Hi I have been getting discolouration on parts of my body I absolutely hate this is one of the side effects from my chemo treatment. I am on abeemacyclib. Is there anything I can put on it for it to start going back to normal skin colour. With everything...
Hi, is anyone taking part in the SMALL trial This is my 2nd diagnosis of breast cancer. I've been cancer free for 15 years. The last time I had lumpectomy and radiotherapy, followed by 5 years of Tamoxifen. Caught early. My recent mammogram has...
Hi im going through radiotherapy for breast cancer, I had a lumpectomy Dec 2025 and now just had my 9th session, last night I felt a lump under my nipple, feels exactly the same size as my tumour, wondering if this is normal or should I be worried? Many...
I had a prosthesis before my breast cancer diagnosis, and I underwent a mastectomy on one side. Now, I need to have a breast reconstruction, but I’ve heard that the NHS won’t perform any procedures on the non-affected breast for symmetry purposes due...
Hi, I got my results yesterday following my single mastectomy and full node clearance. The tumor was larger than expected at 12 cm which shocked me as they told me it was slow growing. I’m not sure if that was my two tumors combined though as it just...
Hi I went to the doctors this week after discovering a few breast cancer symptoms and the doctors found a few lumps and other symptoms they were concerned about and so have made a referral for an emergency appointment for a ultrasound to be investigated...
I have been diagnosed with grade 3 TNBC. Tumour is 17mm I am due to have surgery on 25th Feb (wide local excision with sentinel node biopsies). 4 weeks after will require chemo over 5 months then a month break then radiotherapy. Had a really bad morning...
Hi I had lumpectomy and 5 days radiotherpay all lymph nodes clear and now 5yrs of Letrozole- I saw someone mention in a post that your consultant can do some sort of calcualtion to work out the percentage chance of recoccurence -can anyone help and...
I have just finished my 6 cycles of chemotherapy for triple positive, stage 1 breast cancer, and the next step for me is surgery (lumpectomy). I have been told that my surgery will take place in mid-March, which will make it 6 weeks from the end of...
Afternoon all. I start chemo on Thursday following a right side mastectomy, stage 3, in December and then in January pathology showed cancer cells found on lymph nodes. Oesrogenen positive HER negative. I will be having infusion every fortnight with injections...
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