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Rectal Cancer Discussions

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reccurrent rectal with lymp no...
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My wife 36 now has battled rectal cancer for 2 years with a reccurent tumor at the 1st resection site in Jan 08.  She just had the second resection and unf...
005/12/08 Message Rating
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Anyone who has been diagnosed ...
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I am a lung cancer survivor just at 5 years. Now I have been diagnosed with rectal melanoma. I had two tumors removed with apparently clean margins but the me...
005/06/08 Message Rating
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eyes
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Hi..i am into my 5th week of chemo{5fu}and radiation..port and pump 24/7..minimal side effects..burning sensation during urination..and tender anus..two days ag...
205/04/08 Message Rating
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liver resection vs. other trea...
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Hello,I'm just wondering if anyone wishes to share their experience if you've had metastases to the liver after rectal cancer (or any can...
404/28/08 Message Rating
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Rectal cancer metastasized to ...
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My husband was diagnosed with rectal cancer stage 4 in 02/07.  After 3 surgeries (1 was a complete miss with big chunks of good lung tissues emoved bu...
704/19/08 Message Rating
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Cetuximab
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A family member has been offered a clinical trial using cetuximab. Although he is diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer (met. to bone-M1) I wondered if anyon...
004/19/08 Message Rating
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anal cancer
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I am a 48 yo female recently diagnosed with anal cancer, stage 1. I had slight bleeding, which i followed up with a colonoscopy(for what I thought was a hemmorh...
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PSA Test
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My dad is 72 y his psa test read today 4.26 ,he was treated by radio, chemo and surgical on 2007 from rectal cancer,please advice your comment urgent 
404/09/08 Message Rating
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Passing Pieces of Tumor?
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My husband was diagnosed on in Feb 2008 with stage IV rectal cancer with 6 liver mets and has completed 2 infusions of FOLOX + Avastin and is scheduled for this...
203/30/08 Message Rating
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Need to find a good surgeon. A...
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My friend is diagnosed rectal cancer. We heard that the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in NYC were among the best i...
603/30/08 Message Rating
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need advice
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rectal cancer surgery two months ago followed by a hole in the intestine site with absesses, on TPN for over a month, now being introduced to food again, c...
203/28/08 Message Rating
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Brachytherapy
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My wife who is 35 with stage 3 rectal cancer from 2006 has had the first reoccurence in Jan 08, after xeloda and 28 radiation therapy the radiation oncologist w...
803/26/08 Message Rating
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bleed a lot
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my dad diagnosed with rectal cancer for a month now, stage III. he will undergo radiation and chem next Monday, then surgery later. Yesterday my dad bleed 9-10 ...
003/21/08 Message Rating
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Do you think screening should ...
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I'm writing in response to an article from this site, plus numerous articles I've read recently about improving screening for colorectal cancer.  T...
203/20/08 Message Rating
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Walgreens & CRC Awareness Mont...
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The other day, a friend of mine told me that she had seen some brochures back by the pharmacy counter in your local Walgreens (Orlando, FL-Hi Nancy!). Well, tod...
003/18/08 Message Rating
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advice needed!!
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I wish I had found this website months ago!  I was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 7/07.  I had radiation and chemo and a transanal excision.  Th...
1203/17/08 Message Rating
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hope someone can help me with ...
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I had surgery for rectal cancer Jan22 stage 1. I left the hospital after 8 days. I did not do well, pain, difficulty eating, having a BM. New CAT scan showed a ...
003/17/08 Message Rating
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Places rectal cancer can sprea...
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Hi,I'm a newbe, to this board anyway. My husband was dx with rectal cancer March 06. The first diagnosis was stage 4. After the surgery and chemo (flofox) a...
903/14/08 Message Rating
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Urgent advise needed
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My dad has been diagnosed with rectal cancel stage 1 (3cm from anus), CT scan and MRI showed no other areas affected but the surgeon mentione that since the tum...
903/12/08 Message Rating
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New to boards....just started ...
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Hi everyone,I just started chemo and radiation today for Stage II rectal cancer.  I am 50 years old and have a wonderful husband who has been my ...
1703/03/08 Message Rating
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colonic j pouch
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In May I will have my temporary ileostomy "taken down" and begin adapting to my colonic j pouch.  I've read a few posts related to difficulti...
203/03/08 Message Rating
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Recto anal canal with liver me...
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I am 66 years old man have gone dharamshila cancer hospital and research centar on 22.08.07 with complaints of bleeding per rectum while passing stools for 3 m...
103/03/08 Message Rating
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New Diagnosis: Aggressive Stag...
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Hi,My husband is 45 and has been told that he likely has Stage IV rectal cancer with mets to the liver.  We have five children.  We found out when he ...
502/28/08 Message Rating
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A not so good best case scenar...
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My husband who was diagnosed with metastatic rectal cancer in September last year, has been struggling with a small bowel obstruction for about 7 weeks now (has...
502/23/08 Message Rating
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Medtronics morphine pump
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Hello, My friend Paul is about to undergo testing to see if he would be a good candidate to be fitted for the Medtronics morphine pump.(He has tremendous lower ...
102/21/08 Message Rating
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