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a liver operation or other alternatives?????help please

would there be anyone out there that could give me any info please.ive just had a ct scan and it showed that my liver mets have grown.my oncologist now wants to send me 2 bris 4 a pet scan and a consult with a liver surgeon.im not very keen about having surgery esp...Read More

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Bladder cancer TCC

i am a 49 year old male and was diagnosed with bladder cancer (transitional cell carcinoma) 2 years ago, my urologist was goiing to remove my bladder and sent me for a ct scan first and thats when it was found to have spread to my liver. i had a liver biopsy and it...Read More

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Pancreatic Cancer Patient

Hi, I was told about this site from a Pancreatic Cancer Researcher. Up to now I have been visiting Cancer Compass which is in the States, but it has given me invaluable information. Unfortunately a lot of the chemo drugs are not available here or else they have o...Read More

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Recent breast reconstruction

Has anyone had breast reconstruction? I had a bilateral breast reconsruction a week and a half ago and can't wait to have the last drain removed as well as all the steri strips that seem to be holding me together. How long did it take you to recover? I had my lat...Read More

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Newly diagnosed

Hi everyone. This is all very new to me and feel like I have been caught up in a whirlwind. I am 34 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer Oct 10 of this year. On the 22nd of Oct I had a bilateral mastectomy and sentinel node biopsy. I had a grade 3 cancer ...Read More

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cea levels

hi could someone explain cea levels mine dropped from 10 to 9.9 after my colon cancer op which is not much does anyone know is this good or bad

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Hi Everyone - My Introduction

Hello Everyone, My name is Joanna, I'm 28 and was diagnosed with Uterine cancer late last year. It was discovered after a pap test I had came back with precancerous cells, some of which were removed, but then they decided to do a whole bunch of scans as I was gett...Read More

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Private versus public cancer treatment

Has anybody experienced a difference between public and private cancer treatments? My personal experiences involved private doctors rooms staffed by doctors and secretaries, and a private hospital with no oncology department, only one day room for chemo and one n...Read More

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Question about Radiation Therapy

Hi Everyone, I hope you're having a good and side-effect free day! For those of you receiving Radium, I have a question: Did you get a permanent/semi-permanent tattoo, or just a mark/dot/crosshair type thing done with a marker that lasted a few days and then came...Read More

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CT scan versus MRI (Can I have an MRI instead of a CT?)

I had a Hepatic flexure tumour (adenocarcinoma) discovered in my large intestine, subsequent Right Hemicolectomy then 14 cycles of Chemotherapy and have had 3 CT scans (Chest/Abdo)and another one is coming up soon to monitoring for any abnormalities. Been in the c...Read More

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