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Thanks everyone for your thoughts and suggestions.  I am still working
through the combined list.  As suggested, I have picked a distinct
handle and will continue to post my thoughts and experiences.
Today I saw my general practitioner for the first time in 4 years.  He

Adenocarcinoma information is so hard to find. If there are any firefighters
out there with this cancer, please respond, would love to hear your story.
Thanks Lola

Last July my 56 year old firefighter father was diagnosed with
adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. He had/has mets in lymph nodes, liver
and one rib. He went undiagnosed for a year because a biopsy was not
taken during a scope, there was a suspicious area on that scope.

Doctor phoned and asked me to pick up information sheets.
Only on steroid Prednisone as first drug to prevent bleeding until I see
doctor for the first time next wednesday.
Given 2 info sheets to read I suspect of drugs to be given soon or

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081001/hl_hsn/vitamincmegadoseshampercancertreatme
ntsinmice
Vitamin C Megadoses Hamper Cancer Treatments in Mice
By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter Wed Oct 1, 7:02 PM ET

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06047/656070.stm
Repost
Autoimmune disorders boost cancer patients' survival, small study shows
Thursday, February 16, 2006

Well, the doctor called to send me for more blood tests before my first
treatment - checking for among other things Chrones disease, hep-c, etc.
and blood enzymes and stuff like that.  Having not been to a
doctor for 4 or 5 years, they don't have any history of what has been

This article shows how much of a decrease in cancer deaths there ARE
by keeping the iron levels lower.
"Overall, 75% of new cancers occurred in patients with mean ferritin
levels > 57 ng/mL."

my oncologist went through all my nutritional supplements and told me
which not to take DURING temodar... I'll post those a  little later
but for now, I wanted to make sure nobody was aware of any
interference or chance of melatonin lowering the efficacy of

A few days ago, my brother had a stage 3 melanoma removed from his right
armpit in a "complete axillary node dissection" ..  It was a very large
rubbery mass, not the "rock hard" mass the surgeon was used to.
Pathology said it was mostly healthy tissue with "nests of cells" and

http://www.newstarget.com/z020824.html
NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published October 19 2006
Radiation overdose kills teen cancer patient

My wife was recently diagnosed with this.  We go
to see a gynecologic oncologist in a few days and
expect to have her in surgery within about 1 week.
The initial CT scan shows this to still be