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Is anybody dealing with an angiosarcoma?
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Your Dr. can set you up with Natera blood draws every so often which can track cancer cell levels in the blood to show remission and/or return/increase in cancer cells to catch its return early. I just finished my second round of chemo for stage 4 bladder cancer which is angiosarcoma. I head back to MD Anderson the 21st to get new scans to see if the chemo is working. Natera is coming next week for 3rd blood draw. They can come to your house to be convenient. Hope that your husband remains in remission!
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I’ve never heard of Natera but definitely going to look into that. Originally was told if it doesn’t return within 5 years he would probably be okay. They did things a bit unconventional with him. They used the chemo beads to shrink the tumor enough to do the resection but chose not to do chemo after. Felt it may do more damage than good in his case and since he was only 52 and in good health otherwise. Since he had made it through 8 years with no recurrence we thought our cancer days were over till this past fall with a completely new cancer. It makes me concerned that maybe his previous cancer was a contributing factor to this one. But nobody seems to know. Hope all goes well on the 21st for you, you will be in my thoughts and prayers.