Maintenance Alimta not working ? - 1267163 | CancerGRACE
2014年11月16日 · After 6 rounds of Carbo/Alimta, my mom's adenocarcinoma (KRAS) remained stabile -- showed slight shrinkage and decreased FDG uptake numbers, EXCEPT that a new small metastases in her right upper Iliac hip bone. Not clear whether this in her hip was from lung cancer or her primary breast cancer.
Could lytic lesions be something other than mets? - 1252009
2012年12月30日 · The CT found a lytic lesion in the clavicle head, one on the illiac bone and one on the sacrum as well as a couple things that they deemed of little insignificance on the report (sclerotic lesion, lymphadenopthy and a 6mmx3mm lung nodule).
Third line strategy after progression - 1247698 | CancerGRACE
2012年9月9日 · The progression in the bones has resulted in new mets in right femur, right iliac bone and L5 vertebral abnormalities. Mild ascites and right pleural effusion and multiple military nodes. Such extensive progression seem to suggest …
Zometa and bone mets - 1247426 - CancerGRACE
2012年8月31日 · Perhaps I should have started a new thread because my question was about doing mutation tests from tissue/bone taken from iliac bone. Whether such procedure is possible. Because I read somewhere that once bone is taken out it has to be de mineralised and then sent for biopsy and mutation testing from bone tissue is not reliable.
Biopsy from Bone Mets - 1247548 | CancerGRACE
2012年9月3日 · Today when I expressed my doubts about getting a viable tissue for mutation testing from bone mets, the onc told me that if there is a tumour in the bone then the testing would be possible. I asked him how we could find out whether there is a tumour, he said the only way we could find out if there is a tumour is to cut the bone and get it biopsied.
Best options to treat multiple bone mets & into soft tissue from …
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EGFR TKIs for an older patient with ECOG 4? - 1263314
2014年5月8日 · Question: Are older NSCLC patients with ECOG performance status 4 considered for EGFR TKIs ? If so, how can I find a Medical Oncologist willing to take me as a patient?
Cancer 101 FAQ: I have metastatic cancer, but why can’t it just all …
2011年1月1日 · The main situations in which local therapy, usually radiation, are indicated for metastatic disease include situations of the metastatic cancer causing local problems in the area, such as brain metastases, compression of an airway, local bleeding, painful bone metastases, and spinal cord compression.
Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy (HPOA): An Unusual …
2009年2月10日 · Other features include a buildup of bone in the ends of long bones, and sometimes an effusion (fluid collection) in the joints, particularly large joints. Patients will often feel painful joints (arthritis/arthopathy), which can look a lot like typical arthritis, particularly when the pain precedes clubbing.
Using CT scan to find Metastic cancer in bones - 1270680
Hi nkmccarthy7, Welcome to GRACE. Various types of scans can be used to detect bone mets, including a bone scan, CT, MRI and PET.