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Hello, My precious precious mum was diagnosed with cancer yesterday. They know its in her bones, lymph nodes and her thyroid is enlarged with nodules. She's had an ultrasound of her abdomen which was inconclusive, a ct scan inconclusive and a sample...
I’ve received the news that after 3 chemos the chemo I have been on is not working and the only other chemo treatment option has under 10% chance of working and would likely be dangerous. The alternative is no more treatment. I would love to hear from...
After two, sixth month chemotherapy treatment sessions using carboplatin and plaxatol, which had given me two extra years against doing nothing. My lovely consultant, here in Spain , had kept in the carboplatin but switched to a drug known as Gemzar in...
Managed six months remisión. Now recent scan and tumour markers show liver tumors. Back into chemotherapy treatment in January Not worried, it is what it is
Hi there I came in here looking for other people’s stories about CUP and have already found it quite reassuring. It’s my husband suffering, he is 41 and last week we got this diagnosis after a CT scan we thought might show a hernia or a stomach ulcer...
Hello all My dad (75) has just been diagnosed with CUP after months of tests. Scans have shown spread to thoracic T7 shoulder, thigh, pelvis so quite a wide range but absolutely no evidence of a primary despite repeated tests and scans. We are all...
Hi all, I have been told that my CUP, which originated in the head and neck are, is a very aggressive one. I had a very large cyst removed from my neck, which they variously described as having ‘lost its identity’ (which made me think of storms on the...
Hello, I'm 56 and have recently been diagnosed with primary unknown cancer (PUC) after having a very fast growing lump on my neck removed last month. As Its PUC, it means that my cancer is advanced, already also in my lungs and lymph nodes in the groin...
Update. Diagnosis sept 2020. Removal of lymph nodes in the neck, followed by Six months chemo , carboplatin and plaxatol and then remission. 9 months clear. In that time three monthly scans and blood tests. January 2022 lymph nodes once again enlarged...
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