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I am 68 and was diagnosed with lobular BC in March 24 20mm Grade 2 ER5 PRO Her2 neg Lymph nodes clear (pT1c NO MO) I had a lumpectomy followed by a re-excision of inferior margin My NPI = 3.4 which is borderline - so was given an oncotype dx test which...
After a frankly awful 5 year journey with rectal cancer my dad is now nearing the end of his life. The cancer has metastasized and all treatment was stopped in October 23. He is now getting weaker and does very little day to day. My concern now is that...
Hi, 2 weeks ago I had my first ct scan post chemotherapy and got some good news thank god. However today I have randomly just got a letter with a telephone consultation for 3 months time? I’m confused as to what this could be for, does anyone have any...
During chemotherapy, should a patient be living on their own ?
Good afternoon hopefully you can answer my question my mum had a mastectomy 3weeks ago and no problems tumour was big and aggressive her surgeon was happy that he had removed all cancer and it hadn’t spread 1.5 cm and 19 lymph nodes removed next step...
Hi, my mum who is 73 is about to start chemo for stage two inflammatory breast cancer. She’s going to have Paclitaxel and Carboplatin for the first three months. I’m worried about side effects, particularly risk of stroke. Is there anything we should...
Hi, the MDT are 99% sure my husband has metastic melanoma of the lung. 3 weeks ago he had a wedge resection of left lung to confirm the diagnosis and as I understand it to test to see what drugs it might respond to. Is this correct and what else are they...
Hi had a mstectomy and lymphnode removal may 2024. I am also going for nerve blocking injections in head for chronic cluster headaches. I have lymphedema left arm. Who can i speak to as feeling low at the moment about it all am on citralopram already...
Hello, I was diagnosed with G3PT1 bladder cancer last November. Since then I have had two TURBTs , which removed the cancer and confirmed it is non muscle invasive. The 2nd TURBT revealed only residual G2PT1 called which were removed. I am on BCG...
We just got mums latest scan results and her bowel cancer has grown to 9cm. They seem surprised that she is still able to eat and drink , she's on medication to help soften her stools, and she is on end of life care. We,ve been told that when she starts...
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