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| Linda in Wrangell, Alaska The little town that God almost forgot |
I’m no
physician, that’s for sure, but I am fairly certain that the standard counter
attack after a woman is diagnosed with ovarian cancer involves what is called
debulking surgery – your trusted doc goes in with a scalpel and cuts out as
much cancerous tissue as he or she can find.
(Sometimes this is preceded by what is known as “neoadjuvant chemo
therapy”, the purpose of which seems largely to be to reduce the tumor burden to manageable
proportions.) But sometimes – commonly I
fear – the surgeon, being after all human – misses a chunk of the stuff. Well, to reduce this risk medical science has
developed a drug that makes solid tumor masses glow in the dark, as it
were. This can’t help but help, so
hooray for those people in the white coats!
If you have occasion to face such a dilemma, be damned sure your
oncologist is in the know.
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Hi Myrl, Thanks for this fun picture of Linda. Also, thank you for all your research and knowledge that you're now able to share with others. Nora
ReplyDeleteGood news about the glowing tumors. Not sure what I think of that photo!!
ReplyDeleteHere is some interesting information about how this drug works:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-new-imaging-drug-help-identify-ovarian-cancer-lesions