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It’s been 12 months on this therapy to reduce 2x 10mm lung nodules which are now reduced to 3mm and staying put so far, so far the side effects have been manageable ie sore and bleeding fingers high blood pressure, fatigue but lately I’m struggling, I...
Hello all after 5 years of Cabo have just been told by the consultant that cancer has spread to my sternum so waiting to start immunotherapy. wasn't told much more than that by Consultant who seemed in a awful rush so I got more info from my lovely...
I had a partial nephrectomy in October and histology confirmed that it was a clear cell, renal cell carcinoma. My consultant tried to reassure me that as it was only 2.5 cm and that I had clear margins, the chance of a recurrence was very low - around...
Hi Everyone This is my first post, My husband is having his Kidney removed in two weeks by keyhole after a tumour was found incidentally having a scan for something else. We've had a shocking last couple of years with other things and this on top...
I had my left kidney removed 15.3.2026, it had a cancer lesion on it. Now I'm waiting for immunotherapy. This years been rocky to say
Hi all. I am new here, so forgive me if I am not following etiquette correctly. I am interested to see whether anyone else here has suffered from severe dry eyes as a result of immunotherapy treatment. I am currently receiving an infusion of nivolumab...
Hi, My dad has just started Carbozantinib for stage 4 clear renal cell carcinoma, does anyone have any tips to try to help the side effects of this? He isnt currently experiencing any but i am aware they may come after a few weeks. He is also on steroids...
Hi everyone, having been told just 2 weeks ago during a meeting with my consultant that I'm a good candidate for immunotherapy for my grade 3, stage 2 PT2, a few weeks ago when my CNS told me my pathology results of the above, plus my tumour was an aggressive...
Hi all. I had been diagnosed with renal cancer back in Oct 24. Had surgery in Nov '24 and spent 3 days in hospital, then was discharged, I got the all clear in January this year and went back to work in February, Now I'm really struggling with my...
HI I’m after a little bit of advice and encouragement. I had a kidney biopsy 2 weeks ago (they’re fairly sure that I have a cancerous lesion but I also have sarcoidosis which may be mimicking cancer on the scans) and the results are in, it’s been discussed...
