Adam's Page

How do GCTs affect you?

GCT patient

Location of primary tumor:

Right Ulna

Date of diagnosis of primary tumor:

July 2006

Treatment of primary tumor:

Resection of 5 inches of right ulna. Returned in 2007. I had my Right hand and half my forearm amputated. Right now it is in the lungs.

Facility treated at for primary tumor:

North Shore University Hospital

Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to another GCT patient?

Yes

Recurrence? If so, where?

Yes, Lungs and forearm

Date of recurrence:

November 2007

Treatment of recurrence:

Amputation of right forearm. The tumor moved to the lungs and I am being treated with denosumab.

Facility treated at for recurrence:

UPenn

Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to other GCT patients?

Yes

Metastasis? If so, where?

Lungs

Date of metastasis discovery:

November 2007

Treatment of metastasis:

Denosumab 1x a month.

Facility treated at for metastasis:

UPenn

Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to a fellow GCT patient?

Yes

Current GCT Status:

I better be beating it I'm still hear even though 1 doctor told me I would not be.