Hi Rick, My father was diagnosed 5 years ago. in that time he had 4 operations to remove the cancer. One almost every year. But it kept coming back. The last surgery the surgeon told us that its too complicated to remove and now nothing can be done. He stopped responding to gleevec then started sutent. This gave him such bad ulcers on his feet and be lost so much weight. He is on another experimental drug but can only tolerate a very low dose. The doctor has said that quality of life is more important. he's often in a lot of pain and we just don't want him to suffer. ... View more