Hi all - Dad has level 4

[Guest guest]

which doesn't make too much sense to me. My step-mother said they

only saw the radiologist yesterday and a new appointment was made

for the oncologist for 2 weeks away. She was trying to get it moved

up when I called so the phone call was short.

She said that the treatment they are opting for is similar to taking

a quinine pill that they take for malaria - it is a treatment out of

Mexico...now I am not sure if they are going to Mexico for this

treatment or if you do it here.

Then she told me the treatment would be daily for 6 weeks...which

brings them real close to the Oct 1st date when the camp ground that

they are living in closes for the winter.

I am not sure what is happening. I did a search to read about brain

cancers today and am more confused because I have so little

information as to what he actually has. All I know is that it is

inoperable and is level 4 cancerous.

I am assuming it is inoperable because it is in the gray matter area

not because of size because when first discovered they called it a

small lesion on his brain.

Assuming is bad though without all the facts.

I looked at one of the tests for brain cancer and he doesn't have

any bad bad symptoms...he had some dizziness but doesn't anymore.

He has short-term memory failure but remembers things from years ago

that he hasn't thought of in years. He is able to take care of

himself except his major complaint is he can't make a phone call or

balance his checkbook.

Sounds pretty good to me but I know he is scared. Just hearing the

word cancer has scared him pretty bad - let alone that it is brain

cancer.

I am lost and trying to understand from a long distance. I sit here

and wonder what the next year will bring. I am not moving too well

the last couple days...gtting up early but not able to stand

straight till after lunch and then sitting waiting for a phone that

doesn't ring and afraid to call because I won't be able to talk to

my Dad...for one reason or another.

I am again thankful for this support group where I can get some

answers and lots of prayers(which are greatly needed).

God bless,

Althea

[Guest guest]

Althea,

I believe laetrile is one of the most popular alternative treatments legally

available in Mexico.

Here are some links on alternative cancer treatments. Maybe if you see the

name, you¹ll know which one dad is considering.

Alternative Cancer Therapies

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy2.htm#Laetrile

http://www.cancure.org/choiceoftherapy.htm

Here is an anti-malarial that is effective in cancer treatments:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_ui

ds=11251172 & dopt=Abstract

Adult Brain Tumors

http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000062900.html

I¹m so sorry for what your family is going through.

a

> which doesn't make too much sense to me. My step-mother said they

> only saw the radiologist yesterday and a new appointment was made

> for the oncologist for 2 weeks away. She was trying to get it moved

> up when I called so the phone call was short.

>

> She said that the treatment they are opting for is similar to taking

> a quinine pill that they take for malaria - it is a treatment out of

> Mexico...now I am not sure if they are going to Mexico for this

> treatment or if you do it here.

>

> Then she told me the treatment would be daily for 6 weeks...which

> brings them real close to the Oct 1st date when the camp ground that

> they are living in closes for the winter.

>

> I am not sure what is happening. I did a search to read about brain

> cancers today and am more confused because I have so little

> information as to what he actually has. All I know is that it is

> inoperable and is level 4 cancerous.

>

> I am assuming it is inoperable because it is in the gray matter area

> not because of size because when first discovered they called it a

> small lesion on his brain.

>

> Assuming is bad though without all the facts.

>

> I looked at one of the tests for brain cancer and he doesn't have

> any bad bad symptoms...he had some dizziness but doesn't anymore.

> He has short-term memory failure but remembers things from years ago

> that he hasn't thought of in years. He is able to take care of

> himself except his major complaint is he can't make a phone call or

> balance his checkbook.

>

> Sounds pretty good to me but I know he is scared. Just hearing the

> word cancer has scared him pretty bad - let alone that it is brain

> cancer.

>

> I am lost and trying to understand from a long distance. I sit here

> and wonder what the next year will bring. I am not moving too well

> the last couple days...gtting up early but not able to stand

> straight till after lunch and then sitting waiting for a phone that

> doesn't ring and afraid to call because I won't be able to talk to

> my Dad...for one reason or another.

>

> I am again thankful for this support group where I can get some

> answers and lots of prayers(which are greatly needed).

>

> God bless,

> Althea

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Althea,

I believe laetrile is one of the most popular alternative treatments legally

available in Mexico.

Here are some links on alternative cancer treatments. Maybe if you see the

name, you¹ll know which one dad is considering.

Alternative Cancer Therapies

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy2.htm#Laetrile

http://www.cancure.org/choiceoftherapy.htm

Here is an anti-malarial that is effective in cancer treatments:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_ui

ds=11251172 & dopt=Abstract

Adult Brain Tumors

http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000062900.html

I¹m so sorry for what your family is going through.

a

> which doesn't make too much sense to me. My step-mother said they

> only saw the radiologist yesterday and a new appointment was made

> for the oncologist for 2 weeks away. She was trying to get it moved

> up when I called so the phone call was short.

>

> She said that the treatment they are opting for is similar to taking

> a quinine pill that they take for malaria - it is a treatment out of

> Mexico...now I am not sure if they are going to Mexico for this

> treatment or if you do it here.

