Muci What?

We went to the oncologist on Tuesday. We were told (among other things) that Layne has a rare form of cancer that's mucinous (has mucus texture). It seems that means that it's more aggressive. That translates to harder to treat and less chance of survival. We think. As you can probably guess...we don't really know anything.
Layne was scheduled to start chemo next week. He's not sure about treating his form of cancer with the 'classic' chemo. So, he's been doing research...as much as possible. He wants to know options. We were a bit surprised to think that the chemo they offered was pretty much the only option given. We have been exceptionally pleased that he's at Huntsman. We were thinking they would have offered something that was more specific to what he has. They don't offer anything because there hasn't been enough success with any one treatment route. So, here we are. It would be nice if success had reigned and we were heading into something promising. But, not sure we can really say that and mean it. Although, I'm sure everyone has heard that nothing is promised when it comes to chemo.
Another thing we did hear was that survival at 5 years is about 20%...instead of the 8% we read about in an old study. We were hoping things were a little better and they are. So, that's a happy thing.