Recently I had a very knowledgeable friend suggest some treatment options. In her email she suggested a number of things that I had never heard of. One of them was Bland Embolization. I have never heard of bland embolization for carcinoid cancer treatment so, here is a post with what I have learned. I hope …
I’ve been focusing on immunotherapy as a focus for my research and finding something that might kill or slow the growth of my carcinoid cancer. Here’s the thing….I’m easily distracted so, I’m posting on another major category in cancer research called metabolic therapy for cancer. 🙂 To be honest, I want to make sure that …
As you know, I am on Afinitor right now. Afinitor is the brand name of everolimus. So far, it has been shrinking my carcinoid tumors. My understanding is that it will eventually stop working. So, I will eventually not be taking it any longer. Understanding afinitor, everolimos and mTOR is important if you want to …
So, it seems that the Xeloda and the Temodar did not work for me. The combination is often called CapTem. Read More. My tumors continued to grow and so my oncologist has taken me off of these medicines and put me on a new drug. This time, as opposed to last time, ALL of my …