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Having had all my flu and Covid jabs to date, friends are trying to dissuade me from having the latest booster following the recent South Korean research, apparently showing an increase in some cancers following vaccination. I’m a year on from treatment...
Hello, I am a visitor from the Prostate Cancer board. My husband has terminal Prostate cancer, stage 4, and is treatable, not curable. He is doing well, diagnosed December 2024, completed chemotherapy over the summer and has worked throughout. He...
Hallo. I am a bit confused as to the current treatment of my recently diagnosed breast cancer. I am Her2 positive, and have a month to go until my lumpectomy, but have been prescribed letrozole until then by way of neoadjuvant therapy. Can you explain...
My mum is 80 and was recently in a car accident. This resulted in the realisation that she has fluid on her lungs and a dilated pancreatic duct. After referral to the gastro team, she was told that it is likely that she has pancreatic cancer but no further...
Hi, I have just completed 4 rounds of fortnightly Epirubicin & Cyclophosphamide chemotherapy and due to have 4 rounds of fortnightly Paclitaxel. I asked the staff last time if I could have a copy of my blood results, out of interest. I read them when...
My husband was given a chemo flush after having a low grade tumour removed, around 6 weeks later he went back into hospital as they found he had a bad reaction to the chemo flush I was wondering if this is something you have ever come across as the consultants...
I had radiotherapy for lung nodules which finished 10th October. I have not been feeling good and have a rash on my right shoulder blade and today a few red spots above my right breast. It is red and sore and I wondered if this could be an after effect...
Please can you advise what is a safe hair growth treatment when you take oestrogen blockers. I have a 10 year prescription...I am 3 years in and I feel it is causing thinning. Tried hard to research this but they all appear to have plant based oestrogen...
I haven't heard from the hospital and I should of had a diagnosis or all clear by 20th October, I try and contact them and they just say they'll be in touch, I had a colonoscopy on September 29th, with just gas and air, but could only manage to go halfway...
I've just been informed that due to a private consultant (nuffield) who initially diagnosed my four types of breast cancer and lymph nodes made a typing error so I received treatment for an aggressive positive cancer. Not the actual negative type I actually...
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