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Date Page Number Cancer Type Diagnosis Chemo Drugs Treatment Quality of Life Information Gathering General Comments
11/04/2007
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5627 UTERINE I have recently been diagnosed with Endometrial Ca... ... ... ... ... ...
09/17/2006
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5362 UTERINE uterine Sarcoma Stage 4..22 years old. Doctors wer... Cisplatin and ifosfamide... Chemotherapy..only on round 2 from probably very m... Doing alright..But still a bit in denial...very ha... Going to a lot of websites and support groups and ... Don't ever be stubborn and just go to the doctor f...
04/13/2006
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4669 UTERINE my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer on 2/16/... ... she had a full hysterectomy taking eveything and h... she has her ups and downs but hopefully she will b... not much info was given ... my dad has survivced the cancer with no other trea...
03/25/2006
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4574 UTERINE Endometrial Adenocarcinoma stage IIIa grade 1-3 ... Carbo/Taxol 6 treatments - 1 every three weeks I ... Complete Hysterectomy with both tubes and ovaries ... So far so good. I have lot of bone pain the weeke... Doctors, internet, books, shared experiences.... ...
03/05/2006
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4503 UTERINE I have falliopian tube cancer that has spread to t... doxil... doxilevery 3 weeks... good... net... ...
07/21/2005
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4382 UTERINE Stage IIb (involves cervix), Type 1 (slow-growing,... none... Hysterectomy (uterus, tubes, ovaries and 23 lymph ... Physically, I have recovered from the surgery (6 m... My surgeon gave me very good basic information. I... My surgeon was a great doctor. He was thorough in...
05/05/2005
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4347 UTERINE Last Tuesday my Sistergot the diagnosis that she h... nothing until now... not started... Her situation was getting worse in the last weeks.... We are just at the beginning.... ...
12/18/2004
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4295 UTERINE Stage IV Endometrious Palliary Serous Adecarinoma ... 1 Taxol, deadly allergic to it the second time, 9 ... This is an update from my first time around, then ... My quality of life has been fairly good. Still co... ... Just wanted to update my information on this. I a...
12/18/2004
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4296 UTERINE Stage IV Endometrious Palliary Serous Adecarinoma ... 1 Taxol, deadly allergic to it the second time, 9 ... This is an update from my first time around, then ... My quality of life has been fairly good. Still co... ... Just wanted to update my information on this. I a...
05/18/2004
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4228 UTERINE Uterine cancer stage 3c at 25 yrs of age. I was d... Cisplatin, Taxol, Carboplatin, and Taxotere.... I had first surgery to remove football sized tumor... I worry alot about the cancer coming back. I also ... Surfing the net. Reading about other peoples expe... I am thankful to be alive, but I honestly enjoyed ...
01/24/2004
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4171 UTERINE Endometrial cancer, Stage III (because of malignan... Chemo for 3 months ... Total hysterectomy followed by 3 cycles of adjuvan... The diagnosis felt (of course!) surreal, but I was... I went to my Dr. appointments armed with my husban... Now I know it can happen to me. And now I underst...
08/17/2003
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4100 UTERINE In 1996 I had Grade 1 Uterline cancer diagnosed. ... Radiation... Hysterectomy ... Fantastic. My soul journey has been rich from th... I chose not to know everything at once. I found th... Sometimes peoples kindness was exhausting. So ins...
07/24/2003
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4081 UTERINE Just started down this road and am sort of scared.... ... Total hysterectomy to take place in 4 days. Also ... Because I'm still waiting for pathology reports af... Internet has been a great source of info. Also fa... Would like to hear from anyone just facing this re...
07/19/2003
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4078 UTERINE It is July 21, 2003, the uterine cancer has metasi... ... Will be doing 25 treatments of radiation, should g... Quality of life is still good, will not let this a... ... Just wanted to add this to my shared cancer experi...
07/10/2003
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4074 UTERINE Hi, it is now July 10, 2003, and this is my third ... The chemo drug to treat the second surgery in Apri... A catscan was ordered since my markers had rose 19... My quality of life has been good. I sleep in and ... I've read and talked to other ladies, especially w... I now have a buyer for my flower shop, and need to...
04/21/2003
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4029 UTERINE Actually, I've had cancer twice. The first time, ... I opted for experiental instead of chemo.... Surgery removed 7 tumors, my thyroid, para-thyroid... The moment I left the hospital, I had no health in... My own medical records.... My Mother took DES. A drug to prevent miscarriage...
04/19/2003
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4028 UTERINE Papillary serous endometrious adecarcinoma Stage I... Took my first carboplatin last Thurs. and the doct... ... Quality of life, is okay. Had metaport put in thi... ... Am taking flaxseed oil and cottage cheese, taking ...
01/03/2003
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3970 UTERINE explained to me as a 'small' cancer, a hysterectom... none... ... I'm into my third week of recovery... radiation has been suggested in a few weeks...I wo... ...
07/04/2002
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3859 UTERINE My Mother was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer 2 year... ... ... ... ... ...
05/25/2002
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3825 UTERINE Metastatic Endometrial Cancer to the lung.... Taxol, cisplatin, adriamycin..Now megace... Had 5 rounds of the chemo drugs till side effects... Not so great. The adriamycin took a toll on the h... Have researched since my mothers dx date of Sept... If anyone one has similar dx..Would like to here ...
05/01/2002
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3793 UTERINE Endometrial adenocarcinoma stage IV... Taxol, Carboplatin, Doxil... 8 rounds of chemo with carboplatin/taxol, followed... I have continued to work and support my family thr... Still continue to seek info about new treatments, ... I am determined to live as long as possible in the...
03/13/2002
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3706 UTERINE It started out as just endometral yet it as moved ... I am on IV Adrimaycin and flurouracil.. It lasts f... They want me to do chemo for 7 more weeks. Along w... I am ok bald, tried, sick alot but ok.. ... ... ...
03/10/2002
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3696 UTERINE Endometrial cancer... Carboplatin and Taxol... Every 3 weeks, just went through my 4th one. I had... I get sick the first week after my treatments and ... ... My Dr. says the blood results are almost normal, b...
11/11/2001
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3507 UTERINE Papillary Serous Adenocarcinoma, recurrent endome... Taxol, Carboplatin (every 3 weeks)... only chemotherapy - just finished 5th round (signs... While my mother feels tired and emotional for 10 d... We have had great difficulty getting information f... If anyone has information of treatment of a papill...
11/06/2001
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3496 UTERINE Stage 4 endometrial adenocarcinoma... Taxol and carboplatin... 8 rounds of iv chemo...1 treatment every 3 weeks o... Good..usually feel pretty poor for about a week af... My sister and older daughter bought me lots of boo... I reported here in May before I decided what cours...

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