Hello all, my dad has bowel and secondary liver cancer! He’s had 5 rounds of Folfox and was due to have round 6 tomorrow the doctor has called to say he can’t have round 6 due to something with his liver! Just wanted to ask is this normal as my dad doesn...
My chemo for my primary cancer ends in 3 cycles, mid Oct. We haven't discussed options as they are waiting to see how tumours react to chemo, so far they have shrunk. I'm a bit in the dark on treatment options and will certainly be discussing at next...
Hi everyone I’m back following my post regarding partial response to chemo. Another week went by and still I wasn’t on the list for this weeks MDT. I chased and managed to get tagged onto the end! One of the lovely nurses phoned me to say I now need an...
Hi I was just wondering if anyone else has been told this regarding their results from a scan? I had a ct on 17th, but don’t have an appointment to discuss the results until 5th September. I’m already very anxious, so phoned the nurse yesterday. The oncologist...
Hi all. I've secondary liver cancer of unknown primary. The liver biopsy is now going to be checked for what gene the cancer is in liver. There is a 50/50 chance the gene can be found. If it is I can go on clinical trial to take drug that will hopefully...
Morning all its been a while since I’ve posted. I do struggle with this website but I think I have it all bookmarked now! I was diagnosed just over 2 months ago with what I initially thought was bowel cancer but transpires I headed straight to stage...
Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen? Phone call from nurse yesterday, having had a discussion with the oncologist, and I was told stop taking the capecitabine and the next two infusions of oxaliplatin will be cancelled. She thinks the oxi...
I have triple negative breast cancer and recently discovered I have a small secondary in my liver, the area was described as zone 6, if that means anything to anyone. I was already part way through chemo for the TNBC when I had a scan for other reasons...
Hi, it’s my first post so hopefully I’m in the right place. My mum has had a very out of the blue bowel cancer diagnosis which has already spread to the liver. The only real symptoms she’s had is night sweats so it’s all been a whirlwind these last 2...
It’s me again. I’m sorry I’ve been posting a lot of questions recently. Does anyone know if the stage they were diagnosed with their primary cancer, changed with a secondary? Thanks in advance.
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