help for my mother - advanced cancer of vulva, need options Posted: 12-03-07 00:00am
My mother was diagnosed with squamous cell
carcinoma of the vulva and has undergone
surgery, radiation and chemo over the past
2 months. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked.
Now she is faced with major pelvic
reconstruction and colostomy at
Sloan/Kettering in NY. The doctor just
reviewed her latest mri and said he may
not be able to do anything for her now.
What do we do now?
What other options are there if her doctor
thinks the cancer is so far advanced that
he is not willing to perform surgery?
I am trying to get any advice I can to
help my mother.
We are willing to look into any
alternatives that are out there.
My mother and father are so overwhelmed
with all of this that I don't think they
are capable of doing much of this research
right now.
They are waiting and hoping for someone to
come up with anything to help.
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MandMs
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Posted: 12-14-07 08:15am
I guess your mother got recurrence of
disease after initial treatment.
Do you know if the doctors have classified
the recurrences as local, inguinal or
distant?
Surgical excision is the treatment of
choice in all patients with vulvar
carcinoma, irrespective of the stage of
the disease and the nature of the surgery
should be individualised to the patient.
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help4mom
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It Has Gotten Worse Posted: 12-15-07 23:17pm
My mother's doctor has just informed her
that surgery is no longer an option. The
cancer has spread into areas that are too
difficult for him to get to without
complications. She is scheduled for chemo
again starting next week, but he has told
her that it will only slow down the
cancer.
I do not know the terminology he used to
classify the recurrence.
We were thinking of mentioning the "cyber
knife" method of radiation as well as
getting a lung cancer drug prescribed to
see if it does anything for her squamous
cell carcinoma of the vulva.
We are desparate. It seems her doctor has
given up, and even my mother is sounding
defeated. We need to come up with options
quick.
We cannot let my mother give up as well -
we are looking for anything else out there
that might help. Does anyone have
suggestions?
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