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Hi, I am just looking for some advice and if anyone has had the same experience and what was the outcome. I had tongue cancer in 2024. I have had a mri to check for pain I have been having. The mri has come back that there is a round focus on my lung...
I had an appointment w my doctor in the 13 of April am not mentioning naes but I have just went through cancer I had a lump on my neck I had it for just under a year for them to cut the lump out and a started radiotherapy about a week or week and a half...
Reading the news about Histotripsy treatment and found the limited clinical trials in UK. https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?titles=Histotripsy&viewType=Card&page=2 https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/news/addenbrookes-begins-innovative-liver-cancer-treatment-for...
Morning All and thank you for having me in this group. I've just reached my 5 year mark since finishing 6 weeks of brutal chemotherapy and radiotherapy for tongue cancer. I know I should be over the moon (Im alive after all!!) but my long lasting...
Hi, I am new to the group and have just been told there is still cancer in my lymph nodes four months after chemo radiotherapy for tonsil cancer. They are getting me in ASAP for salvage radical neck dissection. Has anyone else gone through this?
Hi All! I am looking for peers to share the experience and the survival rate as I was told this is a rare cancer. I tried looking for info online but most are related to Saliva Gland Cancer. Thank you in advance! PonyWai
I’m at the end of week three CRT for tonsil cancer. Managing on soft foods and soups but everything I eat has a bitter taste. I’ve tried all sorts of variations and just had a piece of chocolate which set my tongue on fire! Has anyone any tips on making...
Hi, I noticed a lump in my neck a couple of months ago, after a couple of visits to the doctor, I was finally referred to ENT. the consultant advised it looked like a lesion in my submandibular gland and they took a biopsy and sent me for an MRI....
Hi agsin....21 Days later and I can safely say.. No....No Thanks 2 all this! Ok Pity party iver...4 now.... How do I Ever decide what treatment 2 Take...OMFG! Just when Im set on one they offer a different one....PLEASE COMMUNITY HELP! Squamous...
I posted before...my dad 80 next year diagnosed salivery gland cancer all we know is poorly differentiated...had biopsys,MRI scans,CT,then requested addition MRIs of brain and spine,lump getting bigger every week,in pain ....well Monday we go to the hospital...
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