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I was diagnosed a year ago with Cancer of unknown primary after a biopsy on a mass on T5 of my spine. It is believed to be of ovarian origin as it was oestrogen responsive. I started letrozole daily with 4 weekly zoledronate infusions. No chemo. ...
Hello everyone. I'm a 67 year old man who moved to the East Riding of Yorkshre last December and is having to deal with a cancer diagnosis. I'm just starting cycle 4 of 12 of chemo for treatment of a mass in my peritoneum, with an unknown primary...
I've just been diagnosed with secondary cancer in a neck node but they can't find the primary source. I've had CT, MRI and a PET scan but they still can't find it. The Drs think its in the throat and I am booked in for exploratory surgery the week after...
Hi My husband was diagnosed with secondary bone cancer ( spine and pelvis) 7 weeks ago, however despite numerous CT scans, PET scans and MRI’s, the primary site and also cancer type are unknown. His only symptom was a bad back, to which he had always...
I'm increasingly thinking i'm going to lose my mum because she's stuck on waiting lists and there are no secretaries left to answer phones and act on paperwork. It's breaking me. We know she has a nasty cancer. Her symptoms are progressing but noone is...
PET Scan identified possible secondary at the base of my sister's lung. Fluid suggests primary cancer in reproductive organs but nothing showing on scans or MRI. Next step CT biopsy followed by chemotherapy but very worried what chemo will involve and...
Hi. My wife was diagnosed with CUP at the end of October. She has had three cycles of chemo and has responded well so far,
Hello, I have omental metastases which after biopsy were deemed to be of CRC origin; however the colonoscopy could find no primary tumour. I have been treated with palliative chemo, folfox plus pamitumubab, for nearly three years now. So far this has...
Where to start! 16 weeks ago my husband had a bit of back ache, after a couple of weeks he went to the dr, who sent him for an xray. 2 days later got told he had 2 fractures in one of his ribs and a fracture in a bone in his spine. Next stop CT scan...
Hi everyone I‘m not really sure what I’m hoping for from this post, but my dad has just been diagnosed with CUP. It has metastasised in a few areas and he has been given a prognosis of 12 months. He was told it could be less, but it also could be more...
