Re: Dont mean to scare anyone....
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 07:58:49 -0800
One other thought: the most common cause of liver cancer is that it is spread
from somewhere else. Since the liver is a filter, and most blood passes
through the liver pretty soon after leaving other organs, it's common for it
to get trapped there. Have other sites of cancer been identified? Has a
biopsy been done to see if it's a primary tumor or a metastasis?
Renee
SusieQ wrote:
>
> Hi DELWICKY,
>
> I think this is the response of a doctor who wants to give your aunt a
> reason. I would like to know what evidence he has presented to you.
> This is not in any of the literature, neither JAMA or NEJM has any
> articles listing this as a possible complication of glucophage. I even
> trid Harvard Medical School, and no articles.
>
> I think that her doctor is trying to give her an answer to a question
> that is impossible to answer. There are many causes of cancer,
> sometimes we can try to pinpoint a cause, most times not. Sometimes the
> cause can be identified after biopsy.
>
> Would you please send the empirical evidence that links glucophage to
> your aunts cancer? I would be very interested to submit it to a few
> cancer experts to see what they think.
>
> Thanks for posting, I am looking forward to your response.
>
> Luck, SusieQ
>
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Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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