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Interesting article about Ron Walker's determination to survive cancer, highlights the development of new PD-1 drugs: Merck's Keytruda and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Opdivo with Roche and AstraZeneca also in advanced stages of testing drugs that work similarly.
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I got diagnosis of uterine cancer 2 wks ago and as cant have surgery have to do 3 mths hormone therapy and hope it works or its radiation. Hormone therapy is experimental and wondering if any other woman has experienced it. It feels like life is on hold and I am ho...Read More
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my husband has had radiotherapy on his Oesopgagus and is now experiencing problems with the muscles in this area. The muscles now seem to be weak and regularly he experiences pain as if he's torn a muscle and this takes a couple of days to mend. Has anyone else exp...Read More
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My husband has oesophageal cancer and is experiencing a lot of different pain. At first it was stomach pain that seems to be responding to pantoprazolem tabs. His main pain seems to be muscular and this pain travels. Mostly on his upper torso. Has anyone else exper...Read More
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My mum who is in her 80s recently underwent a mastectomy as well as chemo and radiotherapy. She has been left with intermittent pain in both hands but more in the hand where the chemo was administered. I'm not convinced the pain has been fully diagnosed but...Read More
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I have breast cancer and am scheduled to finish 12 months on Herceptin in early January 2015. After 2 surgeries, radiation, chemo, Herceptin and now estrogen blockers, I feel its time to "reset" and take stock before getting on with my life.
I want to go to a healt...Read More
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Can oxygen therapy assist with after effects of chemo and radiotherapy?
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Just a short note of inspiration. I havent beaten it yet BUT, over Three months of Chemo and we have reduced the size of the tumor in my lung.It was 51mm X 35 mm (12/9/14)and is now 32mm X 23 mm (2/12/14).The cancer in the Lympth Gland and in the hip are N...Read More
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Just thought I`d share some of the things I have been learning through my Chemo Journey.I have lung and thigh cancer and am being treated on Gem/Carbo and Dex. I am finding out how much these drugs can affect your blood count.I have had 1 bout of a virus (3 ...Read More
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Hi community. I have a newly diagnosed melanoma stage 0 in situ on my upper right arm. It is an oval shape approximately 6cm by 4cm. I will be having a wide excision with a 10mm margin with split skin graft day surgery general anaesthetic on 17th September. I hav...Read More
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