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Hello, my sister decided to stop treatment for secondary breast cancer (spread to her bones liver and lungs) due to debilitating side effects of last chance drug (she has survived longer than expected but there are no drugs left for her to try other than...
Hi my husband has the BRAC gene discovered after his colon cancer was removed and bloods showed something not right six months later I do not understand why it did not show earlier on a scan taken after the bloods it showed his cancer had spread to numerous...
Hello My husband has just starting taking Regorafenib. He was told to take it with a light meal, with less than 30% fat but doesn't actually know why. He thinks for personal reasons it would be better to take the tablets with his lunch. He hasn't...
Hi, my mum is currently going through treatment for breast cancer. She is 68 and initially had 12 weekly sessions of chemo + immunotherapy and had now moved into 3 weekly cycles of chemotherapy which should span 4 sessions. Since moving into the 3 weekly...
I was wondering wether I can eat ice cream processed meat and burgers is there a spring covid jab
I had left kidney removed at Christmas and now have consented to immunotherapy. It was a rare form but has been removed with kidney and adrenal gland. I am struggling to weigh up pros and cons of treatment. Can you help please?
My suspicious mole was identified as just less than 1mm, but 1b. I was informed that a wide excision with sentinel node surgery would be delayed by 5 months, even if I opted for it. In the meantime, what signs around the scar would indicate a local...
Hi , Two years ago , I found out I had triple negative breast cancer just 6 months after giving birth . I’ve always strongly believed this was linked to the change in my body during pregnancy. There’s also a lot of scientific studies proving my beliefs...
My has osphgus cancer qnd it has spred to most body parts,the doctors gave him 4 week of life left,he been here 11 week now which is amazing.he has respect started when he lays flat on his back he carnt breath and says he carnt lyi down.why is this.is...
What are the side effects of radiotherapy? Have womb cancer stage 3 that has spread to lymph nodes. Unable to have hysterectomy due to where it has spread. Start radiotherapy next week and nervous about the side effects
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