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My husband has just been diagnosed with skin cancer - melanoma. He was at Wishaw hospital today and given the news alone! He is really shocked. It is on his forearm. He had biopsies taken 5 weeks ago and they are asking him if he wants them to go...
Hi, I had surgery to remove my lobe following non small cell cancer and all lymph nodes removed. Been told both ops were successful but need follow up chemotherapy to stop a recurrence. How likely is a recurrence? I am a 47 year old female. Many...
Hi do you know how long it will take for the results of an X-ray to come back. I’ve waited 3 days so far. The radiologist said that she wouldn’t be marking it as urgent. Am still worried
Hi, I’ve recently just finished chemotherapy after having had a Whipple’s procedure in August last year, and have an appointment with my U.K. oncologist on the 11th May. I had completed 17 of 18 planned infusions of gemcitabine (plus capecitabine for...
Organic burst have turmeric ginger and other tablet forms or powder for him to take. Is this any good.
Hi I'm here to get my head around my husbands situation. After a few years of treatment, he has just weeks to live. I find this so hard because he is at home and pottering about the house, gardening, shopping, playing with our young children like nothing...
Hi, my mum had kidney cancer 2 years ago and recovered well after the tumor was removed, she has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, they went in to take out the mass but it was 4 times larger than they original thought and now they need to either...
Is permanent seed brachytherapy suitable for a very active 71 year old. PSA at diagnosis 7.2 Gleason score: (3+4) = 7 Grade 2 T stage: T2c
I am about to have chemotherapy for prostrate cancer , I have been taking various supplements for many years , do supplements interfere in any way with chemotherapy treatment ?
Good Morning, My husband has Myeloma and Lung cancer he had a Laminectomy in Dec and Lobectomy in Feb . Had 10 sesions of Radiotherapy on spine in Jan. Started Chemo last Thursday for Lung. Which may help Myeloma but unsure. He always has a dull ache...
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