. Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer .

I have a friend who is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis.  He was just laid
off from DuPont, after having worked there for many years.  They also took
away his computer.  To pass the time, he now wants to write a book about his
experiances, but, he has no medium with which to write with.  This is my
appeal: If anyone has a computer that is capable of Word-Processing, who would
like to donate it to this worthy cause, please get in touch with me.  
Thanks a lot,
Jacob Ellis
jel…@netaxs.com
(610)664-2679

Need any info available on this procedure or links to such info.

Thanks JAS

The following clinical trials have been recently posted on the
CenterWatch web page (http://www.centerwatch.com):
1.breast cancer trial–in Stanford, CA
2.cervical cancer trial–in Ann Arbor, MI
3.colon cancer trial–in Ann Arbor, MI
4.prostate cancer trial–in Ann Arbor, MI
5. skin cancer trial–in Atlanta, GA.
6.Head and neck cancer trial–in Ann Arbor, MI
7.Esophageal cancer trial in Ann Arbor, MI
The CenterWatch web page lists important information such as
inclusion/exclusion criteria, contact names, and a site
description.
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Howard Homler (hhom…@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: t…@blazer.WPI.EDU (AmishGirl) wrote:

: >Hi!  I’m a college student seeking information on p53.  I know it has
: >something to do with tumor-suppressing, but is p53 the gene or the
: >*protein* produced by the gene which suppresses tumor growth?  Or,
: >could it be both?  I am unfamiliar with nameing conventions, but my
: >sources lead me to believe that p53 is both the name of the gene and
: >the name of the protein.

: >Could someone enlighten me?  I need the information by Friday…

: >Thanks,

: >Amy Plack
: >WPI ’96
: >(taking a freshman-level biology class for kicks.)

: >–
: >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
: >Amy L. Plack                                            "With talent on loan
: >t…@wpi.edu                                     from God… and half my
: >t…@sidehack.gweep.net       brains tied behind my back to make it fair…"
: Amy, Go to your bio-med library and have the librarian help you find
: the review on p53 published in the New England Journal of Medicine
: from 1995 or 1994, I think. It should have all you need to know!
: General Internal Medicine
: Sacramento, California

If you have web access, go to the biology medline server at
http://www2.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medline/query_form.html

A search on p53 returned 183 abstracts. Happy hunting.

Jeff Patterson

I’m looking for any information on recovery procedures for
esophagus cancer surgery.   The surgery was successful and
I would appreciate any information on what proper procudures
are for care and recovery.  

MrMende…@aol.com

**   David H. Bedell                        
**   Science teacher                        
**   San Lorenzo Middle School                
**   King City, CA 93930                  

A close friend has been diagnosed as having "lobulated mass in the
right upper lobe of her lung and metastatic adenocarcinoma affecting
the nodes throughout the right paratricheal chain" and has been given
a month to live.

Is there anything/anywhere/anyone that/who can treat this condition?

Where can we get more information?

Any information would be very useful. Please e-mail me if possible
at:- m-br…@dircon.co.uk

Thanks,

Manfred.

My father, 65 yrs old, was recently (2 months ago) diagnosed
with adenocarcinoma of unknown primary. He presented with a
right side pleural effusion and the pleural biopsy (not the fluid cytology)
showed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma suspected primaries
being Lung, Prostate, and Breast. His PSA level was normal, so prostate
was eliminated. Breast is uncommon amongst men and was eliminated.
So, the docs have focused on the lung as the likely primary source.

A CT scan showed that he has multiple mets in the right side of
the liver, but no primary has shown up in the lung. The docs
said that this often happens with NSCLC, and that the primary
may be small and/or on the lining of the lung.

After undergoing 2 cycles of chemo (carboplatin/taxol), he
developed severe diarrhea and subsequently a paralytic ileus.
The docs suspected an obstruction, but a colonoscopy has ruled
that out, showing just a small amount of diverticulitis.

A surgeon, looking at the CT scan of the paralytic ileus was
surprised by the fact that the transverse colon was paralyzed
(also?). He also said that the CT showed that the gallbladder
was thickened, and he suspected that the gallbladder might be
the primary. The paralytic ileus has resolved itself (he was
zapped with broad spectrum antibiotics for 10 days though its
not clear whether that did anything as all cultures were negative
and he had no fever).

My father has gallstones that were detected in an ultrasound last
June (6 months before the cancer was).

The oncologist says that the liver mets look like they have
shrunk by 10% (I wonder if they can really tell to that fine
a detail since the CT scans he’s comparing were done at different
hospitals).

His other symptoms are hyponaetremia (not clear that it really is
SIADH), and anemia. He also had a stroke back in October – 2 months
before the cancer was diagnosed. Some have suggested Trousseau’s
syndrome (though it is most common amongst pancreatic cancer).
He also had a clot in the femoral artery while in the hospital
for the paralytic ileus – again of unknown origin.

The questions are as follows:
1. How does gallbladder cancer present itself – is my Dad’s
symptoms likely/possible? Right side pleural effusion,
hyponaetremia, right side liver mets, paralytic ileus of
unkown origin, anemia.

2. How can one diagnose gallbladder cancer? Blood tests?

3. Is the 10% tumor reduction in the liver good/poor? The
2 CT scans which were compared were:
  – done 1 week prior to the first cycle and
  – done 1 week after the 2nd cycle
Is this enough time to see the efficacy of the chemo?

4. Does it matter whether the primary is gallbladder or
lung?

5. What does his stroke (multiple clots in the Right rear side which
looked like an embolic phenomenon, but no clear diagnosis) have
to do with this cancer and are there chances for reccurrance?

Thanks for any help,
Ron Hira
rh…@ecrc.gmu.edu

My Mother-in-law has recently had a malignant tumour removed (along
with part of her bowel), the primary site of which was difficult to
determine – initial description was a ‘primary peritoneal tumour’ –
but this seems less definite now. Certainly her ovaries had not been
affected and were left intact although the surgeon has suggested that
some other organs had been affected.

She is now undergoing chemotherapy and is receiving Carboplatin. Just before
her third treatment, she has had to be given two units of whole blood due to
slight anaemia.

Now, is this anaemia likely to be a result of the chemotherapy or is it more
likely to be due to the cancer?  

We have been told that the level of CA 125 in her blood is dropping, again,
does this mean that the chemotherapy is having an affect on any metastatic
spread or could it be simply due to the debulking of the original tumour?

Is there anywhere that I can find out more about the use and effects of
Carboplatin – Lycos has not been very helpful in this matter.

I gather that in the US, Carboplatin is normally used in conjunction with
Paclitaxel. Is the same true in the UK? I have not seen any reference to the
use of this in my Mother-in-Law’s notes – should we be asking why not?

Thanks for any help with these questions, my wife and I are trying to not be
unnecessarily discouraged or have our hopes raised without good cause – so
any information which helps us to have a clearer picture would be gratefully
received.

–
Clive

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Hi.

I am looking for any info on the bovine growth hormone and it’s effects on the
quality of milk. Also, I am wondering if milk products have to list on the
label somewhere that the cows were treated with the hormone ….or whether you
assume they are all treated unless it tells you otherwise. I’m trying to be
objective until I become more informed, but the idea of using these
hormones really bothers me. I’d also appreciate any info regarding the
amounts/activity of antibiotics found in milk products as a result of
treatment to the cow. Even pesticides/herbicides that the cow might ingest
would be interesting to become more informed about.  Thanks in advance.

klen…@bu.edu