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You have a very survivable cancer, even though it has spread.
Yes, the treatment sucks, but many of the side effects are treatable, particularly nausea.
The oncologist was not so optimistic. He recommended chemotherapy as a sort of "let's try this to see if it works" method. No wonderful statistics were mentioned. It must be a particularly aggressive cancer.
The oncologist was not so optimistic. He recommended chemotherapy as a sort of "let's try this to see if it works" method. No wonderful statistics were mentioned. It must be a particularly aggressive cancer.
Dang, that is young!
Get a second opinion from another oncologist.
Odds are three out of four overall for living at least five years after treatment for stage 4. Of course, there is no way to know for sure whether you personally will be one of the three who survives or the one who does not. You do know the outcome without any more treatment at all, though.
The oncologist was not so optimistic. He recommended chemotherapy as a sort of "let's try this to see if it works" method. No wonderful statistics were mentioned. It must be a particularly aggressive cancer.
Your oncologist should talk to the folks at Cleveland Clinic or MD Anderson Cancer center at University of Texas. They are two of the best resources for care and treatment. Also, Mayo Clinic is a great resource.
Lance Armstrong’s cancer spread to his brain. That is the next step in the progression of testicular cancer. It is one of the few cancers that spreads in a predictable manner. Which makes it easy to treat, and has a high cure rate.
Odds are three out of four overall for living at least five years after treatment for stage 4. Of course, there is no way to know for sure whether you personally will be one of the three who survives or the one who does not. You do know the outcome without any more treatment at all, though.
I'm going to have an appointment with another oncologist next week. My goal is discuss the best end of final options but let's see how it goes.
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Your oncologist should talk to the folks at Cleveland Clinic or MD Anderson Cancer center at University of Texas. They are two of the best resources for care and treatment. Also, Mayo Clinic is a great resource.
He's no longer my oncologist but the one I'm going to see has great reviews.
Follow the regimen, change the medicine mitigating the side effects and it is 95 plus percent survivable. Before my first treatment my oncologist told me it was going to suck. But to picture myself on a beach drinking a drink with an umbrella in it after it is said and done. It will become a distant memory.
50 years ago it was 90% fatal. Not it is less than 5% fatal at 5 years.
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