Hi JGromo, Welcome to Grace. I'm so sorry your dad and by extension, you are going through this. If it helps, I know how you feel. My husband is going through...

I agree that not all docs are good communicators! Remember they are people just like us, filling a very important role. I echo Janine's comment to ask questions here -- our...

While no one can give advice or recommend treatments on a forum our faculty can be invaluable when talking about current thought and practices.

This is the response via email...

From Dr. West, He reminds us, "The principle is not to over-react to minimal change." and suggests this article and the ones on oligoprogression linked in the above post.  "Note in...

Hi Sean,


Welcome to Grace. I'm so sorry you're going through this. I can only imagine your worry about metastases and I hope that's not the case.
Liver hemangiomas are thought...

n3p, Hi and welcome to Grace. I'm sorry you have to check for new nodules. It does sound like your onc has good reason not to be alarmed that you have...

Thanks for the thoughtful response, I really appreciate that! All your points make sense. I will check back in later.