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Hi I had a lump removed behind my ear. Every professional said it was benign. I had it removed. Then found out it was cancerous. Because they couldn't get a margin, I've had 30 sessions of radiotherapy which finished a week ago on 7th Nov. A week...
I see my surgeon in a hastily arranged appointment at 8:45 on Monday 17th, so any info at all would be great from anyone with any insight. Yes, I know - porocarcinoma. No one knows anything about it, etc. My question though is fairly specific about...
My calprotectin was very high 800 ug/g I was in hospital for a week with Ischemic colitis I get a period like pain in stomach
Hi I am just waiting on the results from my latest ct scan of my chest and abdomen and mri of my brain for lung cancer that had metastasised to the brain, my question is will the scan results show if the cancer has spread to the neck area. It's only that...
Hi, I am 36 years old. In 2022 I was diagnosed with stage 1A clear cell adenocarcinoma in my right ovary. I had surgery to remove the right ovary, 50 lymph nodes in the pelvic area, my appendix and omentum. I have never had to do chemotherapy as the...
I have just been put on the fast tract cancer referral for suspected womb cancer. I am 3 years post triple negative inflammatory breast cancer. The reason I went to GP I had a bleed and I have not had one in years due to contraceptive implant and menopause...
Mum had 6 infections within 2 months. We wondered why mum was so ill. They did a scan on mums abdomen and found a big mass. They did a biopsy and we was told Lymphoma has came back after 20 years. Mum had her spleen removed atound 20 years ago because...
Wondering if anyone had any advice of where to go next I’m at a loss… I have had symptoms of advanced cervical cancer over the last 10 months, bleeding in between periods but I am on the mini pill been told this is normal breakthrough by gp, lower back...
Is it good if 7 tumours my husband has have not grown or spread? This is the resulr of a scan after 6 sessions of chemo. We were hoping for them to have shrunk or gone. Are we being unrealistic? Is it good news that they have stayed the same?
I had a bowel cancer removed successfully last November and went on to start a 6 month course of chemo in February of this year. My tumour count at the start was 2 but rose to 5 during treatment. Chemo finished in early August and a CT scan revealed there...
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