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Hi, My dad has mid rectum (10cm) cancer. He has had 5 x days x 5 weeks treatment. The treatment was chemoradiation. He was fine for 4.5 weeks but seems to be getting worse and worse. The treatment completed on the 2nd March. I know this is only 19 days...
Hi I have had 2 courses of chemo. Currently NED. I have stage1A clear cell aggressive cancer. No BRCA gene. my oncologist has suggested I go onto the above drug and I am trying to find out the pros and cons and whether or not it would be of benefit...
My husband needs to followa FODMAP style eating plan for the several weeks before and during his radiotheapry treatment for prostae cancer. We were given a list of foods he could and couldn't eat, but it took No real account of vegetarians, saying the...
I am supporting an elderly relative who was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer just a few weeks ago. He was readmitted to hospital with ascites, which is getting worse daily. He is going to be discharged in a few days and the hospital are not mentioning...
Hi, after a few blood tests from GP re my concerns about weight loss, fatigue and joint pain. got a referral to haematology. i had a meeting with haematology Dr earlier today, re high red blood count. I was told that I have blood cancer ! Quite...
I had single mastectomy in October 22 everything was fine. Above my scar I gave a swollen are that is hard and tender looks like a small blood, is this normal
Hello, my grandad died of cancer in his 50s in the mid 1970s and now all 3 of his sons have all now died of cancer in their 50s or 60s, as they are my mums brothers / father, should I be worried that this is hereditary? If so, what do I need to do as...
Hi, my partner has prostate cancer and finished 20 sessions of radiotherapy back in January. He has hormone injections every 6 months , his 2nd one just in February. He is suffering fatigue but the main thing he suffers is sweats, not just hot flushes...
Hello, My Dad was diagnosed with a kidney tumour last year and had his right kidney removed successfully. Yesterday he and Mum had a consultation during which they were told that there were nodules and that these had grown and that their consultant...
Hi - I had my stomach out last October for stomach cancer and in February I have just been diagnosed with cancer in the oesophagus in two places top and bottom. I have no bowel left to use to replace the oesophagus so I can have it removed and would be...
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