karena123

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1. treatment for liver melanoma

   karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology

   She contacted Dr Sato at the Wills eye clinic in Phillidelphia.He seems to be the top in the country.You can do a google search for info on him. She was ina double blind clinical trial at the beginning of the year.It turned out she was not getting th...

2. treatment for liver melanoma

   karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology

   She is in Chicago.SHe was referred to Wills by her oncologist initially. Fortunatly she is able to go where she needs and not just where her insurance dictated.The oncologist she spoke with last week and it sounds like she will be going to is from N...

3. treatment for liver melanoma

   karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology

   My sister has had a second opinion with another oncologist. He feels she should not wait for treatment and mentiomioned several options other than the Bristol Meyer drug study the first oncologist was suggesting.She also spoke with an intake nurse at...

4. treatment for liver melanoma

   karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology

   Thankyou both for your quick replies ,and good thoughts.I will try to keep you updated. The latest info she got today was that the drug the Dr. fels is most succesful in treating is not going to have any more avialable for release from the FDA until ...

5. treatment for liver melanoma

   karena123 replied to karena123's topic in Oncology

   Obviously she has and like I said the prognosis is not good.I was hoping some of my peers with expierence in this area had some other options I could research.Most nurses on this site are not so quick to post negative comments.

6. treatment for liver melanoma

   karena123 posted a topic in Oncology

   hoping someone can give me some info and recomendations! My sister had occular melanoma 3 years ago ,and was treated with radiation implants to shrink the tumor. She found out last week that she has melanoma of the liver. The prognosis doesn't sound ...

7. Lotus births.

   karena123 replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

   didn't that women say she was some kind of a doctor??? Glad I don't live by her I am not sure I would want her to treat my sick kids!