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Hello i am due to start radiotherapy to my ulcerated breast next week. I have noticed a change in the smell,which has got worse and also the tumor is no longer looking like a mushroom/cauliflower but more like a lump of meat. apologise for the descriptives...
Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some advice, I've been having abnormal vaginal bleeding since June. I live in Portugal and saw my GP there who referred me for bloods and a trans vaginal ultrasound. The ultrasound showed I had a large cyst on...
Hi ive been diagnosed with 1 a1 cervical cancer. I ve got mri with result of no spread, on mri has not been evidence of cancer cells maybe Bcz all cells been removed by leetz biopsy. The consultant plan to have a conisation and hysteroscopy with biopsy...
Nearly 3 years ago I was diagnosed with spinal metastatic prostate cancer with a PSA count at 294. Over the following two years with the help of Zoladex I reached a much-reduced PSA level of 3. The last 3 quarterly PSA tests however have returned 3,4...
What are my long term outcomes
I am on watch and wait for enlarged lymph nodes in pelvis recently I have noticed that I have been waking up and the pillow has been drenched is this some thing ii should be worried about i am also a type 2 diabetic. On insulin I am aware that night sweats...
My mum was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer. It had caused a blockage in her stomach so she had to have an operation to bypass the blockage so she could eat again. The hope was she was going to have the cancer and her stomach removed but the surgeon...
Hi, I would be grateful if you could give me a little more current information on why micro-metastasis in the sentinel node is considered negative. When I had my surgery only the sentinel node was taken and this was found to have micro-metastasis. I was...
Hi My mother in law has Colorectal cancer which has spread to the liver. She is very much in denial and my partner is her care giver and finding it very difficult. The family are not pulling together as my mother in law has not wanted to know the severity...
I've been on letrozole for 6 weeks. Terrible flushes and slight joint pain. I've always suffered from excema. Now my lips have gone red and weeping and sore. Is this also a side effect and will all the side effects calm down at all?
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