Re: ramrod everybody

[marika]

Nick, had a
kindney tumor.

It was removed, he had chemo and then that drug that starves tumors of
blood.

The original tumor was encapsulated, but was quite large indicating
that it had been there for at least 10 years.

At the time of discovery and removal, it had metastasized to spinal
lymph nodes. Those were also removed.

Most recently though, Nick had pneumonia and breathing problems so
they discontinued the drug, and rescanned. The cancer
metastasized again and this causes the pain and side effect of
pneumonia (or possibly the long term use of the drug caused the side
effect of pneumonia, the information isn't clear)

they put him on sutent, a drug apparently okayed by fda
about 2 years ago.

marika wrote in message ...
> I don't know much about human drugs (at least not to any extent
>that would be helpful).
>All I know is 'trends". Like, I'll see the same 'kind' of drug being
>develpoed and tested by a whole bunch of different companies at the same
>time.
>(And still can't figure out how they could all be doing the same thing at
>the same time, unless everyone knows what everyone else is working on,
which
>they say doesn't happen due to confidentiality, but it's obvious that's a
>load of crap.)
>The one that stops bloodflow to tumors was a big hit a few years ago...
>EVERYBODY was testing their own version of one.
>What I don't know, really, is what happens with them once they leave a lab,
>because they aren't "named" when the lab gets them.
>They come to labs with a code number or something like that, and then a
year
>later, they are on the market as "Vervatryx" or something.
>But because everyone seems to be testing a handful (different formulations,
>usually) of the same types of drugs at the same time, I have no idea which
>one was which, once it hits the market.
>Also, I never actually 'see' the results or reports of how well the drug
did
>or did not work (including side effects) in people.
>and all I remember about those
>bloodflow/tumor drugs was that they also prevented blood from getting to
>alot of other (importntn) places besides just the tumor.
>Mostly I recall them causing generally really poor circulation to the skin,
>and lots of blackened skin lesions as a result.... but that's all I
>remember.
>
>mk5000
>
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>Everybody's somebody's plaything."--connie francis
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