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I’m looking to come off Tamoxifen after almost ten years after surgery, chemo and radiotherapy for breast cancer and lymph nodes removal,feeling a bit nervous but had a discussion with my local GP who was very nice and helpful. Can you offer any additional...
Had bowel cancer 3 years ago, surgery & cured but cancer came back last year as peritoneal tumour. Been complaining of horrendous abdominal pains before they eventually did a scan & saw tumour doubled in size in spite of the immunotherapy treatment. Since...
Hi my dad has liver cancer and unable to have any treatment. Unfortunately we were given a 3-6 month timeline however he is still here 18 months later. He is really stuggling with shoulder pain and stiffness including massive mood swings. Could this...
Hi my partner has non hodgkin's lymphoma and I work in a hospital as a cleaner, on some wards there is norovirus, am I OK to still work on those wards with correct ppe.
hi yeah my daughter has had ascites ie fluid drained last week .what is it and what causes it ? is it damaging ? shes only part way hav ing treament thanks guys
32yo woman. High APL Results on bloods, and >400 on FIT test. Waiting for hospital appointment for a camera test? What else could it be? It feels like it's not possible- that I'm too younger for colorectal cancer, and that I'd *know* in myself...
My husband is 54 and is becoming very aggressive towards me. I can’t say anything to him because all he does is shouts at me .How am I supposed to support him though this .
I hope you can help me. I was diagnosed in January 2025 and started treatment in late April. I was living in Worcestershire at the time and attending a local hospital. We moved to Shropshire in September of last year. With all the other issues to deal...
Hi, I have uterine cancer, diagnosed last June, I've so far had scans, 12 weeks of chemo, surgery (full hysterectomy by keyhole) and am now facing 7 weeks of radiotherapy which consists of 5 weeks of external radiotherapy and 2 weeks of brachytherapy...
I'm on Bicalutamide 150mg and Tamoxifen 10mg since last September and since taking this medication my testosterone rocketed from 23 to 73 nmol/L as of November 2025. I have spoken to my uro-oncology nurse about this and was told after she consulted that...
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