 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Dear Mandi,
I am so sorry for your loss. Pancreatic cancer is the worst one there is. I buried a good friend (he was Dx'd 2 months before me)last Sunday due to it and have lost 2 other friends to it in the past couple of years. Sometimes I just want to scream my hatred and contempt at this disease.
My dad was Dx'd with Lymphoma and died a few weeks later.
This years ACS data states the 5 year survival rate (for oral cancer) is up to 58% (all cancers - 62%) So they are making progress and the improved treatments are making a difference. There is a reason to have and maintain hope.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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