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My husband was offered chemo combined with targeted treatment to prolong his life. Is there anybody here who can honestly say they have never experienced any side effects or they were very minor?
Hello, I'm new here and wanted to post my story so far. It has given more some strength reading other people's stories and hearing from people who are staying positive. I'm 34f and was completely healthy prior to this. Thank you for reading. November...
So im now five weeks post surgery from the removal of my sigmoid colon due to cancer. I have been informed that the cancer was completely removed , although the histology showed there was cancer was in three of my lympnodes. for this reason Im being refered...
I now have my surgery date. 1st April. I have covid test next Wednesday. I suppose my big challenge over the next 10 days is to avoid catching covid. This is the first time since covid started that someone close to me has it. Did you all work right up...
Does anybody on this forum know much about how perineural invasion affects the risk of recurrence or its significance in the histology report for a Stage 3 patient..my hubby was T3N2bMO RO post surgery...tumour was moderately differentiated... Hubby...
I have bowel and liver cancer, just had my first course of chemotherapy - well I finish on Wednesday morning
My mum was diagnosed in November 2021 with bowel cancer with evidence that it had spread to her lymph nodes. Mum already has a stoma and because of the evasive surgery, recovery etc and too frail to have chemo, which she would need has decided to have...
Katz Thanks for that. Newish to this and wasn’t sure on next reply it wouldn’t let me click.
After what seems to have been an age, my Bowel cancer treatment has been agreed and confirmed. Monday 14th March I went for a meeting, after tests and chat the team and a computer decided that the long version of the test was the route I’ll be taking...
Hi, after googling some of the clinical stuff on my letter, my prognosis has come at as poor and don’t seem to have much chance of survival. When I was in my consultation with my consultant he started on about prognosis and complex cancer. I hadn’t long...
