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Are you able to give advice as to what is the best diet (NOT for weight loss) in order to beat cancer? I have prostate cancer which has spread to the bones. When you search on the internet there is so much advice out there, it is difficult to know where...
Hi, I’m currently receiving immountherapy can I have the flu vaccine? many thanks Sarah
I have bladder cancer. Have had 3 TURBT operations with the last one being in March 2022 removing 4 tumours plus CIS. They say it was then post-op non-invasive so I guess TaG3. My cancer hospital have offered only one treatment being cystectomy/bladder...
My surgery was in Dec 2021 and my radiotherapy finished Mar 2022 Although I have great movement, there is still some cording which I think is getting worse Also I can feel a lot of hard patches in my breast which are very tender and painful is this scar...
Hi I was diagnosed with ER8 HER2 negative invasive ductal breast cancer with low volume bone metastases in June 2022. I am currently on Zoladex injections every 3 months (from 22nd July) Abemacaclib 150mg bid (from 1st August) Letrozole 2.5mg...
Hi, I'm 58 and have had secondary breast cancer (Mucinous) in the lungs for over five years. Had a few ups and downs but the lesions/tumours? are fairly stable and I have been living normally. Took Tamoxifen for a while and have now been on Letrozole...
Hi, I have had full corse of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and currently on herceptin. I went to see my plastic surgeon and where my wound is not healing he said this could be cancer coming out, I was told my cancer had gone so I'm a bit concerned. I had...
Hello, My wife had successful surgery for Oesophagal cancer about three years ago, but unfortunately has recently been diagnosed with two new secondary tumours, which we have been told are inoperable. While awaiting treatment plans, I have been wondering...
Hello hope you can help , I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2020 had 3 operations the last one a left breast mastectomy and all nodes removed , followed by 6 rounds of Fec-t and 3 weeks of radiotherapy , was told cancer was gone after ct scans...
Hi, 2 weeks ago I underwent a double mastectomy for confirmed DCIS and now I’m confused. I was talking to my breast nurse about nipple reconstruction and said “I know I’ve cancer but I’m 37, I don’t want to look like I’ve had cancer for the rest of...
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