Re: New Here & Read Some Posts..

[Guest guest]

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is IPT. Perhaps if you don't use

the acronym, I will know.

Thanks,

Laurie

> Some one posted questions about IPT. They were thinking of doing

this. I see no feedback on it. Does anyone else know much? A family

member is not doing well with metastatic CA. Would this help him?

>

> We are all so frustrated with lack of results, help is needed.

>

> Thank you so much for any help you may have. (We read some infor on

it. It is expensive. Is it covred by any Insurance??)

[Guest guest]

> > Some

one posted questions about IPT. They were thinking of doing > this. I see no

feedback on it. Does anyone else know much? Afamily > member is not doing well

with metastatic CA. Would this help him?> > > > We are all so frustrated with

lack of results, help is needed.> > > > Thank you so much for any help you may

have. (We read some inforon > it. It is expensive. Is it covered by any

Insurance??)____________________________________Hi,This time, Ihope you DO get

this mail. Last week it was my sisterwho trid to reply to your post.Please

write to me. I have a very serious question to ask about acolo-rectal cancer

patient who posted here. My other sister who wrote knows as little as I do

about NG's. All I can tell you is this is not a joke. We even tried to contact

the Modertor and it came back undeliverable.Thank you for your understanding in

this. (There has been much upsetment here in our family.)Sincerely,Dottie

[Guest guest]

I suppose by " NG " you mean ng, like a (measure 5.0 ng/ml)

For example:

" Although CEA can be above normal in smokers (usually less than

5.0 ng/ml) and in patients with significant liver disease, an

elevation to 9.1 in a patient with a history of elevating CEAs with

recurrent disease is very consistent with subclinical recurrence of

cancer. "

Now by " inforon " I suppose you mean " interferon " ; go to the ref:

http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/recurrentcoloncancer.htm

and scroll down to " Treatment of Colon Cancer to Multiple Sites "

there you will read:

" The biologic agent interferon has also been added to fluoracil

and leucovorin. The addition of interferon did not prolong patient's

survival and may have diminished patient's quality of life "

Hope this helps.

Best

Ed