Hi many name is Tracey and i live in Sydney, Australia with My husband and four children, my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 nasopharyngeal cancer in sept 04.
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Posts: 2 | Location: Australia | Registered: 29 January 2005
Dear Tracey, Welcome. You have come to the right place to receive support from a great bunch of people. You will find you can ask or say anything thats in your mind, & one or more will respond to you.
Posts: 299 | Location: Scotland | Registered: 15 November 2004
Sorry to hear about your husband. It must be very difficult for you. The cancer and treatment saps the strength of the whole family, especially you and your husband. The more agressive treatment advocated appears to be improving the outcome. We can only pray and hope for the best for you and your husband.
Best wishes Vinod
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Originally posted by Tacey Freeburn: Hi many name is Tracey and i live in Sydney, Australia with My husband and four children, my husband was diagnosed with stage 4 nasopharyngeal cancer in sept 04.
knowledge is the best medicine
Posts: 2 | Location: Greece | Registered: 04 June 2005
Ηι.Ιm Evi and my husband was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer (stageIIb, type II) last year. He is 36 years old and we have 3 young children.Our son was just 15days old when we found out the bad news. Hopefully he is now in remission and we hope for the best. I COULD write for days trying to express my feelings and fears. When i have time i try to get as much information as possible. Ill be happy to hear from you, and as i do every night, ill pray from now on for your husband too. Best wishes Evi.
knowledge is the best medicine
Posts: 2 | Location: Greece | Registered: 04 June 2005
My husband has nasopharyngeal cancer stage 4 also. He has had all the treatment he can have and we now have to wait to see what happens. The doctors have offered him more chemo but he has refused it because he says he'd rather leave it to nature. It's like living on a knifes edge.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dr Vinod K Joshi,
Posts: 43 | Location: West Yorkshire | Registered: 12 May 2005
Hi Michelle, just to say you will be in my thoughts and prayers, for you to stay strong, as you must be having a tough time, we are all here for you,Big Bear Healing Hugs,
Posts: 483 | Location: London | Registered: 20 September 2004
Thank you Garance. Just coming on here and talking to such wonderful people like all of you makes it that much easier. I think of you all too. Much love Michelle.x
Posts: 43 | Location: West Yorkshire | Registered: 12 May 2005
Treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents.
Mertens R, Granzen B, Lassay L, Bucsky P, Hundgen M, Stetter G, Heimann G, Weiss C, Hess CF, Gademann G.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Technology RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
BACKGROUND: Preliminary results of combined neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and postradiation interferon beta (IFN-beta) in children and adolescents with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, especially in high-risk patients, have been promising. METHODS: From 1992 to 2003, 59 patients (58 high-risk patients and 1 low-risk patient, median age 13 yrs; range, 8-25 yrs) were treated in the GPOH-NPC-91 study. The Stage II patient received irradiation as initial therapy. Fifty-eight patients received preradiation chemotherapy with methotrexate, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil. The cumulative radiation dose to primary sites was 59.4 Gy, a total dose of 45 Gy was delivered to the neck area. After irradiation, all patients were treated with 10(5) U recombinant IFN-beta/kg body weight 3 times a week for 6 months. RESULTS: After combination therapy, complete response was accomplished in 58 patients. In one patient, there was tumor progression during chemotherapy. In 3 patients, distant metastases were observed 14, 15, and 18 months after diagnosis, respectively. One patient had a local relapse 12 months after diagnosis. Fifty-four patients are still in first remission with a median follow-up of 48 months (range, 10-110 mos). Chemotherapy-related toxicity was mucositis Grade II, III, or IV in all patients and acute cardiotoxicity in 2 (3.5%) of the patients. Nephrotoxicity Grade I-II occurred in 8.8% of patients. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of initial chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and IFN-beta results in an excellent outcome. These results strongly support the development of a future treatment strategy along this line. Cancer 2005. (c) 2005 American Cancer Society.
Disclaimer: Please see your own dentist/doctor for a proper diagnosis as my words should not, in any circumstances, be taken as dental/medical advice.
"If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use what is dim for the light it gives, then all will go well. This is called Acting Naturally." Lao-Tsu, Tao Teh King
Posts: 3779 | Location: St Luke's Hospital, Bradford and Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield | Registered: 14 December 2002
My dear friend has just been diagnosed with Naso pharyngeal in the post nasal space with secondaries in the nexk and lungs. I'm trying to find out information for him, and hope too.
My friend has had various tests last week at the DRI in Derby and we're back there on Wednesday but they haven't said when (or if) they're going to start chemo.
Posts: 3 | Location: Derby | Registered: 28 October 2005
Disclaimer: Please see your own dentist/doctor for a proper diagnosis as my words should not, in any circumstances, be taken as dental/medical advice.
"If you see what is small as it sees itself, and accept what is weak for what strength it has, and use what is dim for the light it gives, then all will go well. This is called Acting Naturally." Lao-Tsu, Tao Teh King
Posts: 3779 | Location: St Luke's Hospital, Bradford and Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield | Registered: 14 December 2002