>

> Then she told me the treatment would be daily for 6 weeks...which

> brings them real close to the Oct 1st date when the camp ground that

> they are living in closes for the winter.

>

> I am not sure what is happening. I did a search to read about brain

> cancers today and am more confused because I have so little

> information as to what he actually has. All I know is that it is

> inoperable and is level 4 cancerous.

>

> I am assuming it is inoperable because it is in the gray matter area

> not because of size because when first discovered they called it a

> small lesion on his brain.

>

> Assuming is bad though without all the facts.

>

> I looked at one of the tests for brain cancer and he doesn't have

> any bad bad symptoms...he had some dizziness but doesn't anymore.

> He has short-term memory failure but remembers things from years ago

> that he hasn't thought of in years. He is able to take care of

> himself except his major complaint is he can't make a phone call or

> balance his checkbook.

>

> Sounds pretty good to me but I know he is scared. Just hearing the

> word cancer has scared him pretty bad - let alone that it is brain

> cancer.

>

> I am lost and trying to understand from a long distance. I sit here

> and wonder what the next year will bring. I am not moving too well

> the last couple days...gtting up early but not able to stand

> straight till after lunch and then sitting waiting for a phone that

> doesn't ring and afraid to call because I won't be able to talk to

> my Dad...for one reason or another.

>

> I am again thankful for this support group where I can get some

> answers and lots of prayers(which are greatly needed).

>

> God bless,

> Althea

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Althea and a,

I believe the drug in question is chloroquine. Check out this abstract

from Medscape:

" Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme Improved by the Antimutagenic

Chloroquine "

from Neurosurgical Focus

Posted 03/25/2003

Briceño, M.D., Reyes, M. Sc., Julio Sotelo, M.D.

Abstract

Object: Therapy of malignant tumors is frequently curtailed by the

emergence of chemoresistant cell clones. Experimentally, the authors

have demonstrated that chemotherapy for glioma in rats is markedly

improved by the administration of the antimutagenic quinacrine. They

studied the effects of chloroquine, an antimutagenic with an optimal

pharmacological profile for human use, as adjuvant for the treatment of

patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Methods: In a prospective controlled randomized trial, 18 patients with

GBM underwent standard treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and

radiotherapy; nine received an additional 150-mg dose of chloroquine

daily starting 1 day after surgery and continued through the observation

period. Nine matched patients were included as controls. Neuroimaging

studies and clinical response were periodically compared. The follow-up

period ranged from 24 to 50 months. Survival time was defined as the

main outcome measure.

Survival was significantly longer in chloroquine-treated patients than

in controls (33 ± 5 and 11 ± 2 months, respectively [p < 0.0002]). At

the end of the observation period, four patients (46%) treated with

chloroquine were alive, two had evidence of tumor remission after 2

years; in another two, tumor recurrence developed after 2 and 4 years of

remission, respectively. No control patient survived more than 22 months

after surgery.

Conclusions: Chronic administration of chloroquine greatly enhanced the

response of GBM to antineoplastic treatment. Because the cytotoxicity of

chloroquine on malignant cells is negligible, these favorable results

appear mediated by its strong antimutagenic effect that precludes the

appearance of resistant clones during radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/449872

(to read further at Medscape, you must be registered, but registration

is fast and free)

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] Hi all - Dad has level 4

Althea,

I believe laetrile is one of the most popular alternative treatments

legally

available in Mexico.

Here are some links on alternative cancer treatments. Maybe if you see

the

name, you¹ll know which one dad is considering.

Alternative Cancer Therapies

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy2.htm#Laetrile

http://www.cancure.org/choiceoftherapy.htm

Here is an anti-malarial that is effective in cancer treatments:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_ui

ds=11251172 & dopt=Abstract

Adult Brain Tumors

http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000062900.html

I¹m so sorry for what your family is going through.

a

> which doesn't make too much sense to me. My step-mother said they

> only saw the radiologist yesterday and a new appointment was made

> for the oncologist for 2 weeks away. She was trying to get it moved

> up when I called so the phone call was short.

>

> She said that the treatment they are opting for is similar to taking

> a quinine pill that they take for malaria - it is a treatment out of

> Mexico...now I am not sure if they are going to Mexico for this

> treatment or if you do it here.

>

> Then she told me the treatment would be daily for 6 weeks...which

> brings them real close to the Oct 1st date when the camp ground that

> they are living in closes for the winter.

>

> I am not sure what is happening. I did a search to read about brain

> cancers today and am more confused because I have so little

> information as to what he actually has. All I know is that it is

> inoperable and is level 4 cancerous.

>

> I am assuming it is inoperable because it is in the gray matter area

> not because of size because when first discovered they called it a

> small lesion on his brain.

>

> Assuming is bad though without all the facts.

>

> I looked at one of the tests for brain cancer and he doesn't have

> any bad bad symptoms...he had some dizziness but doesn't anymore.

