Bob Seger support?

[ThorsAssassin]

THE Bob Seger? Count me in the camp of Fanboi squeee....

That would be awesome! My very best wishes for your father! Here is to a speedy recovery and thank you and he for your efforts.

[Victoria Victrix]

TY me too. If any of you know of any experimental medicines or treatments for Sarcoma let me know becuase radiation and chemo don't help...He'll try anything.

MD Anderson has a lot of clinical trials.

http://www.mdanderson.org/patient-and-cancer-information/care-centers-and-clinics/care-centers/sarcoma/index.html

And there's a center in Germany using immunological therapy

http://www.immunologyfoundation.org/softtissuesarcoma/

[Terwyn]

TY me too. If any of you know of any experimental medicines or treatments for Sarcoma let me know becuase radiation and chemo don't help...He'll try anything.

Which particular variety of Sarcoma would we be talking about?

[StarRanger4]

Mace schmace.  It should be a Titan Weapon, for a really bitchin axe!

Battle axe and or Titan weapon.  besides the animation for mace doesnt work near as well.  plus.. the whole Axe/Axe pun

[Victoria Victrix]

I'll ask the research PhD I know up in Canada if he knows of anything in Toronto where he is.

[Vulpy]

TY me too. If any of you know of any experimental medicines or treatments for Sarcoma let me know becuase radiation and chemo don't help...He'll try anything.

I don't know what part of the country you're in, but I've heard nothing but good things about Forsyth Cancer Center (audio-enabled link) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I know a patient that's undergoing an almost-off label treatment there, so they're up on the bleeding edge of research. In my region, Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tennessee) also has a good reputation.

In between classes today, I'll try to track down a chemotherapy specialist. What kind of sarcoma are we looking at?

[Moonfyire101]

I'm in MI, he has medicaid so where ever he goes they will have to take that becuase we don't have money. Just becuase he knows famous people doesn't mean he has money. I'll check out those links and to answer someone else's question. I forget what type, all i know is it is a progressive form of bone cancer which attacks soft tissue instead. Supposed to be very rare. Sarcoma is the only part of the name i remember.

[Bliz]

Yeah I want to say, Bob Seger not a factor here, my best wishes to your dad for a speedy and full recovery.

[Moonfyire101]

TY and i'll tell him you all said such nice things. He really wants to help though also so i'll let you know about Bob when i know.

[Vulpy]

Sarcoma is the only part of the name i remember.

It's okay. I didn't have time to do anything this morning except sit in classes, anyway. :) But the full diagnosis will help.

[Victoria Victrix]

I'm in MI, he has medicaid so where ever he goes they will have to take that becuase we don't have money. Just becuase he knows famous people doesn't mean he has money. I'll check out those links and to answer someone else's question. I forget what type, all i know is it is a progressive form of bone cancer which attacks soft tissue instead. Supposed to be very rare. Sarcoma is the only part of the name i remember.

Would that be Soft-Tissue Sarcoma? 

You are in MI, and I know for a FACT that Mayo Clinic  http://www.mayoclinic.org/ in Michigan takes Medicaid patients (someone I know who had only Medicaid went there to be treated).  Have you tried there?  Here is their page of Clinical Trials (experimental treatments) for soft-tissue sarcoma, but because they are so big if it isn't soft-tissue sarcoma they probably have a clinical trial going for whatever it is.   http://www.mayoclinic.org/soft-tissue-sarcoma/clintrials.html

[eabrace]

You are in MI, and I know for a FACT that Mayo Clinic  http://www.mayoclinic.org/ in Michigan takes Medicaid patients (someone I know who had only Medicaid went there to be treated).

Actually, the Mayo Clinic is in Minnesota.  (My dad had to be examined there when I was but a wee lad, but I remember the road trip from MI.)

[Ultraviolets]

Really hoping the best for your father. I'm not sure if this is something you've already looked into, but I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but the NIH has a good listing of lots of different clinical trials:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=sarcoma

If for some reason the link doesn't work, http://clinicaltrials.gov will get you to the site.

[houtex]

I would also like to throw in the fanboi squee at this prospective supportage...

But would rather instead wish you and your father well, and hope that he gets on the 'right' side of that nasty stuff.   

Frack cancer.  Go Dad!

Mike

[Moonfyire101]

Thanks for the links. He's at UofM hospital right now. He was just talking about the Mayo clinic if U of M has no more ideas and the link with the open trials was perfect. He said he's gonna ask his Dr. about them and he's gonna try that next. I appreciate it guys. It's soft tissue sarcoma and they have alot of trials for that right now. I feel so much better.

[JMeyer120]

I have had several friends go to the Mayo clinic.  They do AWESOME work there!

Moonfyire, I hope your dad gets to feeling better real soon.  Prayers sent up.  Hugs to you both.

[Victoria Victrix]

Keep us updated, OK?  There might be something more we can do.

[TonyV]

Man, I lost both my mom and my dad to cancer, so believe me when I say, I hope your dad kicks its ass.  I have a VERY personal grudge against the disease.  If I could collect every cancer cell in the world in one huge vat and set them on fire just for the pleasure of hearing them scream, I'd do it.  Unfortunately, I don't know of any experimental treatments, especially ones that involve gathering the cells in a vat and setting it on fire.  :(  The other posters have a lot more info than I do, so I'll defer to them.  But I really, truly hope that he comes through okay.

[Terwyn]

Aye. My grandfather died of cancer, and my Dad's only several years out from his bout of stage 4.

I hope that those handling his treatment provide the utmost of their skills.

[Heavy Ion]

I lost my mom to cancer as well. Coincidentally, she was a *huge* Bob Seger fan and went to see him in concert on several occasions. She knew every word to every song. Echoing TonyV's words a bit, if cancer had a face I'd punch it forever.

I sincerely wish your dad all the best and definitely keep us posted on his progress. I know from experience that it sometimes helps to just feel like you aren't in it alone.