EDITING: Hail Mary Surgery case studies and statistics

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</div>In Reply to: <a href="48.html">surgery ? </a> posted by joe on July 11, 2008 at 00:08:00: As you read these links, you will understand anew that pleural sarcoma is very bad sarcoma. My life span is months, not years. I was glad to hear that tumor shrinking was noticeable in the CT scan after the second chemo, and I believe I gained a few more months and increased preparation for surgery as a result of the AIM chemo regimen. <blockquote>The median survival of all patients was 19 months. Patients who had an EPP had a median survival of 33.5 months. Patients with unresectable tumors had a median survival of 9 months (p = 0.01). </blockquote> this surgery is one way to increase the months live. If the surgery is a success or a failure, or can't be done, depends on many things. First, is the fear to get over that sometimes cancer surgeries lead to an instant seeding in other parts of the body. Sometimes, they remove the tumor completely and NED (No Evidence of Disease) is achieved. As I've read and heard lately, it's all in the hands of the surgeon -- and, also, depends on my tumor progression . Has my tumor become further impregnated into the heart to be inoperable? Has my tumor progressed too far into the chest wall to be removable? The need for the surgery is so strong, I have never had a single doubt that it's the pursuable option, even in light of possible death on the table. Yes, I understand that there be complications during surgery (one of these links below says that 60% of surgeries involve minor and major complications). I am taking a traditional Korean meditation style of breath training every morning to improve my chances of generating unsummoned strength for when I will need it, to deal with problems arising during surgery. Following are numerous links to summaries of case studies on PubMed. <ul><li><a href='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15224033'>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15224033</a> Prevention, early detection, and management of complications after 328 consecutive extrapleural pneumonectomies. <li><a href='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11130574'>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11130574 </a> Extrapleural pneumonectomy for sarcomas report of two cases. <li><a href='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11257775?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=2&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed'>another pubmed</a> .... 3 of 5 did die eventually, but 2 not immediately. <li><a href='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18154820?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed'>another case study of 285 cases</a> <li><a href='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15510813?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=3&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed'>another case</a> 7 patients, just shows again that you can live somewhat longer but die too soon anyways. </ul><CENTER><IMG SRC='http://blog.sirfsup.com/~jcs/us/divider_rainbow.gif' WIDTH='60%' HEIGHT=6 ALT='----------------------------------------------------------------------'> </center>

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