Hi Group,
I had chemotherapy 1.5 year back for Hodgkin Lymphoma.
During the diagnosis, they also did a bonemarrow test, in which they
inserted a

I have permission from book publisher Press On Regardless
to distribute an excerpt from "Turning Heads," a collection
of powerful photographs of beautiful, bald women. They are
bald because they have cancer. They are beautiful because

a posting memeber of another newsgroup that I hang out in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes is having a problem getting treatment for her
breast cancer in the Tampa Florida area.  She has no income, no health
insurance and so forth.  This is the main part of the post that was put

I saw the radiation doctor today. First impression was that before they
would even show me to an examination room we had to go through a big
deal about insurance coverage. Made me think that if I didn't have any
insurance, they might not have let me see the doctor. Not a happy

Well, I saw the new medical oncologist a few hours ago about the results
of my needle biopsy from May 31, and I got bad news and good news.
The bad news: I have cancer.
<insert suitable time to play a short dirge>

Hello Cancees,
I know how Janet is feeling!  I got back from my first real post-op
yesterday (not counting removal of the staples) and am in much the same
situation as you are Janet.  Here is an update of where I am and where

Does anyone know anything about ths drug (endostatin)? Is it approved
and available in USA or in clinical tials anywhere for colon cancer?

All this talk about "Revici".
But I doubt, and I personally will make high bets, and give low odds, that
any of you critics will live to
the ripe old age of  102, as did my namesake, Revici.

Did you know that skin cancer is fast becoming the most common form of
cancer? It already affects approximately 1.3 million Americans each
year and appears to be rising at a rate of four to five percent annual.
Skin cancer comes in three main forms: Basal cell carcinoma, squamous

Hello Friends!
I hope this note finds all cancees in good health and cheer.  I
don't have as much to report as in the last installment and soon
there will be larger spaces as I undergo the proposed therapies.

Hi J,
Thanks for your replies. I'm sorry for not responding; for some reason my
thread is not showing up on Outlook (where I read my newsgroups) and I have
to get it from Google.

If a substance provides tumor remission/ and or inhibition at a rate of 2
milligrams per week per lab rat, what extrapolated
rate would be appropriate for 70 kg adult?
Would it  be 140 milligrams per week? Or is it more complicated than a

My hair has all fallen out and now since my DH trimmed it short it itches.
Does anyone know what I can put on this to take the itch away? Baby oil or
olive oil?
Betsy

I saw the chemo Oncologist today. What a lovely man! He listened to my
concerns that chemo and, especially, radiation might tend to do more
damage than I'm willing to endure. He also understood that the quality
of my life is more significant than the quantity of my life. He works ...

I am 16 years old, as it is life is hard. When my mom had breast cancer
the first time I was too little to understand exactly what was
happening. My dad also was diagnosed with hotchkins disease after my
mom had recovered he first time. My dad is now well. My mom has cancer