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Hi everyone, I joined this site as 2 weeks ago I found out that my younger sister of 29 has bowel cancer that has spread to her liver and lungs. The doctors have operated on her and have removed most of the bowel cancer. She is now in hospital recovering from th...Read More

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Request for recommendation on a good oncology specialist

Our friend has been diagnosed with cancer (stomach, liver and lungs) and the doctor told him he had 6 to 18 months of life left. We are trying to help him on identifying who the best oncology doctors are and where he can get the best treatment. We are turning to e...Read More

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Whether to look for a second opinion or not

Today has been a sad day for us. Our friend has been diagnosed with multiple cancer and we want to help him get the best and most effective treatment. What should someone who's been diagnosed with cancer do when the doctor says he only has 6 to 18 months of life le...Read More

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I am a new user seeking to help a friend

My name is Gabi and my husband and I had just known, a few hours ago, that one of our friends has been diagnosed with cancer (stomach, liver and lungs). The doctor told him he had 6 months to 18 months of life left. We want to help him by researching on who are t...Read More

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I'm new here

Hello everyone, My name is Bianca, I live in Sydney's Inner West with DH and ID 4 yo twin sons. One of my sons used to have a freckle that grew and changed into a large darkened mole, its surface changed and is is a bit lumpy. It's about 5 mm in diameter. My son'...Read More

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mri results...not what we were hoping

my dad got his mri results back today. there is a tiny pin prick size mark near to where his brain tumour was removed. he had his first surgery 2 july 2012. dx a few days later with gbm...had radiation and chemo the doctors not sure if it's scarring or a recurre...Read More

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My darling husbands diagnosis

Hi, my husband was diagnosed with bowel cancer and secondary liver cancer. It hit us pretty bad but we are going to do everything in our power to fight it. I have been googling everything about it. We won't know until Monday about his chemo so I can't google that y...Read More

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Metastatic melanoma no primary site

We are on the second chemo drug to try and buy my husband some time. He is having nose bleeds the day after chemo and low blood pressure. Today, after exercising at Cardiac Rehab for an hour they could only get his BP up to 86/52 which is the lowest it has been. I ...Read More

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Hi, I'm Melanie

Hi, I'm Mel, What bought me here? My 34 year old husband was diagnosed with a grade 2 Astrocytoma brain tumour March this year, one week after I gave birth to my second beautiful daughter. We have 2 girls, 6 months & 3 years old. He has always had a "unsteady han...Read More

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Hi, my dad has recently been diagnosed.....

My dad has recently been diagnosed with throat cancer (lymphoma) after doctors for months told him that he had a 'virus'. After a week in hospital, a tracheotomy and numerous tests he was sent home to await news about chemo treatment. A week on It seems the waiting...Read More

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