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Hello everyone one. Don’t know if I’m in the right forum, but here I go. My husband has terminal liver cancer and has woken up this morning with a high temperature and headache. As he keeps everything secret from me I have no idea if I should call a doctor

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New Parent Platform: CanTeen Connect

We are delighted to share an opportunity with you to join a new online community for parents who are impacted by cancer, be that by their own diagnosis or that of a family member. The website will be officially launched in March 2019 but we are looking for ...Read More

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GBM Grade 4 treatment advice.

Hello All, My Mother in law recently started displaying strange behavious and traits. My wife and i forced he to go to the GP and get bloods and MRI done. Came back as a tumour the size of a mandarin in her frontal lobe.On 22/10/18 she had surgery to remove the tum...Read More

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How to support-stage 4 lung cancer

Hi I have just found out that my mum has stage 4 lung cancer. She previously had breast cancer. She's got the choice of the normal chemo or a trial. It is such a shock. I was surprised that it's a 2 week wait for treatment. I don't know what to do to helpRead More

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Treatment advice for melanoma

Hi,I’m 56 and my mum who is 77 has melanoma which has metastasised into her limbs and her brain. This is the second round for her with the first treated through immunotherapy which seemed to work.My issue is with her care. She has extreme fatigue and weight loss fo...Read More

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Stage 4 NSCLC with mets to the bones

hello everyone. My dad was recently diagnosed with stage 4 NSCLC. He showed symptoms of cough just 2months back and now suddenly the doctors are saying the survival period is just 12 months to 18 months. My dad never smoked a cigarette in his life. He was never adm...Read More

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My mum with pancreatic cancer stage 4 and terminal

I'm not quite sure where to start, and it could be a long post, but here it goes: 6 weeks ago my beautiful mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer which at that moment we only knew it has spread to her liver. I will always remember that day and of all days, Frida...Read More

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Colorectal Cancer - Capeox regimen - need suggestions

Hi friends,My dad was diagnosed with Stage3 rectal cancer in India and I have been travelling back and forth in India to take care of him. His rectosigmoid tumour has been removed with Surgery and he has been recommended 6 month CAPEOX regimen for chemo in a few da...Read More

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Friend has Bowel cancer - chemo or not?

Hi, My 61 year old friend recently underwent emergency surgery for bowel cancer. The results are good. She has a Stoma and tests indicate that the cancer was removed. She has been offered chemo to 'mop up' any rogue cells. It will be 6 month of treatment then she c...Read More

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Blocked digestive track due to cancer

Dear All,My uncle's digestive track has been blocked due to malignancy and he is not able to eat or drink anything. History:He was undergoing chemotherapy for duodenal cancer in Jaipur, India and the malignancy was removed. But, he is yet again detected with mali...Read More

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