Transplant

(KyroDoc) said:

when patients have advancing liver cancer is a transplant ever an option?

Yes indeed, provided the cancer is in the early stages (and ideally before it's widely metastatic).

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From: anon [email hidden]

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Yes indeed, provided the cancer is in the early stages (and ideally before it's widely metastatic).

So if our blood types match They'd take one full lobe or a portion of a lobe?

Its Metastatic disease from the colon

(KyroDoc) said:

Quoted message said:

From: anon [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Yes indeed, provided the cancer is in the early stages (and ideally before it's widely
metastatic).

So if our blood types match They'd take one full lobe or a portion of a lobe?

Its Metastatic disease from the colon

Generally, the right (larger) lobe of the liver is harvested in living donor transplants. There are
probably variations depending on the individual or transplant center.

anon said:

(KyroDoc) said:

Quoted message said:

From: anon [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Yes indeed, provided the cancer is in the early stages (and ideally before it's widely
metastatic).

So if our blood types match They'd take one full lobe or a portion of a lobe?

Its Metastatic disease from the colon

Generally, the right (larger) lobe of the liver is harvested in living donor transplants. There
are probably variations depending on the individual or transplant center.

How reasonable an option is this? Chemo and antirejection medication at the same time? J

J said:

anon said:

(KyroDoc) said:

> From: anon [email hidden]

> Yes indeed, provided the cancer is in the early stages (and ideally before it's widely
> metastatic).
>

So if our blood types match They'd take one full lobe or a portion of a lobe?

Its Metastatic disease from the colon

Generally, the right (larger) lobe of the liver is harvested in living donor transplants. There
are probably variations depending on the individual or transplant center.

How reasonable an option is this? Chemo and antirejection medication at the same time? J

If the cancer is metastatic from a primary colon malignancy, I'd say the prognosis is pretty dismal,
and would be surprised if such a patient would qualify for (much less actually benefit from) a liver
transplant.

Liver transplantation has been used in cases of primary hepatocellular carcinoma, but I doubt very
much that it would be applicable in this scenario. I'm not an oncologist or transplant surgeon, so
that's about all I can add.

In article <[email hidden]>,

David Rind said:

Kyrodoc has not completely explained the circumstances behind his questions, but there's certainly
enough there to know that someone he cares about is very ill and he's wishing he could help. It
doesn't seem appropriate to use this concern to attack his beliefs. I don't usually read the
chiropractic threads on sci.med, but unless he has attacked people who were dealing with personal
issues of this magnitude, I'd suggest this is more than a little callous and is probably worthy of
an apology.

Okay, I'll apologize for the tone and some of the content.

The fact remains, however, that "kyrodoc", from behind his pseudonym, has continually asserted that
all MDs are ignorant, incompetent, venal and self-serving, and that chiropractors are not only
entirely capable of serving as primary care physicians, they are much preferable to MDs. People who
take his advice, however, will not have access to routine screening tests for a number of serious
illnesses that are best treated as early as possible, and may well find that they, too, are "dealing
with personal issues of this magnitude" as a result.

Quoted message said:

Okay, I'll apologize for the tone and some of the content.

The fact remains, however, that "kyrodoc", from behind his pseudonym, has continually asserted that
all MDs are ignorant, incompetent, venal and self-serving, and that chiropractors are not only
entirely capable of serving as primary care physicians, they are much preferable to MDs. People who
take his advice, however, will not have access to routine screening tests for a number of serious
illnesses that are best treated as early as possible, and may well find that they, too, are
"dealing with personal issues of this magnitude" as a result.

I agree completely with Beverly's assessment and I don't think there was any need for her to
apologize. Kyrodoc has never shown a whit of concern for the consequences his posts might have on
others with problems of similar or greater magnitude.

Now that it's his turn, reaping what he has sowed might be the one thing that will add some much
needed balance to his views in the future.