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Hello, I hope you don't mind me asking this question. I have had breast cancer but this is on behalf of a close relative. She is mid-forties, has in the last 4 years had a hysterectomy (not cancer-related), one ovary removed because of a cyst and had...
Hi, My husband is being treated for malignant melanoma, he had a mole removed from his back it then spread to his lymph nodes and then to his lungs. He is due to complete 24 months of nivolumab in may. The latest scan has shown no new areas and the...
Dear Team, I am a usually healthy and fit 52 year old. I had a right hemicolectomy and 21 lymph nodes removed last year. My recovery was very slow and I ended up with severe microscopic colitis. I am finally back in action but am left with some digestive...
Hello, recently started bicalutimide prior to prostap 3 in a week's time. Doesn't seem to have any effect at the moment. How do I know if it works? Also, slightly embarrassing, feel sexually more able than previous, if that makes sense? Should it...
Hello. My husband has stage 4 oesophageal cancer, is having chemo. We have been told that the side effects are worse on day 3-5 after having chemo, is that the IN hospital chemo or the pump chemo?? He had in hospital chemo for 8 hours and then has a pump...
If you have surgery to remove cancer, in this case ovarian cancer that had spread to the bowel, is the cancer that's removed, tested to find out whether it will respond to chemotherapy? My mother had this type of cancer and surgery to remove it. The surgery...
I recently had an ultrasound and multiple lesions were found on my liver. My doctor told me they were metastasized cancer….how would she know this? I went for a CT scan yesterday to find the primary malignancy.
Hi I am Shital 45 years old and I was diagnosed with her2+ breast cancer last September. I started with neo adjuvant chemotherapy to reduce the 3cm tumour size and now I am having my surgery on the 22nd march. I was advised by the surgeon for a lampectomy...
Two questions. First, I had a tug flap reconstruction in June last year my leg is always swollen now behind the knee, the back of the leg from thigh is numb. My leg aches and feels very strange almost like it's a piece of wood. I am consequently very...
I am about to have my first treatment next week and am getting conflicting information about hair loss. Will I lose hair taking this combination of drugs? I am being told it will not be noticeable by one professional and then I will definately need...
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