Green Lantern Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I believe that if you catch it early enough, you stand a better chance against it. Check with your doctor regarding your concerns and for those exams that are regularly done like Pap Smears and Breast exams for the women and Prostate exams for the men including PSA (Prostate specific Antigen) in the blood. Quote Link to comment
LovenFaith Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 mine is FEAR... FEAR of losing a loved one...he has colon cancer.stage 2...and though i've heard of a medical breakthrough recently,this damn fear is still creeping my spine...he's the only person who show me what's life is all about :cry: Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Is he already seeing an Oncologist? Quote Link to comment
Kouji Kabuto Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 We shouldn't immediately put down conventional medicine. My friend said that in china, east and west work together to treat cancer. Like GL says, an ounce of prevention is worth a TON of cure. Check ups, check ups, check ups! Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Thanks KK, again it is too bad that most people don't pay much attention to the signs till it is too late. Quote Link to comment
LovenFaith Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Is he already seeing an Oncologist? yes po..and he was advised to undergo surgery..but he didn't buy that option...he's mother told him that it will make his condition worst than better...!!! :sick: We shouldn't immediately put down conventional medicine. My friend said that in china, east and west work together to treat cancer. Like GL says, an ounce of prevention is worth a TON of cure. Check ups, check ups, check ups! i heard about this "stem cell weeks ago"... possible or not...i wanna take chances but i still dont know how or where to start on having this procedure...can u pls fill me in po about all the infos i need regarding this...?thanks so much po...!!! Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I'm sorry PeeJay Ong but stem cell therapy is not yet available in medical practice, this is still undergoing research and has a long way to go. I suggest you have a good, long, and informed discussion with your oncologist as to the options that he can offer. Quote Link to comment
hint-of-lime Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 yes po..and he was advised to undergo surgery..but he didn't buy that option...he's mother told him that it will make his condition worst than better...!!! :sick: i heard about this "stem cell weeks ago"... possible or not...i wanna take chances but i still dont know how or where to start on having this procedure...can u pls fill me in po about all the infos i need regarding this...?thanks so much po...!!! A lot of cancer patients cringe when they hear the word "surgery". For certain types of cancer which are caught early enough, surgery is actually the best option. Surgery is the ONLY modality available for cancer today which when done by a trained surgical oncologist for the properly selected patient can actually afford a CURE because you are able to remove the cancer EN BLOC (assuming, of course, you don't have metastasis yet)! The best results actually have been seen in patients treated with neoajuvant chemotherapy (chemotherapy before surgery) followed by surgery, then by another set of chemotherapy after. Theoretically by doing this, you k*ll the micrometastasis and shrink the tumor first, then do the surgery after the tumor has shrunk, then again k*ll what is left of the micromets after. Think of it this way - you are out to k*ll an Al Quaeda safehouse; some enemy fighters might be scattered in the structures in the surrounding building. You first drop the cluster bombs to take out as much of the surrounding area as possible, then direct your smart bomb on the safehouse for the surgical strike! Of course, it doesnt work all the time, but for the patients on whom this works, it makes all the difference! Another reason why surgery is suggested even for some unresectable tumors or for mets patients is that surgery will decrease the tumor load of the body. Why is this important? If the tumor load is decreased, then there will be a smaller area on which the chemotherapy/RT would need to work on. So if your medical oncologist (assuming he is a well trained one) feels that surgery will be of benefit, it should be something you should seriously consider. As for the stem cells, GL is right - the technology is still too far off to be of benefit to anyone for anything. Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Currently they are advertising a service for storage of stem cells from umbilical cords but this is only for unborn children. Quote Link to comment
jo6789 Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 yes po..and he was advised to undergo surgery..but he didn't buy that option...he's mother told him that it will make his condition worst than better...!!! :sick: i heard about this "stem cell weeks ago"... possible or not...i wanna take chances but i still dont know how or where to start on having this procedure...can u pls fill me in po about all the infos i need regarding this...?thanks so much po...!!! Stem cell is currently available right now..im working as a bone marrow transplant nurse or what we called the stem cell transplant medyo may kamahalan po ata ito and i dont know kung available ito sa pilipinas, as for the stem cord transplant ginagawa po ito sa mga pasyente na walang makuhang match na donor para sa bone marrow transplant some are succesful in doing this kind of procedure ung preparation and pagkuha ng donor ang medyo mahirap at ung process na dadaanan ng pasyente ang medyo dapat e paghandaan both physically and emotionally...kung may katanoungan po kayo tungkol dito ill try to answer them sa abot po ng ating makakaya pag di ko na po masagot magtatanong po tayo sa mas nakakaalam...my prayers to all those experiencing and battling the big C both the patients and relatives Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 You must be referring to bone marrow transplantation. Bone marrow transplantation is the generic term used to describe the collection and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells. The procedure is usually carried out for one of two purposes: (1) to replace an abnormal but nonmalignant lymphohematopoietic system with one from a normal donor, or (2) to treat malignancy by allowing the administration of higher doses of myelosuppressive therapy than would otherwise be possible. The use of bone marrow transplantation has been steadily increasing, both because of the its demonstrated effectiveness in selected diseases and because of increasing availability of donors. The International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry estimates that about 50,000 transplants were performed during 1999. The other stem cell therapy being referred to was in conjunction with gene cell therapy wherein these proginator cells will be made to differenciate to specific cells for therapeutic purposes. In short, you can use bone marrow transplantation to help recover from the toxicities brought about by chemotherapy. Normally when dealing with the big "C" Chemotherapy is done initially to try and reduce the size of the tumor and its activity, followed by excision (surgery), followed by chemotherapy again to try and eliminate any cells that may have spread (metastasis). All this chemotherapy is toxic to the non malignant cells of the body as well. Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted August 6, 2006 Share Posted August 6, 2006 Hello Jo6789,Can you ask your friends what their take is on the new bill for stem cell research.This is the new bill proposed by congress but is expected to be vetoed by Pres. Bush.Personally, I don't see the problem with the research but I guess some people have some bio-ethical issues with it.If the research will do good for mankind then I'm all for it. Quote Link to comment
jo6789 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Hello Jo6789,Can you ask your friends what their take is on the new bill for stem cell research.This is the new bill proposed by congress but is expected to be vetoed by Pres. Bush.Personally, I don't see the problem with the research but I guess some people have some bio-ethical issues with it.If the research will do good for mankind then I'm all for it.hello there green lantern Ithink Pres. Bush vetoed the embryonic stem cell research but not the entire stem cell research, its my fault that when i commented regarding the query of our fellow mtc'er i forgot to ask what kind of malignancy is he or she referring to, im quite in a hurry to back read those thread ( medyo busy po ). Actually im working in a research instituition dealing with this different kind of stems cells what we are doing right now is to improve the technology in several stem cell therapies which include the Bone marrow stem cells, PBCS and the Umbilical Cord Blood stem cell,..we usually do this kind of treatment/procedure to those with leukemias other types of cancer and some various blood disorder...i think the issue about the embryonic stem cell will go back to the issue of human cloning...those who are against the human cloning will definitely be against this kind of stem cell research...If you will ask me about if it is beneficial for the humankind in pursuing this kind of researches then the answer will be obvious... Quote Link to comment
Green Lantern Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Jo6789, no faults here. We are all just trying to help diba.Wow, you have a great job, you work directly with the people who are in need of help, you must be a sympathetic and caring person. I saw an Ad on Fox, they were advertising storage of cord blood from newborns, the thing about this is that you would have to suspect that your child will have some need for his/her cord blood in the future. Quote Link to comment
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