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  • September 8, 2009 at 2:26 pm #28865
    viola
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    Thanks for Marions’s posting. I’ll bring this information to discuss with my Mom’s doctor.

    May 19, 2009 at 9:09 pm #28864
    marions
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    This is the link to the above mentioned development:

    http://www.hemonctoday.com/article.aspx?rid=39941

    This is the podcast. You may want to fast-forward it to reach the discussion about above development:

    http://www.cancer.net/patient/Library/Podcasts/2009_AM_Advance_Presscast.mp3

    May 19, 2009 at 6:05 pm #28863
    marions
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    Thank you Hope,
    who was so kind as to forward the following:

    First Standard Treatment Improves Survival for People With Advanced Biliary Tract Cancer
    Treatment with the drugs cisplatin (Platinol) and gemcitabine (Gemzar) increased survival and slowed cancer growth for people with biliary tract cancers (gallbladder and bile duct cancers) that could not be removed with surgery. Patients who received these two drugs were 32% less likely to die from the disease and 30% less likely to have the cancer grow than the patients who received only gemcitabine.
    What this means for patients

    May 18, 2009 at 7:53 pm #28862
    marions
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    Kristin, this is the response in it’s entirety. Although, I still can’t open the link we had been waiting for however, here are a few others you might want to peruse. I will try to reach Hope, again.

    Hi Marion,

    Thank you for clarifying. The article you are referring to will be presented at ASCO

    May 18, 2009 at 4:36 pm #28861
    marions
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    Thanks Kristin…so are you.

    May 18, 2009 at 11:07 am #28860
    kristin
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    Thanks so much, Marion. You’re amazing!!

    May 17, 2009 at 7:17 pm #28859
    marions
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    Kristen…I have contacted Cancer.Net and am awaiting their response as to where to this link has been moved. The upcoming theme at ASCO for 2009 is “Personalizing Cancer Care” in which this particular study will be presented. If I don’t receive a response of my question from Cancer.Net before my attendance of this conference, I will be sure to attend this particular session in Florida and I will then post acccordingly.
    Waiting along with you,
    Marion

    May 16, 2009 at 11:32 pm #28858
    marions
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    Oh, oh, Kristen. I will try to find it again. Thanks for telling me.

    May 16, 2009 at 7:39 pm #28857
    kristin
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    Marion, this link doesn’t work. Could you please repost it?

    Thanks for everything you do!

    Kristin

    May 15, 2009 at 6:27 pm #2312
    marions
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    http://www.cancer.net/patient/ASCO+Resources/Research+and+Meetings/ASCO+Annual+Meetings/Gastrointestinal+Cancers/First+Standard+Treatment+Improves+Survival+for+People+with+Advanced+Biliary+Tract+Cancer

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