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Hi, I was originally diagnosed with ER8, Progesterone negative breast cancer. After my Oncotype DX test, I have noticed my diagnosis is now, ER8, PR2? Does the Oncotype DX test for oestrogen AND progesterone and could it have revised the original progesterone...
Hello, My carer has covid since Saturday 27th June. I was in hospital receiving chemotherapy from 25th June till 30th June. I have been discharged and am at home isolating from my wife/carer and wearing mask in communal areas. She is very strict on...
A girl in my daughter’s class has just come down with chicken pox. My daughter had two rounds of chemo and 5 weeks of proton beam therapy which finished 14 months ago. She previously had chicken pox when she was 2 (now 9) How likely is she was to catch...
My symptoms started last year when every few weeks I was getting blood in my stools. I also felt something in my back passage when I was sitting. I went to dr - he did a quick exam couldnt feel/see anything. Referred for bloods and stool sample. All came...
I'm absolutely heartbroken my dad's lung cancer has returned, no spread. He has been offered chemo & immunotherapy. Any advice on chemo symptoms he is very worried and scared.
Can anyone tell me if this is a relevant link to linitus Plastica - stomach cancer as I asked my husbands consultant recently when they informed us of this infection and the nurse both said absolutely without doubt no way possible. They also said it’s...
Hello, Yesterday I had a colonoscopy and they found a 3cm tumour in my colon, malignant. I initially went to my gp because I was suffering from lower bowel cramping and have diagnosed ibs. But blood was found in my poo, and the procedure revealed...
He has bowel.cancer spread to lungs and has started pre op chemo. He is now losing his voice. Am I right in being even more worried? He has a consultant appointment on 8th July so will try to get him.to ask her about this. I hope to be there myself...
In July 2024 i went to the doctors after noticing a painless, moveable, swollen lymph node in my neck just above the supraclavicular area with no symptoms of illness. I had bloods done and everything was fine apart from a slightly elevated CRP of 15....
Hi, My 85 year old mother has just completed round 2 of chemo IVO-AZA for AML with the mutated gene IDH1 and, following a liquid bone marrow biopsy, they have found that the leukaemia blasts have increased from17% to 50%. She is considering the two...
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