DocCec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
In a message dated 98-05-05 14:36:49 EDT, you write:
<< The way I understood it last night was the primary gives off a human
hormone which prevents the mets from growing. When the primary is
removed via surgery the mets grow because the hormone is no longer. One
of the drugs prevents the blood flow to the primary, thus killing it.
the other is the hormone which prevents the mets from growing, thus
making the first drug effective in killing them.
Ron...did I get that right? >>
I missed that part, Sue. But how do mets form, then, if the primary can
inhibit them? I mean, they DO form, even when the primary is not removed.
One other thing I'm thinking about -- we say "cancer" but we really should be
saying "the cancers." They are all different, they grow at different rates,
take different channels of invasion, and respond to different treatments. I'd
guess that if this new treatment turns out to be useful, it's usefulness may
be different for different cancers. Or not?
Ron???????? (Sorry for being a pest, buddy. What do you do in your spare
time?)
Doc
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