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Old 08-19-2010, 03:59 AM   #1
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Hi All
I see a quite a few posts with terms like MUGA scans CA 123 etc. This terminology is different from what is in use here.Can Joe or some one else give a small note of the various terms commonly used. It will enable me to follow the posts better
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Old 08-20-2010, 11:02 AM   #2
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A MUGA test is a nuclear medicine test to check heart function. Another heart test called an eccocardiogram (ultra sound of the heart) can also be used. CA or CEA tests are blood tumor marker tests that sometimes help doctors determine the total amount of cancer in the body. CA and CEA test results can also be influenced by inflammation and benign conditions such as cysts and benign tumors.
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Old 08-22-2010, 04:35 PM   #3
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Re: Help with terminology

PBK,

This is a Website where you can search any terms you come across: http://www.cancer.net/portal/site/patient

From our Her2support Board,

Click on 'Home' on the top bar, then

'Resources' on the Welcome page;

'People living with cancer';

CancerNet

As you can see, there are many other Web links available for cancer research. My personal favorite is the Medline Plus:

http://medlineplus.gov/
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Old 09-21-2010, 08:47 PM   #4
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Re: Help with terminology

Anyone looking for a dictionary on Her2 BC...
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10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
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Old 09-21-2010, 09:51 PM   #5
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Re: Help with terminology

Jackie,
First off best of luck w/your husb. Things will work out the way that is meant to be. It is rough for me & my husb.My mom has died from breast cancer i have no dad 1 aunt living in state who helps evertime w/ appointments. So we cant get babysitters last went out together in mar 2010. i dont work as I left my job to take care of my second newborn and my husband is a police officer who works 7 days p/week 12 hour shifts sometimes no weekend or anything off to spend together...life can get lonely, but when this is done and im being positve it will be..I am blessed w/ knowing what has become the true important thing in life. One day @ a time and we will cross that bridge when we get there. Its rough having minimal family and a husb always working...and then "expanders for a chest w/no hair or nails..however once again all materalistic.

And I do have a question.. finishing chemo aug 19 do you know of any foods or vitamins to help for preventative measures w/ her 2+++ breast cancer er pr- .

i do exercise 4mile 3x per week on treadmill 2mile run @ 5.7-6.3 and 4.0 walk 2miles 5%incline. weight 2x weekly 30-45 min spin or bootcamp 2-3x per month to throw something in diffrent..I weigh 115 @ 5'4 I would consider myself to eat a lot as the gym will make you more hungry

best of luck ...im new here so send me a private message if you feel the need to theraputic vent..we wont be normal in any tragidy if there were no downs..
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Old 09-22-2010, 09:59 AM   #6
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Re: Help with terminology

http://www.cancer.net/portal/site/patient


http://medlineplus.gov/
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BRCA1 V1247I
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GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement (600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
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Old 01-25-2011, 03:33 PM   #7
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Please explain, what are CLEAR MARGINS and NO VASCULAR INVASION in your signatures and why is it important?
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Old 01-25-2011, 05:57 PM   #8
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http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/diagnosis/margins.jsp

The term 'clear margins' is not listed on the link. However, surgeons use the expression all the time. I think it is a perception from the surgeon's point of view - 'the margin is clear, there's nothing [no cancer cells] there'. It also sounds less confusing than a 'negative' margin.

Surgery is usually done 'piecemeal' - tumor tisue is scraped off little by little so the tissues can be checked by the lab to see if cancer cells are present. When the slides of the tissue stop showing the presence of cancer for, say, several millimeters, the surgeon can feel confident that she/he has 'got' all the tumor.

My first surgery, a lumpectomy in 2003, had a 'clear margin' according to my surgeon. Yet 4 years later, we found the recurrence originated from the 'left-over' tumor. My 2nd surgery, a mastectomy in 2007, had a margin of 0.5 mm. A college friend of mine who's a cardiologist warned me about it being too 'narrow'. But my oncologist explained to me that further excision would have damaged my pectoral muscle and paralyzed my right shoulder/arm.

Vessel vascular invasion – the presence of cancer cells in the vessels within the cancer itself.

Once the cancer cells moves to the blood vessels, it gains the access to other parts of the body through the [blood] circulation system. In other words, there's a possibility that the cancer has 'spread'.

'No vascular invasion' means that there's no cancer cells detected in the vessels within the cancer [tumor] itself.

A theory called 'angiogenesis' was introduced many years ago and that's what the use of Avastin was based on. When cancer grows to a certain size, it starts to 'induce' the growth of new blood vessels so it can get 'supplies' to grow. Avastin is used to stop angiogenesis and has proven to be effective in several different types of cancer. However, clinical trials did not show benefit for breast cancer patients.
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Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement (600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa

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Old 02-22-2011, 09:12 AM   #9
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Bump up the above posting on 'margins'.
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NICU 4.4 LB
Erythema Nodosum 85
Life-long Central Neurocytoma 4x5x6.5 cm 23 hrs 62090 semi-coma 10 d PT OT ST 30 d
3 Infertility tmts 99 > 3 u. fibroids > Pills
CN 3 GKRS 52301
IDC 1.2 cm Her2 +++ ER 5% R. Lmptmy SLNB+1 71703 6 FEC 33 R Tamoxifen
Recc IIB 2.5 cm Bi-L Mast 61407 2/9 nds PET
6 TCH Cellulitis - Lymphedema - compression sleeve & glove
H w x 4 MUGA 51 D, J 49 M
Diastasis recti
Tamoxifen B. scan
Irrtbl bowel 1'09
Colonoscopy 313
BRCA1 V1247I
hptc hemangioma
Vertigo
GI - > yogurt
hysterectomy/oophorectomy 011410
Exemestane 25 mg tab 102912 ~ 101016 stopped due to r. hip/l.thigh pain after long walk
DEXA 1/13
1-2016 lesions in liver largest 9mm & 1.3 cm onco. says not cancer.
3-11 Appendectomy - visually O.K., a lot of puss. Final path result - not cancer.
Start Vitamin D3 and Calcium supplement (600mg x2)
10-10 Stopped Exemestane due to r. hip/l.thigh pain OKed by Onco 11-08-2016
7-23-2018 9 mm groundglass nodule within the right lower lobe with indolent behavior. Due to possible adenocarcinoma, Recommend annual surveilence.
7-10-2019 CT to check lung nodule.
1-10-2020 8mm stable nodule on R Lung, two 6mm new ones on L Lung, a possible lymph node involvement in inter fissule.
"I WANT TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLD WOMAN WHO NEVER GETS CALLED AN OLD LADY. I WANT TO GET SHARP EDGED & EARTH COLORED, TILL I FADE AWAY FROM PURE JOY." Irene from Tampa

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