everything
(MSM cream, foot spa, foot massage, icing, Tylenol, etc).  The last few
nights, he has been waking up in the middle of the night with it

She is going in for a mamogram tomorrow...Obviously I am concerned but
told her that everything will be fine.  She is 69, smokes, is
overweight, and is generally not is real good health.  (just found out
she also has pneumonia).  She has back and pain issues that limit her

When to the oncologist today at Sloan-Kettering for a follow-up consultation
after surgery to remove a 6cm mid-sigmoid tumor. Happy to report considering
the size of the tumor that Doctors recommend no chemo. Stage II, T3,N0,M0,
no lymph node involvement, no vascular invasion, no ...

Hello. I'm an opera singer and a teacher of Singing. I've recently had to
undergo surgery to remove a
malignant tumour from my left lung, which meant removing my whole left lung.
I'm seeking informations and web resources about singers who coped with this