Cancer Blog
- Dr. Robert Nagourney -

Even with a diagnosis as grave as mantle cell lymphoma stage 4, this patient was not too old to be cured.

"Six months or less is the prognosis my oncologist gave me on May 4, 2009. My stage 4 pancreatic cancer had metastasized to my liver.

I got the diagnosis after a routine blood test (CBC) during an annual physical exam. I was sent to a specialist who told me I had leukemia.

Thankfully, my local oncologist was more aggressive and open-minded. He recognized what he called “good science” when he saw it.

The functional profile testing performed showed that my cancer cells were responsive to both the FOLFOX and FOLFIRI chemotherapy regimes.

Upon being diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, I was told by my oncologist that I could expect to live, at the most, six months to a year.

The letter was a referral to an oncologist for possible lymphoma, a cancerous tumor in the lymph nodes in her neck.

Having treated cancer patients for many years, I chose to take the time to figure out a plan that I felt most comfortable with.

When the prescribed antibiotics were making Virginia worse, her Dr. ordered a chest X-ray. She had lung cancer that spread to her bones.

My cancer doesn’t have a primary site. Other physicians were concerned with this since they didn’t know what kind of protocol to use.

Jody knew she didn’t want a standard protocol for her treatment; she wanted a more personalized approach to her care.

In Dr. Nagourney’s trial, the patients selected based on their activity in the laboratory are tracking a 100 percent response rate.

Sharon decided that if there were a “next time”, she would consider having an EVA-PCD assay done.

In my case, my chest was ravaged by metastatic kidney cancer. My red blood cells were mysteriously gone, chemotherapy did nothing.

In 1997, during a routine physical, her physician found a lump in her breast. She was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer.

The initial meeting with Dr. Nagourney was difficult as I learned that 17 of my 23 lymph nodes were affected.

I went against the protocol recommended by my oncologist,to go with Dr. Nagourney's functional profile to treat Stage4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

This time the tests revealed that Marjorie had Stage 4 ovarian cancer. And as is typical with this diagnosis, she was given about one year.

Angeline “Angie” Olson, RN, was diagnosed in February 2000, with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) – the fast growing type.

Cyndy's saga began in 2011 when she underwent surgery for triple negative breast cancer and 4 of 18 lymph nodes were positive.