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GBM Stage 4 - Mums condition getting worse

My mum 85 years was diagnosed with GBM in February. It's non operable and she decided not have a biopsy or Chemo/radiation for the sake of an extra couple months. When she came out of hospital she was on Dexamethasone but this was stopped about 4 weeks ago. I no...Read More

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Waiting for the prognosis on Husbands Bowel cancer

Hi, I am new here and thought it was worth trying this out to meet others going through this.My husband in his mid 50s has been diagnosed with rectal cancer, and after all the tests he is now waiting for the outcome on if it has spread and the treatment plan- his ...Read More

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Treatment

Hi, can anyone tell me who the best lung oncologist is in Sydney?

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Colorectal Cancer Symptoms

Hello, im 18 years old and have blood and mucus when I go to the bathroom and most strange of all is my stool is a light clay colour I’m bloated and have abnormal amounts of gas, my bloods came back completely normal, no anemia and no inflammatory markers. My GP is...Read More

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CML question, anything helps

So my fiance was diagnosed 13 months ago, the Dr said he wouldn't have made it another 5 days, had I not forced him to go to the ER. He has responded super well to treatment , he takes tasigna. When this all started his WBC was 327000, highest his hematologist has ...Read More

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Measles like Rash from Chemotherapy

Hi All, my dear Mum started chemotherapy two weeks ago (lung and gallbladder cancer). After the second treatment (gemcitabine and carboplatin), she has broken out in a hot, itchy rash (measles like) on her torso. She lives in a rural area. Has anyone else had f...Read More

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Father's Lymphoma

Hello, My father aged 74 recently had back pain and constipation. The doctor advised for a Ultrascan , the reports of which mentioned "There are multiple conglomerate enlarged hypoechoic soft tissue mass lesions in the para-aortic, aorto-caval and bilateral iliac...Read More

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Financial Toxicity of Cancer Care: is cancer care too expensive? Share your story.

Hi,My name is Karl, I live in Perth and I am a freelance science writer. I am currently writing an article for the journal Nature Cancer, about the Financial toxicity of cancer care. This term, financial toxicity, concerns the excessive cost of some cancer treatmen...Read More

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Genetic testing information

I am wanting to know more about genetic testing. If anyone can explain how it works or provide some links with some information please.My maternal grandfather passed away in his 50s from bowel cancer, my paternal grandfather passed away from both prostate and brain...Read More

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Anyone had or know of someone who has had isolated limb perfusion???

An option for my mum with soft tissue sarcoma in the arm is isolated limb perfusion (IPL) - a treatment in which the blood circulation of the extremity is isolated. Local treatment with chemotherapy is applied in the isolated vessels by means of a heart-lung machi...Read More

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