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Hi, My partner was diagnosed with breast cancer a week ago today and was told that she will need another biopsy to determine the extend of the cancer. I wanted to know how common is a second biopsy and whether enough information should be from the...
Hello my husband has cancer in small bowel. In the last few days he is unable to eat and keep anything down. Even drinking now is causing issues. He has been in pain and was sick in the night. It is like everything is repeating on him and not going through...
My son who lives abroad, had his first (and only) dose of cisplatin for Stage 1 testicular cancer a week ago. He has been doing fine, but yesterday was listening to some loudish music and he said it was like knives stabbing into his ears. He is worried...
Hi, my wife has been confirmed breast cancer on 19Aug which is ER/PR negative with a grade 3 tumor. The size of the tumor is around 2cm and should have not spread. After we met the surgery doctor 2 days later, she said we still need to wait for the HER2...
Hi, I’m new to the community. I had a PE in July and when they did a follow up CT they found a 32x21x38mm necrotic mass on my right kidney and a 9mm dense lesion on my liver. i had my first appointment with a urologist 12th September who said I had...
Hi, I had a lumpectomy in 2017 followed by radiotherapy & a course of letrozole. Over the past 2 years I’ve developed strange bruise looking marks on this boob. I’ve been back to the breast clinic had 3 biopsies & a scan which showed no cancer which is...
I had chemo in 2019 for breast cancer and a friend who had it the year after says her doctor advised having her childhood vaccinations (MMR, tetanus etc) repeated after her treatment finished as the chemo could reduce the protection significantly. Is...
Good Afternoon, My father has been diagnosed with Stomach cancer which has spread to his lungs and has been told there is no treatment and been given a prognosis of a few months.He has had a big family holiday booked which we are all due to go on next...
Hi there, I'm 37 years old with grade 1 hormone positive breast cancer. My chemo is due to start imminently as my mastectomy was on the 2nd Aug. I was told I would be ok freezing some eggs and trying for a baby after treatment (taking a break from hormone...
I have noticed a very big lump that in underarm aprox 5×10. Its giving me hand pain and numbness. I don't know what to do. They referred and put me fasttrack for breast department.
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