Jo Ann,

Cancer and idiopathic (spontaneously occurring) PD are not related. Your friend must be confused or misheard- or the media source that she got it from is mistaken (and irresponsible).

Charlie

At 11:49 PM 12/15/00 -0500, you wrote:

Hi Gang - The strangest thing happened. My friend of 42 years called me
tonight and said she saw on TV a couple of nights ago, that this
celebrity had PD, and it was in remisison and it was a form of brain
cancer. Now, I've been on the list since Nov. 1999, and I've never heard
anyone say anything about it being a type of cancer, and we have some
great physicians and RN's and CG's on the list, as well as PWP's. Tell
me what do you thing? Could she have misunderstood the person's dx? Jo
Ann

Charles T. Meyer, M.D.
Middleton, WI
PD DX 12 years (at age 44)
Age 56