Metastatic Liver Cancer

Can chemotherapy cure metastatic liver cancer?

 
From all the metastatic liver cancer stories we gather, few of them are told by a cancer survivor.
 
Some that passed away did get chemotherapy, but this cancer treatment was only to:
 

reduce pain (in case it can temporarily reduce or slow down the growth of a cancer) 
prolong life.

 
But we get puzzled when reading Kistan2’s comment [...]

More metastatic liver cancer minds out of control

We are getting lots of cancer stories reacties sharing how the mind of a metastatic liver cancer patient runs out of control as well as his body is. Read how we were not prepared for this and read Donna’s metastatic liver cancer story of her husband "seeing things".
 
Not prepared for the mind playing tricks on [...]

Avastin for metastatic liver cancer

What can Avastin do in the treatment of metastatic liver cancer? Reading the avastin.com website says that Avastin in combination with intravenous 5FU based chemotherapy is indicated for first- or second-line treatment of patients with metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum.
 
In other words: it’s added to the 5FU chemotherapy cocktail, 5FU that father’s [...]

Metastatic liver cancer mind games

3 months after being diagnosed with metastatic liver cancer, father didn’t recognize his daughter in law visiting him… At days he had no clue what ‘dentures’ where doing in his mouth…
That are some of the "not too negative" tricks his mind started playing on him due to his liver not cleaning his blood properly… And [...]

Where is the liver located

Clear images to give you a clear answer on the question: where is the liver located. Your liver is partly protected by the rib cage. Your liver consists of two lobes: the right lobe is about six times the size of your left lobe.
 
Where is the liver in the body?
 
The scan from father’s metastatic liver cancer [...]

Metastatic liver cancer prognosis

Linda asks our past experience in order to give a metastatic liver cancer prognosis for her aunt of 80 years (commented on
Metastatic liver cancer is unfair).
Our answer:
The candle can burn all the way when well taken care off and without a sudden unexpected breeze.
 
In our past experience we were given the following prognosis:
 

the most direct [...]

New metastatic liver cancer treatment: chocolate?

Eclairs covered with lots of chocolate was father’s new cancer treatment as in …a treat that brought a smile on father’s face!
 
Love is the best medicine!
 
Love doesn’t cure cancer and for sure chocolate is not a treatment for metastatic liver cancer. But love is the best foundation to give the much needed care a terminal [...]

Colonoscopy can’t always prevent metastatic liver cancer

 

 
Laura’s mother (75) has cancer of the small intestine that spread to her liver. Her mom started having colonoscopy’s at the age of 50 and nothing showed up ever…
 
Unfortunately a colonoscopy test only looks into the rectum and colon
through a long, flexible, narrow tube – the colonoscope. It doesn’t detect anything in the small intestine [...]

Metastatic liver cancer is unfair

Why is metastatic liver cancer so unfair asks Lyndsey in a comment on Alan’s liver cancer story?
 
Unfortunately we have no answer to this question…
 
We also asked ourselves why lots of people get away with bad things and a hard working father who always tried to do the best for his family and friends has [...]

A cure for metastatic liver cancer

Why is there no cure for metastatic liver cancer? Why do governments spend more money to kill people than to cure people?
 
Where are all the metastatic liver cancer survivors? Please leave a comment if you know any!
 
I saw a repeated Oprah show yesterday promoting the movie Sex and the City. Seems that Cynthia Nixon has [...]

What hotdogs, pesticides and metastatic liver cancer have in common

Hotdogs contain preservatives, which in some cases is a cute word for poison. Pesticides is another word for pest killing poison and metastatic liver cancer will kill you for sure.
 
The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund concluded that when it comes to colon cancer, there is absolutely processed meat [...]

Alan’s liver cancer story

Again another story about liver cancer that’s quite different from the survivor stories you tend to get spoon-fed through TV and media… Commented on Kaye’s Metastatic Liver Cancer Story
 
Hi,
My Dad also died from liver cancer.
 
When Kay said that they only had 9 days from diagnosis till Kim passed away, it was similar for us. [...]