> He has short-term memory failure but remembers things from years ago

> that he hasn't thought of in years. He is able to take care of

> himself except his major complaint is he can't make a phone call or

> balance his checkbook.

>

> Sounds pretty good to me but I know he is scared. Just hearing the

> word cancer has scared him pretty bad - let alone that it is brain

> cancer.

>

> I am lost and trying to understand from a long distance. I sit here

> and wonder what the next year will bring. I am not moving too well

> the last couple days...gtting up early but not able to stand

> straight till after lunch and then sitting waiting for a phone that

> doesn't ring and afraid to call because I won't be able to talk to

> my Dad...for one reason or another.

>

> I am again thankful for this support group where I can get some

> answers and lots of prayers(which are greatly needed).

>

> God bless,

> Althea

[Guest guest]

Althea and a,

I believe the drug in question is chloroquine. Check out this abstract

from Medscape:

" Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme Improved by the Antimutagenic

Chloroquine "

from Neurosurgical Focus

Posted 03/25/2003

Briceño, M.D., Reyes, M. Sc., Julio Sotelo, M.D.

Abstract

Object: Therapy of malignant tumors is frequently curtailed by the

emergence of chemoresistant cell clones. Experimentally, the authors

have demonstrated that chemotherapy for glioma in rats is markedly

improved by the administration of the antimutagenic quinacrine. They

studied the effects of chloroquine, an antimutagenic with an optimal

pharmacological profile for human use, as adjuvant for the treatment of

patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

Methods: In a prospective controlled randomized trial, 18 patients with

GBM underwent standard treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and

radiotherapy; nine received an additional 150-mg dose of chloroquine

daily starting 1 day after surgery and continued through the observation

period. Nine matched patients were included as controls. Neuroimaging

studies and clinical response were periodically compared. The follow-up

period ranged from 24 to 50 months. Survival time was defined as the

main outcome measure.

Survival was significantly longer in chloroquine-treated patients than

in controls (33 ± 5 and 11 ± 2 months, respectively [p < 0.0002]). At

the end of the observation period, four patients (46%) treated with

chloroquine were alive, two had evidence of tumor remission after 2

years; in another two, tumor recurrence developed after 2 and 4 years of

remission, respectively. No control patient survived more than 22 months

after surgery.

Conclusions: Chronic administration of chloroquine greatly enhanced the

response of GBM to antineoplastic treatment. Because the cytotoxicity of

chloroquine on malignant cells is negligible, these favorable results

appear mediated by its strong antimutagenic effect that precludes the

appearance of resistant clones during radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/449872

(to read further at Medscape, you must be registered, but registration

is fast and free)

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] Hi all - Dad has level 4

Althea,

I believe laetrile is one of the most popular alternative treatments

legally

available in Mexico.

Here are some links on alternative cancer treatments. Maybe if you see

the

name, you¹ll know which one dad is considering.

Alternative Cancer Therapies

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy2.htm#Laetrile

http://www.cancure.org/choiceoftherapy.htm

Here is an anti-malarial that is effective in cancer treatments:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_ui

ds=11251172 & dopt=Abstract

Adult Brain Tumors

http://imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/CDR0000062900.html

I¹m so sorry for what your family is going through.

a

> which doesn't make too much sense to me. My step-mother said they

> only saw the radiologist yesterday and a new appointment was made

> for the oncologist for 2 weeks away. She was trying to get it moved

> up when I called so the phone call was short.

>

> She said that the treatment they are opting for is similar to taking

> a quinine pill that they take for malaria - it is a treatment out of

> Mexico...now I am not sure if they are going to Mexico for this

> treatment or if you do it here.

>

> Then she told me the treatment would be daily for 6 weeks...which

> brings them real close to the Oct 1st date when the camp ground that

> they are living in closes for the winter.

>

> I am not sure what is happening. I did a search to read about brain

> cancers today and am more confused because I have so little

> information as to what he actually has. All I know is that it is

> inoperable and is level 4 cancerous.

>

> I am assuming it is inoperable because it is in the gray matter area

> not because of size because when first discovered they called it a

> small lesion on his brain.

>

> Assuming is bad though without all the facts.

>

> I looked at one of the tests for brain cancer and he doesn't have

> any bad bad symptoms...he had some dizziness but doesn't anymore.

> He has short-term memory failure but remembers things from years ago

> that he hasn't thought of in years. He is able to take care of

> himself except his major complaint is he can't make a phone call or

> balance his checkbook.

>

> Sounds pretty good to me but I know he is scared. Just hearing the

> word cancer has scared him pretty bad - let alone that it is brain

> cancer.

>

> I am lost and trying to understand from a long distance. I sit here

> and wonder what the next year will bring. I am not moving too well

> the last couple days...gtting up early but not able to stand

> straight till after lunch and then sitting waiting for a phone that

> doesn't ring and afraid to call because I won't be able to talk to

> my Dad...for one reason or another.

>

> I am again thankful for this support group where I can get some

> answers and lots of prayers(which are greatly needed).

>

> God bless,

> Althea