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Anyone any experience of immunotherapy particularly Pembromizulab. I have Head and Neck cancer but as I am just as interested in its side effects as I am with its efficacy so any comments appreciated
Hello everyone, Happy New Year! I wish you all a healthy new year! My father was diagnosed last summer with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and several neck lymph nodes affected, including a supraclavicular lymph node. He had a PET CT before starting the...
Hi all i am going to receive 6 weeks of radio and 6 x Chemo. Hopefully starting end January. Am i right in assuming the Chemo will be 1 day per week alongside the radio or do they administer the Chemo in one block. I have to have stomach tube fitted next...
Just had all my results today and treatment plan. My cancer has not spread anywhere else yet so I am to start 30 days of radiotherapy in January all around my neck I have to say I am really wondering how I will cope with this but I know I have to be strong...
Hi all found a lump in my neck after Covid and thought it was an enlarged lymph related to the covid, but it did not go away. Referred in to a consultant who said treat it as cancer and it has been a month or so of tests, still no clear primary, although...
Feeling incredibly lucky to be recovering well after 6 weeks daily radiotherapy & weekly chemo, ending on 11 November. I was then hospitalised for 10 days due to extreme nausea & dehydration, and put on an NG tube. Got rid of that before Christmas & I...
Hi , new to this type of thing . I am in the process of recovering from HPV tongue cancer going into my Lympth node . My Treatment finished start of December 2022 6 weeks of Radio and 2 lots of Chemo , I was thinking I was over the worse once the...
A mix of philosophy and meditation together with excersise and diet have got me to the final week. I know fate has been kind to me with regard to feeding tubes. Looking forwards to recovering and returning to work in a few months.
Tumour gone!!!! The relief does not have words! I have a couple of 'hotspots' that will be closely monitored by Oncology and ENT every 6 weeks. The MRI and camera today still showed a lot of swelling and inflammation hence the eating issues all down to...
I have finally managed some chicken soup yesterday { not tinned } with out it tasting too horrible. So today i went and bought some hot cooked chicken drumsticks from the deli counter. While i was there i spotted a lonesome barbeque rib so i thought...
