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Hello, So, firstly I hopefully aim to gain an understanding of what it's like living with someone with the above conditions. I work full time as a trainee nurse on a bowel cancer ward, as well as caring for my elderly grandmother who has the above...
Please can you explain the significance of this grading
I was diagnosed with secondary Breast Cancer to my hip and ribs/chest wall yesterday. Waiting to hear about date for bone biopsy as they are unsure which cancer it is that has metastasized. I was diagnosed with TNBC in 2018 and with ER (low) positive...
Hi. I have recently found out I have liver mets and I have started capecitabine. My original diagnoses of breast cancer was in July 22. My scans last year were clear after a mastec And lymph node removal, chemo and radiotherapy. I was wondering if anyone...
Hi I am caring for my sister who has secondary breast cancer the cancer has spread to her bones and liver and she has just started on chemotherapy tablets and was wondering if these tablets cause patients to sleep for the last few days my sister has only...
Hi there I do have not been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer but would really like to know if anyone has had the same subtype as me and then gone on to develop secondary/metastatic breast cancer. I had Grade 3 ER negative DCIS in left breast ...
Can breast cancer spread even if lymph node is not affected. I was told I had comedonecrosis and microinvasion, near margin, high grade, KI-67 at 25% and a genetic test with a CHEK2 gene. Just wondered if anyone has suffered spread after an initial diagnosis...
Hi lovely people. I've had successive reductions of ribociclib since my metastatic diagnosis last May. My team are now looking at alternatives. I can't find any (sensible) reports or studies on this. Has this happened to anyone else. Feeling a bit...
Hi , I hope im ok posting in here, I was diagnosed with IDC in February this year, had surgery in march for a 26mm tumor: E + her2 negative. No lymph involvement and margins clear. I was supposed to start radiotherapy this month but could not tolerate...
Anyone on this treatment and how long you been on it? I’ve been on it 18th months and working well so far. CT scan Monday
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