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... biopsy of the tumor, pathologist doctors can frequently (but not all the time) tell the type of cancer by the proteins it produces. In addition, since the situation is serious, I would ask his...

Newly diagnosed prostate cancer can almost always be treated with hormone blockers that help for many months to years. Bone mets can be treated with some radiation to relieve the pain (and have hi...

What your ENT means by 'great news' is that there is about an 80% chance of long-term (10 yr) survivorship (avoiding the word 'cure' here since many are rightly sensit...

... here are some altenative ideas we researched that you can discuss with his medical team or other doctors via a second opinion...

I appreciate your fear of a rising CA-19-9 during remission and agree that now would be a very good time to either have 1) Next Gen Sequencing of the ORIGINAL tumor (if not done previously)...

... a very interesting innovative approach being offered at West Virginia University Medicine in Morgantown, studying a new device to administer the gemcitabine (mentioned above) directly to ...