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Date Page Number Cancer Type Diagnosis Chemo Drugs Treatment Quality of Life Information Gathering General Comments
10/26/2009
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5684 THROAT Head and Neck cancer ... ... Surgury, Chemo, radiation... Now very good... My name is Jay Tankersley and I am 46 years old. ... My name is Jay Tankersley and I am 46 years old. ...
06/26/2005
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4368 THROAT UPDATE 11/06/2000 page 2164... ... ... ... ... I have seen the last of my team of doctors- my ENT...
04/22/2005
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4340 THROAT Squamous cell cancer of the phanrynx and epiglotti... cispantin... Chemo and radiation... We are only into one week of treatment and so far ... Anyone with words of wisdom or suggestions would b... ...
03/14/2005
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4325 THROAT I have cancer of the esophogus... none yet... none yet... ... ... Im scared...
12/19/2004
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4297 THROAT My husband was diagnosed with throat cancer in Jun... ... ... At the moment reasonable.Has problems with constan... Anyone had similar experience,we'll try anything... Any help/comments welcomed, any carers who would l...
09/01/2004
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4265 THROAT My husband was diagnosed with throat cancer on Apr... Cisplastin... He had three all day doses of cisplastin. Seven an... He was on the feeding tube until November. Part o... When he was first diagnosd I immediately went to t... I am searching for information from any where for ...
03/02/2004
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4193 THROAT My husband, 62 at the time was diagonsed with thro... ... ... ... ... ...
03/02/2004
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4194 THROAT I just posted a story and failed to leave my e-mai... ... ... ... ... ...
04/19/2002
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3752 THROAT My father has just been diagnosed as terminal afte... None although he have just been offered them as a ... Laser surgery then radiation and then full larynge... He is well at the moment althought the doctors hav... We have read everything there is to read and are n... We are trying to remain positive and my father's m...
01/17/2002
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3625 THROAT Dr. thinks my friend has cancer. Will have offici... ... ... Poor.... ... My friend is a 28 year old mother of two children....
12/13/2001
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3575 THROAT Cancer of upper throat and part of tounge... None... Surgery on throat and tounge. Thirty six horrible... Most of my salavia glands were destroyed. I have t... Looked on internet for information... I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT MY CANCER IS GONE [ TESTS ...
08/06/2001
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3125 THROAT I'M NEW TO THE NET. NEED AHSNERS AS TO WHY MY HEAL... ... ... ... ... ...
06/24/2001
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2847 THROAT click DETAIL BUtton, then see “general comments”... ... ... ... ... ...
06/05/2001
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2718 THROAT In January of 2000, my then fiance Chuck began to ... no chemo, mega-doses of radiation for 7 weeks (5 d... Radiation and partial laryngectomy... Although he is tired and weak, every day he gets b... Chuck's specialist was very informative and helpfu... Have a positive attitude, a sense of humor and be ...
05/14/2001
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2618 THROAT Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus... Adriamycin,Mitomycin Five Fluorouracil ,... Surgery:Excision of large portionof esophagus,uppe... Fine except for some gastro-intestinal problems wh... I am anewly retired Ob-Gyn Physcian so I sought in... Iwas supposed to have radiation as well as chemo, ...
05/11/2001
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2603 THROAT i am now a laryngectomee. had the procedure done i... Taxol... surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, I.P.6 positive ... good... ... ...
05/10/2001
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2594 THROAT LEIOMYOSARCOMA... DOES NOT HELP - CUTTING IT OUT WAS ALL THAT WAS EV... SURGERY ONLY- GET A CT SCAN DONE EVERY THREE MONTH... I NOW HAVE FIBROMYALGA - NO ONE TOLD ME IT WOULD H... THE CANCER I HAD IS A RARE ONE. I WAS TOLD THAN ... ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I HAVE LEARNED TH...
04/29/2001
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2533 THROAT Well, Here goes. Five years ago at the age of 37 a... No Chemo at all but 30 treatments of Radiation Apr... Partial Laryngectomy July 2000 ... ... I did a lot of research about my surgery on the in... MY PRAYERS ARE OUT HERE FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE NO ON...
03/29/2001
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2404 THROAT I was just diagnosed with carsinoma insitu of the ... No chemo.... So far we are just watching it to see of it return... I am married with 2 children ages 9 and 10. My li... I have searched the internet for an online chat an... Stay tough guys!...
03/22/2001
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2374 THROAT Eight years out... ... chemo-radiation-surgery... good... ... ...
11/06/2000
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2164 THROAT not too shocking as i was having trouble swallowin... taxol, flouracil , usual chemo drugs plus radiatio... no chemo side effects except hair loss from the ta... quality of life was fine! kids were 7 and 10 at th... read a lot of books.. try the magazine COPING. v... keep a good outlook on life. think positively and...
05/16/2000
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1895 THROAT My father was daignosed three years ago with cance... This time they suggested surgery was his only opti... Needless to say we agreed to the surgery. If I rem... The only problems that he has incurred from the op... We found the cancer society very helpful. More so ... My advice is to read about the disease as much as ...
01/10/2000
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1676 THROAT My husbands tonsils had been swollen so they were ... He had another surgery to remove surrounding tissu... Jim has done well although he is still very sore a... ... ... ...
01/09/2000
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1673 THROAT My friend age 43, female, has been diagnosed with ... Not sure yet... Waiting for doctors to decide what to do.... ... ... ...
09/29/1999
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1513 THROAT Not really sure at this point.... None that I am aware of.... radical surgery, radiation treatments... This has rendered Paul with the inability to inges... I am trying to help my daughter, who is 12, cope w... ...




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