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I have pancreatic cancer which has been held at bay by chemo and radiotherapy for over a year. Cancer cells have been knocked back from glands and bile ducts to the primary site and even that has been reduced in size. I am so grateful and I am feeling quite well...Read More
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I have trouble taking tablets. Has anybody had any experience with taking capecitabine dissolved in water, instead of swallowed in tablet form. My oncologist did not mention it as an option, but it seems to be an option in the literature.
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australian men. There are different ways to manage and treat prostate cancer, and more than one treatment may be suitable for you. The treatment recommended for you will depend on the stage and grade of the prostate canc...Read More
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Hi all. My surgeon strongly recommends full excision of the osteosarcoma mass in my pelvic bone. Chemo and radiation do not do much with the type of bone cancer I have so excision is the only real solution. I have further meetings with him to discuss everything in ...Read More
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I was diagnosed with Osophageal cancer in April. I underwent 5 weeks of chemo and radiation therapy. I then suffered a lot with neutropenia and extreme tiredness, the latter of which persists. The surgeon is keen to operate but as I understand it the procedure is l...Read More
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I am currently 4 weeks into Radiation & Chemo and am struggling to find something that I can consistently eat to try and maintain weight, any suggestions please?
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So depressing to hear my Her2 breast cancer has metastasised After 6 initial rounds of chemo followed by 14 more by clinical trial and double mastectomy plus lymph node removal. It didn’t work. I’m so devastated as to why it didn’t work ? No radiation. Should I...Read More
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After 12 rounds of BCG immunotherapy treatments they have done there job 99% so now I have two options , major bladder removal surgery or chemotherapy trial, if I do go with major surgery it won’t be till next year, has anyone gone through or in process of chemo t...Read More
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Hi all, has anyone had a BCG lately? I’ve just been diagnosed recently and am told I need a BCG. Had a Cather many years ago for another reason and pain was terrible! Are they still very bad? Can you have gas or other options. Is it likely I’d need a day off after ...Read More
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Hi There So at age 44, I was diagnosed with a regionally advanced head & neck cancer. It was staged at T4N2BM0 if that makes sense to any of you. It was a cancer starting on the tonsil, and had grown to the point that it was abutting the jaw & soft palate, and th...Read More
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