Metastatic Bladder Cancer

13 years 3 days ago #37027 by sara.anne
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Not sure which link you are referring to. If it is the one in Patricia's latest posting, this is the complete one:
faculty.mdanderson.org/Eddie_Abdalla/
Hope this helps..

Sara Anne

Diagnosis 2-08 Small papillary TCC; CIS
BCG; BCG maintenance
Vice-President, American Bladder Cancer Society
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13 years 3 days ago #37023 by befr
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I tried this link but it didn't work - is it possible for you to re-check? My husband has mets to lymph nodes after almost 5 years clean following RC.
Thanks

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13 years 6 months ago #34018 by GKLINE
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Rick

I could not pass your post by without offering my support to you. I wish you the best and hope you are able to find a Dr. that will try everything in their power to help you.

I will keep you in my prayers.

George

Light a man a fire and he is warm for an evening.
Light a man ON fire and he's warm forever.

08/08/08...RC neo bladder
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13 years 6 months ago #34014 by Patricia
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YEAH..you never know if the right hand is talking to the left hand at these large centers...doesn't hurt to do your own homework.
Multiple lesions, large lesions, and lesions affecting multiple lobes of the liver have long been considered to be unresectable. Dr. Abdalla and his colleagues have taken a different approach to determining the resectability of liver tumors: they have shifted away from the analysis of tumor size and number and now focus on how much of the liver will remain after surgery. This new way of thinking allows the doctors to explore different ways to shift a patient’s status from unresectable to resectable
I think we can lose up to 80% of our liver and it will regenerate...i must ask my leading transplant surgeon Dr. Gill.
faculty.mdanderson.org/Eddie_Abdalla/
doesn't list a phone number but i'll bet you could get that from the main listing?
Tell him its time to take on bladder cancer.
pat

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13 years 6 months ago #34013 by mmc
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Rick,

You might also want to ask Dr. Abdalla directly as well.
At a minimum, get your guy to discuss it with him but I know I'd sure want to get to him in your situation given what I just read.

Good luck!

Mike

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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13 years 6 months ago #34012 by rickysturrock
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Thanks for the article! The Dr. told me that 5 cm was the cutoff size for resection. I have 2 lesions larger than that, but have 4 smaller (1 cm to 2 cm) lesions. I will definetely ask him about it again.
Rick

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