Article About Liver Resection

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cherryames
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Article About Liver Resection

Postby cherryames » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:57 pm

I can't seem to locate the article on liver resection that MISSJ mentioned in the reply to Monkeyblam. It was supposed to be in the articles section of Liver Foundation.org. Can anyone give me more specific info on how to find it? Thanks.

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Postby missjv » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:59 am

HI CHERRY,
I WILL FIND ARTICLE AND SEND YOU THE LINK. I THINK I FOUND IT ON THE WEBSITE BY DOING A SEARCH ON THE SITE ABOUT LIVER METS.

MISSJV

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Postby missjv » Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:45 am

HI CHERRY,
THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE IS EXCITING TREATMENTS OFFER HOPE TO PATIENTS WITH LIVER CANCER DATED JAN 31, 2006 IT WAS WRITTEN BY A DR. DAVID REICH FROM THE ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER IN PHILADELPHIA I CAN'T GET THE LINK HERE TO THE CC SITE IM COMPUTER ILLITERATE. ANOTHER ARTICLE I PRINTED OUT WAS FROM THE LIVER CANCER NETWORK AND THE WEB SITE IS WWW.LIVERCANCER.COM AND LOOK IN THE SURGERY SECTION IT TALKS ABOUT PRIMARY LIVER CANCER AND COLON CANCER METASTASIS TO THE LIVER. ALSO ANOTHER ARTICLE I FOUND WAS FROM M.D. ANDERSON ONCOLOG AND THAT IS DATED APRIL 2006 AND THE TITLE IS REDEFINING UNRESECTABLE DISEASE TREATING LIVER METASTASIS FROM COLORECTAL CANCER AND THAT IS A GREAT ARTICLE AS WELL AND THAT ARTICLE STATES THAT 58% OF LIVER RESECTIONS WERE STILL ALIVE AFTER 5 YEARS AND THE SURVIVAL RATE FOR PATIENTS WITH STAGE 4 CC IS REMARKABLE. I WISH I COULD PUT THE LINKS HERE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY ARE ALL VERY PROMISING TO THOSE OF US WITH STAGE 4 DISEASE. EVEN LIVER ALONG WITH LUNG METS CAN BE REMOVED WHERE AS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IF CANCER SPREAD BEYOND LIVER THEY WOULD NOT DO SURGERY. ALL OF THESE SURGERIES ARE DONE AT MAJOR CANCER CENTERS SUCH AS M.D. ANDERSON, SLOAN KETTERING, AND A HOSPITAL IN PITTSBURG, VANDERBILT AND THE MAYO CLINIC IN MINNESOTA. I AM LEAVING FLORIDA AND GOING TO NEW YORK FOR MY SURGERY BECAUSE WHEN I WAS 1ST DIAGNOSED MY WITCH OF AN ONCO NEVER MENTIONED SURGERY AS A POSSIBILITY. SHE AUTOMATICALLY PUT ME ON PALLIATIVE CHEMO AND I WAS TOLD IM IN CURABLE BUT TREATABLE UNTIL CHEMO STOPS WORKING AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE END. I WAS SO MAD WHEN I STARTED DOING RESEARCH AND FOUND THESE LARGE CANCER CENTERS THAT HAVE REMARKABLE OUTCOMES ON SURGERY TO REMOVE THE CANCER. YES METASTATIC DISEASE IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN HAVE BUT AT LEAST WITH THESE SURGERIES IT WILL BUY PEOPLE MORE TIME AND IN SOME CASES PEOPLE ARE CURED. AND THE LIVER IS A REMARKABLE ORGAN THAT CAN REGENERATE ITSELF. NOT TO BE TOLD OF OPTIONS AND HANDED AN AUTOMATIC DEATH SENTENCE REALLY PISSED ME OFF AND ALOT OF PEOPLE WOULD WALK AWAY FROM THEIR DOC AND THINK WELL THATS WHAT DOC SAID SO I GUESS THAT IS THE WAY IT IS AND THAT IS WRONG EVERYONE NEEDS 2,3,4 OR MORE OPINIONS AND EXPLORE EVERY OPTION AVAILABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN HELP SLOW DOWN THE DISEASE OR HALT IT ALL TOGETHER. STAGE 4 IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC DEATH SENTENCE AS IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH IT AS CHRONIC CONDITION OR HAVE BEEN CURED FROM IT ALL TOGETHER. THERE ARE A FEW FOLKS ON THIS VERY BOARD WHO HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE FOR A WHILE NOW. HOLLY 3 YEARS, ERIKA 5 YEARS, AND HARLEYMAN 19 YEARS SO IT CAN BE DONE. WELL SORRY TO RAMBLE ON SO LONG IM ON MY LUNCH BREAK.

MISSJV


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