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Hello everybody,I find many Doctors's attitude surprising. I critised my radation treatment for Prostate cancer to my specialist. I compared my cancer treatment now with the previous treatment 2 years ago. Then it was quite good even with complications I had. I to...Read More
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Hi all I'm at week 5 post treatment for a tongue cancer for which I had 35 daily radiation doses (70 Gray in total) and 3 Cisplatin chemo infusions. I'm through worst of the post-treatment misery and things are starting to come together now, so I'm starting to thi...Read More
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Hi all I recently completed a 35-day 70 Gray radiation treatment regime for throat cancer. Amongst the many things going on during treatment I signed up to a trial for a skin protection product called Strata XRT, the trial compared it to Sorbolene. I was on the S...Read More
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I was recently diagnosed with a mucosal melanoma in my mouth (11/4/17), saw the specialist on 26/4/17 and I'm now scheduled for Fibula / Jaw Replacement surgery on 24/5/17 – and it all seems to be moving so fast.The enormity of replacing my lower left jaw with my r...Read More
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I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in February 2015. In june 2015, I had 6 weeks of radiation therapy and
5Fu chemotherapy. I have no symptoms before or after treatment.I have told it is an àndenocarsoninmo cancer.
Can someone please tell me what this is so I ...Read More
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New to the page, new to cancer. Found out I had a pretty big brain tumour (Bruce) in a god awful location 2 months ago. Surgery went better than expected and I'm about to start chemo and radiation concurrently in 2 weeks. Anyone else in the same situation?
I'm in...Read More
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Hi all,
You may be interested in the next Cancer Council webinar happening next week on breast reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer. You can join for the live event online or watch the recording afterwards.
Either way, you can register at the link below...Read More
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Hi,I am just wondering if anyone has had immunotherapy? I am hopefully about to get into a clinical trial of immunotherapy with a bit of radiation. The doctors have explained everything to me, but I want to hear from real people who have had this treatment. I'm wan...Read More
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Dr Haryana Dhillon
The third episode of our new podcast series covers why cancer can make some people just very tired, including why this happens and ways to help combat it.
Julie McCrossin talks with Dr Haryana Dhillon, from the University of Sydney, about ways ...Read More
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Lymphoedema is swelling (oedema) that occurs when lymph fluid builds up in the tissues under the skin. It may be ongoing, but it can usually be managed, particularly if diagnosed early. Lymphoedema can affect people at any stage: during active cancer treatment, or ...Read More
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