June E. Smigel wrote:
>
> I encountered communication to/from your site in searching for info
> regarding stomach cancer. My husband had renal cell carcinoma almost 9
> years ago, had a kidney removed at that time, and we thought had been
> clean since. A stomach tumor was recently discovered, although it
> apparently has "been there" for several years at least ... simply went
> unnoticed in follow-up care. The stomach tumor was removed several
> weeks ago, and pathology was inconclusive. We have been told that the
> cells were "abnormal" but cannot conclusively be identified as benign or
> malignant. One doctor leans toward malignant, suggests that we should
> consider removal of the tumor a biopsy with surgery to remove the cancer
> yet to be done; and the other doctor leans toward benign, suggesting
> that we wait and see if the tumor comes back before we do anything.
> Both doctors agree that the renal cell carcinoma and this undiagnosed
> "thing" do not seem related. My husband has chosen not to have
> additional surgery, but to wait and watch. I am concerned that John has
> now had 2 unrelated tumors growing for some time and found accidently
> that there might be other growths elsewhere that we just don't know
> about. When I asked whether additional tests of any kind could be done
> to help clarify whether this tumor was malignant or not and/or if there
> are any other tumors growing unnoticed, I was basically told that since
> there is no family history of cancer and no pattern to the growths, they
> can't do any other tests because they don't know what they're looking
> for.
>
> Since I happened across your site, I thought I would find out if you are
> a subscriber list and, if so, how to subscribe. Also, do you have any
> thoughts concerning my husband's circumstances and/or ideas about other
> sites we might access?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
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Dear June:
I saw your message on mol-cancer and agree with the other two
respondents...don't wait because cancer certainly will not. It sounds
like you are dealing with other than oncologists and at a local community
hospital. I don't know where you live, but it is important that you seek
opinions from an oncologist at a major teaching hospital. Some sites you
can go to for information are as follows:
For some general information...
Cancer Notes on the Net http://www.cancernews.com
National Cancer Institute Info http://rex.nci.nih.gov
National Cancer Institute Homepage http://www.nci.nih.gov
Medicine on Line http://www.meds.com
Guide to Cancer Resources
http://www.access.digex.net/~mkragen/non-java.html
When I got my cancer, I also contacted the National Cancer Institute by
telephone at 1-800-4CANCER. A representative was able to help me with
information about my cancer, various clinical trials available and what
the standard treatments were. I also contacted two of the beast cancer
hospitals in the US:
M D Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas at
http://www.mdanderson.org and
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City at
http://www.mskcc.org
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Please keep in mind that cancer is not the death sentence it once was.
New treatments and early detection have contributed to cancer
survivorship. I will keep you and your husband in my prayers. In
return, please, both of you, keep a positive outlook and never give up
faith and hope. If you get anything out of this website it will be the
love and support of both cancer survivors like your husband and me and
care givers like you and my wife.
Stay in touch (lehnerj1@ix.netcom.com), good luck and God Bless.
John Lehner
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