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Hi, Was recently in August diagnosed enteric thymic adenocarcinoma t2n2m1b status with a spread to a nearby lymph node making surgical resection off limits as deemed too high risk for now so straight into chemotherapy. My first oncology meeting with...
Hi all, my partner was diagnosed with thymic carcinoma in January. Surgery was never an option, sadly, because it was deemed too risky, and unfortunately chemotherapy didn’t seem to stabilise the cancer as we hoped it would. My partner’s consultant...
Thank you for letting me join your group. I have been diagnosed with a low risk thymoma (anterior mediastinal mass). It measures 3.5x2cms. I have had two scans. The PET scan says there is no activity in the mass. I have been told it is currently...
Hi guys please can you help I have a mass on the thymus that is undiagnosed how do I get travel insurance ,
I had first post op ct scan yesterday so anxious I have to wait to get the results but much but my appointment with the oncologist is not till the 3rd July so worried .
Hell all Today we had the good news that my son, who has thymoma, has been given a date for surgery in 2 weeks time. That will be exactly 5 months after he started chemo (6 rounds at about 3 weekly intervals) to shrink the tumour. They say tumour is...
Hello! I am so happy to find a Thymus Caner support group. It hasn't been easy but I wasn't going to give up my search. I feel so blessed to now have others who are experiencing what I now am to speak with.
I recently was diagnosed with b1 thymoma cancer and had sergery to remove the thymoma. They removed it successfully and it hadn’t spread around the body. All I need is monitoring for the next five years. But worried that it could return. I am feeling...
Hi there, I'm new to this group, so here goes. In a nutshell, I've had 2 years worth of hell, sickness which left me to the point of skeletal bones and unable to walk, to now being overweight, walking etc and looking like nothing is wrong with me! How...
Does anyone know for how many years they give you the 3 monthly follow up MRI scans to check for metastases or recurrent new cancers?
