Hi Danielle,

I'm sorry to hear about your dad, but it may not be quite as grim as you think.

A link to my intro is in my sig, and if you or he have any questions, feel free to PM me.

I've had 4 instances of outbreaks of distant metastases in my liver, and one in a lymph node midway between the bottom of the liver and the stomach. Each outbreak has been treated differently, with one exception which I will explain:

1st recurrence: Treated with cocktail of Carboplatin and Taxol/Taxetere. Got all tumors
2nd recurrence: Treated with Xeloda (pill form of 5FU). Got all tumors.
3rd recurrence: Treated with Xeloda. Xeloda did not work this time, all tumors had grown significantly, plus there was a new crop on hand (the 4th recurrence.)
4th recurrence: Both lobes of the liver were packed full of SIRIspheres. Got all tumors of both sets.
5th recurrence: The lone lymph node (cue William Tell Overture) Treated with 3 weeks (14 times on the table) - Just completed a week ago Monday so won't know for sure until next month, but every reason to believe that the radiation took care of the node. Stay tuned.

I hope this helps,

Bart