tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post6310736179219451880..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: A Step ForwardSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-42958024981301547852008-01-28T18:55:00.000-08:002008-01-28T18:55:00.000-08:00Good post!Good post!SeaSprayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-7585545600644988962008-01-24T02:49:00.000-08:002008-01-24T02:49:00.000-08:00Very interesting, Sid. I checked out some of the ...Very interesting, Sid. I checked out some of the other links from that page as well. Things have changed just since I was diagnosed. I have a friend now that has had a totally different type of radiation than I was exposed to. It's interesting to see what they are coming up with in this fight.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-84524284688897584952008-01-23T19:46:00.000-08:002008-01-23T19:46:00.000-08:00anonymous: I wasn't aware of that study. Thanks. I...anonymous: I wasn't aware of that study. Thanks. It would indeed be a boon.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-70865897525375806562008-01-23T18:57:00.000-08:002008-01-23T18:57:00.000-08:00Similar thoughts and testing seem to be happening ...Similar thoughts and testing seem to be happening with other cancers as well. I'am currently in a study that is taking place in over 30 states and several countries. Not for Breast cancer, but for adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.<BR/><BR/>Currently, as you know, everyone who has esophageal pre-cancer is managed the exact same way, with regular surveillance and the surveillance is pretty invasive, every year or 2. Sometimes more often. This study hopes to find evidence of defects in certain genes (P-6 and P-53 genes) that will tell them who would progress from the pre-cancer state, to full blown deadly esopahageal cancer. If this works, they could then bump up surveillance in some, or even take curative actions, and cut way back or even d/c surveillance in others. <BR/><BR/>This is good news on many fronts. Certainly, to be told you would not progress to this cancer would work to take away alot of stress for many people. Also, it would give others who most certainly would develop a horrible cancer, an opportunity to have surgery or curative procedures, so they in fact would not get cancer.<BR/><BR/>Also, this may sound morbid but it is a reality. Imagine how many ins. dollars could be saved if about 80-90% of people getting screened regularly for this cancer, could give up all that screening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-17949308201260894292008-01-23T14:51:00.000-08:002008-01-23T14:51:00.000-08:00I'm sooooo glad to see you back to blogging!!! I h...I'm sooooo glad to see you back to blogging!!! I have been hoping you would be, as reading will certainly help me in my current A&P class. I think I've learned so far (at the risk of annoying you) that the positive feedback mechanism is why cancer grows. I am sure you comforted your patients, even if you couldn't help them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com