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>The LOGINOV family from Ust’-Barguzin (near Lake >Baikal), Russia. >Their elder daughter Anastasia, 5 was diagnosed a >cancer. >In May, 2005 the parents (Sergey and Olga) have >noticed that Anastasia’s left eye began swelling. They >took Anastasia (Nastya) to a local doctor in the >village. The doctor suspected there was a malignant >swelling and sent them to a regional hospital in >Ulan-Ude. The doctor in Ulan-Ude suggested that it was >a maxillary sinusitis, which caused a swelling and >began to treat her for the cause. After two weeks they >noticed an aggravation and decided to send her to >Krasnoyarsk to define more precisely the cause. The >doctor in Krasnoyarsk removed a part of the tumor for >the examination on the 19th of July. He has made a >diagnosis: rabdomio-sarcoma and sent the Loginovs back >to Ulan-Ude for a course of chemotherapy. (The doctors >in Krasnoyarsk gave a very little chance for healing, >or even survival!!!) > >By that moment the tumor grew a big size. Practically >the eye went out of its place (orbit) so the lid would >not close. In Ulan-Ude they made a tomography, then 4 >courses of chemotherapy, then tomography again and >sent them to Moscow. Chemotherapy gave a positive >result, although swelling did not disappear at all. In >Moscow at this moment the doctors are discussing a >possibility of having another surgery (very >complicated) to remove the tumor completely and the >further treatment, using radiation and chemotherapy in >Moscow. The doctors in Moscow think of two ways: the >first one would be through the eye lid and it will >damage the eye; the second would be through the skull >which is dangerous anyway. >They need a place to rent while staying here in Moscow >- $US10 would pay 1 night for one person. >Your $US 50 a week would pay her medicines. > >Nick Markin, Vice President, Non Profit Partnership >Cultural and Educational Society “Rostok” a registered >charity in Russia

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