Doctors have made a significant breakthrough in the treatment of
ovarian cancer by discovering a way to reverse the resistance to drugs
that denies thousands of women patients each year a chance of survival.
more here

A friend whose husband will begin chemo soon, asked me to help her find
out what Medicare pays, and I understand why now.  I looked for clear
cut info on the Medicare web site and found everything but what I
needed, as well as through Google searches.

I posted this question on the NCA message board and have gotten
nothing.
My father age 76 has stage 3 esophageal cancer(adenocarcinoma). He's
been through surgery, radiation and chemo. It's really taken a toll.

My Blood test came back today. Very Low white cell. Dr. gave me a shot of
Neulastin? Spelled wrong I know It's a white Blood cell booster. So I'm off
of Chemo for 2 weeks. Either way I Won't be on Chemo when I go to visit my
dad the week of Dec 11th.

The mangosteen is known to help with all types of ailments with over 40
years of  scientific research take a look at www.mymangosteen.com/robsmith 
and do your own research into xanthones. Hope this helps some of you

Does anyone have information or opinions about how many CT scans one can
have before the radiation danger becomes a high risk?

Found this on the net that may be of help in cancer prevention. I
emphasize "may".
http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm

A relative of mine recently had major bouts of nausea, induced by
a severe sinus issue. They tried Zofran for the sickness, but it had
little effect, due to the origin of the problem. The nausea was shortly
after resolved by a surgical procedure on the sinus area , anyway.

Dear Sir and Madam:
I am a student at the University of Northern Iowa, and I am very
interested in skin cancer because I have family and friends who have
dealt with it; and I am writing a journalistic report about this topic.

Someone has advanced colorectal cancer, and given 6-12 months to live,
and it has been 9 months now. Does not seem to be in pain, tho the
alzheimers could be masking that. Also a swollen belly. BUT now an
unusual amount of bleeding has started.. what, in anyones opinion,

My husband had a swollem lymph node, like a knot, in front of his ear. While
at the hospital, after our big scare of the drastically low WBC count, the
onc said the knot is gone and that obviously the chemo is working. My
question is if a tumor disappears after chemo, does it ...

My dear friend has had breast cancer of the non evasive variety and is
currently adamant about taking Tamoxifen to reduce the chance of
reoccurrence. However she smokes 1-2 packs of cigarettes daily with no end
in sight. From what I can tell Tamoxifen and from what her doctor told ...

Some Stem Cell Transplant Recipients Face Long-Term Risk
11.27.06, 12:00 AM ET
MONDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with diseases such as
leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who receive a hematopoietic stem cell

Hello madiba,
welcome back. :)
Aren't you going to tell us about SA?
By the way, Alan, on breast cancer newsgroup, is looking for "geek"

A little history first...
As I have stated recently, I am recovering from right mediastinal &
lower neck Involved Field RT. I have been having some problems "getting
past" the RT side effects (I think). During my RT, I got a nasty chest