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My husband had his second round of palliative chemotherapy for advanced Gastro oesophagus cancer (which has spread to lungs, liver and lymph nodes) one week ago. The initial couple of days afterwards were pretty rough as expected and then he improved...
Hi there, I found a lump on my breast at the beginning of the year and have had an ultrasound, and a fine needle biopsy, and the results came back benign. I don’t know if it’s because I have recently turned 35 years old, but I have now been referred...
Hi, I had a rare child's cancer at 18months followed by chemotherapy different anti cancer drugs and different dosage's, but the main one I am worried about is the chemotherapy I had which is called Cyclophosphamide and I had 10500mg of this, is this...
My mam has had to have a few ct scans in preparation for treatment. The appointment needs two scans to be done. The first is ok but by the second she is always filling with gas so they’re unable to get the result they need. What can she eat on the morning...
I have been diagnosed with low risk prostate cancer for a year now and i am on active survallience my blood test have shown encouraging results that have gone from 7.5 to 1.3 this last mri scan as i was informed by my urologist showed something in a different...
Hi my daughter was diagnosed with ALL on May 13th Philadephia negative. What does it mean when MRD has been detected in spinal fluid, does it mean the cancer has already spread to the brain? My daughter is being treated on a Teenage Cancer Trust Unit...
Hello nurse, my husband was diagnosed in February with stage 4 PC, liver and lung mets. He was told there were no treatment options as he became so poorly so quickly. However, recently he has stabilised a little and it’s now been agreed he can start chemo...
Firstly, I just want to say thank you for being here, because this is something so mind blowingly consuming! I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the beginning of March this year. Arrangements were made for removal of the tumour, and I went for pre...
My daughter was diagnosed withstage 4 bowel cancer that has spread to her lungs 2 years ago and recently has been told she has a liason on her liver and 3 brain tumours. She is struggling to sleep as she can't get comfortable and is finding it hard to...
Is there a connection between secondary and gastrointestinal stromal tumour does anyone know? I had br cancer 22 years ago, in lymphs, had p mastectomy, chemo, radio. 2018 had stomach gist removed and only just discovered this was stage 1 cancer. Discharged...
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