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Hi there I'd be grateful for some info about this drug, which I am due to start soon for polycythaemia. From the info I've read, it would seem many kinds of chemotherapy, you take for a period of time, and then stop, so your system has time to recover...
Hello my Mother has secondary cancer, she is on targeted drug therapy. Although the results from treatment are positive she is very depressed. She keeps saying why me? What did I do to deserve this. She cries a lot and takes herself off to bed as she...
My daughter has secondary breast cancer 23 years after the primary Can you tell me what Gata3 positive means.
Hi my mum was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer Dec, she has started chemo tablets on her 5th week, I'm so concerned about her weight loss she has lost 17lb in 4 weeks her appetite is so good eating really well but still losing weight, is there anything...
Hello I wrote about a month ago with a question about a phyllodes tumour and you were great - thanks for your help! I've now had the lumpectomy and it's malignant. Also they weren't able to get the 1cm margin. It's not a big tumour, but it seems to...
What can they do with a trebaculated bladder to repair so I can pee agsin
Hi - Just wondering if anyone is experiencing similar to me. I have been experiencing irregular light bleeding and particullaly light bleeding after sex for about 18 months. I visited my GP as soon as the bleeding after sex started the first time...
Hello, i am sorry if i am on the wrong page for this. My mum was one of 11 children and most of them was tested and had the Braca1 gene including my mum, it was passed down from her own mum. Some did not want to know if they carried the gene but sadly...
Hi there, My FIL had a gastrectomy in January and 20 lymph nodes also removed. 10 were found to have cancer. He is not strong enough for chemotherapy. How long will this take to spread roughly and what symptoms will it have? Thanks
Hello, my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to her spine and lymph nodes in December, she has had 2 rounds of radiotherapy (last session was a week ago) and 1 round of chemo/immunotherapy.(14 days ago). She has suffered with...
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