I was told palliative care was the best option with between 3 and 6 months survival.We moved into another area and the oncologist is recommending 4 weeks intense radiotherapy with severe pain which may give me a 10/30%chance of a few extra months.Has...
Preventative Radiotherapy rreatment following surgery. I would like to know if anyone on here has refused radiotherapy after surgery and how they are now
Benign Neck tumour surgery cancelled night before - no itu bed available - now ct scan showing bumps in lungs
How long is normal here to wait between diagnosis and treatment? Aware it’s a very individual question but we fount out my husband had cancer 2 weeks ago, metastatic SCC. We’ve since had another biopsy, CAT PET scan and MRI. The doctor seemed to think...
I’m just in total shock, my husband is 40 and super fit, no symptoms other than a lump in his lymph node and another on his face. They only biopsied the lymph node and it’s metastatic SCC. We’ve had a PET CT scan, a biopsy on the other lump and have an...
My husband finished his treatment for tongue cancer (35 radio and 2 chemo) at the beginning of September. Although the treatment was a challenge he has been lucky enough to eat all the way through and not utilize his RIG. We are now over 3 months post...
I probably won’t spell the word correctly but I have been dealing with it for ages by lying on my RHS using a mouth device etc. all strategies. I finished radio/chemo 8 weeks back for base of tongue carcinoma and a lymph node and feel like I am bouncing...
Hi all, had panendoscopy today. Consultant confirmed on paper it’s a tumor and just got to wait for results to see what flavor. Said lymph node’s are pretty sizeable on the right side, none anywhere else at the moment. MDT next I guess
Hi everyone, my partner had his results appointment today and it is HPV+ Oropharyngeal, T4N1M0 on base of tongue with radiotherapy/chemo as treatment. We have another appointment tomorrow after the MDT to go through treatment plan in more detail. We're...
Hi, I have reached a huge milestone after 2 surgeries and 30 rounds of proton beam radiotherapy I am finished and back home (I had to live away for proton beam). Surgeries were to remove olfactory neuroblastoma and radiotherapy for nose, lower brain and...
