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I had lumpectomy and radical axillary node clearance in dec 2023 for grade 2 cancer/her positive/ er positive/ oestrogen positive and and after chemo ended end April, had x5 radiotherapy sessionSwhic went well - some stabbing chest pain and sunburnt appearance...
Hi, My name is Sabrina and I wanted to ask for your advice regarding stomach pains, period like pains, nausea, fullness and cramping and bloating of stomach which occurs quite often for the past 6 months. I was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021 and...
At the start of the year I had surgery to remove cancer from tongue and two sentinel nodes were also removed. I did not require any follow up treatments but have follow up reviews every 6 to 8 weeks. Does this mean I am classed as at risk and should have...
Hi I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in rectum 2 weeks ago. I've had the Ct scan and mri scan and now awaiting multidisciplinary team meeting. But was told that although cancer hasnt metastasis to other part of bowel the ct scan showed enlarged lymph...
hi all thank you all for being here , may you all fine peace in this chaotic life , my mom got diagnosed with breast and endometrial cancer they removed both and now going under radiation therapy, there is something in her bone scan that i didn’t understand...
Hi, Can anyone explain what this means ki 67 42 45%. Thanks
My mum's just died from cancer. She had a brain tumour and they think it developed from her having a mole on her bottom eye lid that she had surgery on around 10-15 years ago. My nan (her mum) also died from cancer, it was liver cancer. I also found out...
how fast will the cancer spread now it have moved to lump nodes in neck area
My mum has late stage 4 lung cancer also on lymph nodes, she’s 82 only 5 stone if that. Her mass is sitting in the middle of her chest obviously giving some pressure to her stomach as she cannot eat and drink, constantly bringing up bile. This was the...
Hello Back in January 2022 my 85 year old Mum had a mastectomy. Her tumour was ' Grade 3 IDC/ micropapillary with high grade DCIS. Invasive and whole size 110mm. 16/24 lymph nodes were affected. ER 2/8 PR 2/8 (guessing these are something to do with...
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