!!Need Help!! Lung Cancer

Donald F. McRae

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Sep 13, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/13/97

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Yu Wang wrote:
>
> (I have little knowledge about correct medical terms, so some words
> and description may be used inappropriately. Sorry.)
>
> My uncle lives in China and recently he was diagnosed lung cancer.
> The specific name is "papillary adenocarcinoma". He is now taking
> two kinds of medicines. One is "Sharkage Capsule by Polyhealth",
> the other is "i-RNA-ing (anticancer of lung)".
>
> The purpose of this letter is to ask for some better medicine and
> examining method in US. would you please tell me:
>
> 1. Is there any better medicine in US? and what's the name and
> where can I find more information on lung-cancer medicine?
>
> 2. Any accurate and correct examing method to check his condition?
>
> 3. Should he take an operation? What's the consequence?
>
> 4. Any good web-sites about lung cancer and its cure?
>
> YOUR ANY INFORMATION WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.
>
> Yu
Try this address: http://cancerguide.org/mainmenu.html

Yu Wang

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Sep 13, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/13/97

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stanbro

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Sep 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/15/97

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Papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung is one of the more unusual types of
lung cancer. Some authors feel it has a somewhat worse prognosis than
ordinary lung cancer. Some of the drugs that are being used against it
include cisplatin, vindesine, and gemcitabine. A good recent article
about it appeared in the American Journal of Surgical Pathology, volume
21, issue 1, pages 43-51, "True papillary carcinoma of the lung: a
distinct clinicopathological entity" by S.A. Silver et al.
You might also look on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov which contains the MEDLINE
database, a huge collection of references by subject.
I assume your uncle has had a biopsy of this tumor since he knows the
histological type. It might be possible to remove it surgically, but
since this kind often has spread to adjacent lymph nodes before
diagnosis, in the long run it might not save his life. If it has not
spread, though, perhaps a combination of surgery and chemotherapy with
some of the above drugs might be able to prolong his life or even cure
him. Any chance he could leave the country for treatment? You can call
1-800-4-CANCER to talk with a cancer information specialist about any
questions you might have, clinical trial information, references to
physicians in the United States, etc. This service is sponsored by the
National Cancer Institute, and I have always found them to be very
helpful. Good wishes to you and your uncle, Helen F. Stanbro

William Sleigh

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Sep 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/15/97

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There are a number of sites that you can access. Here are some that will get you
started:
Cancernet "gopher://gopher.nih.gov"
National Cancer Institute "http://www.nci.nih.gov"
Oncolink "http://cancer.med.upenn.edu

There is also a newsgroup that doctors read and respond to:
"sci.med.diseases.cancer"

Good luck

Bill

Jon Naude

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Oct 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/2/97

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William Sleigh <wsl...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

Guess he's heard of sci.med.diseases.cancer, Bill...
-otherwise he couldn't have posted here!

JN

Howian

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Oct 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/11/97

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The best starting source is Medline, the complete medical database of the US
government accessible at Healthgate.com.