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Secondary brain tumour
Hi, my mum was diagnosed with anal squamous cell cancer in August 2014, she had chemo/radiotherapy and was in remission June 2015. Start of June she had a seizure, MRI showed a mass in her brain, left frontal lobe. She had surgery at the end of June 2015 followed by whole brain radiotherapy in August 2015) to remove it and…
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Vitamin B17 and/or Apricot Seeds - Any success?
Hello everyone: Anyone tried the Vitamin B17 and/or Apricot Seeds with good success in their cancer symptoms on this forum? What stories can you share with me? I respect everyone's opinion on what they believe in help with alternative medicine. Appreciate any comments offer. Thank you very much for taking the time to post.…
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Post 8 years-long term side effects
I'm 58 year old active athletic woman who's been cancer free for 8 years!! Thank you Lord!! I was on the 5FU/Cisplatin regimen. I have had trouble with my short term memory ( more than just old age setting in...not genetically prone to this ) my 82 father and mother are sharp as tacks and have excellent memories. It's…
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Rectal Cancer Rad/Chemo done but instead of surgery-to try alternative medicine??
I am new to the forum, just joined today, my name is Cynthia. My brother Robert has rectal cancer that was diagnosed in September 2015 and this week just finished Radiation/Chemo 1st wave and 2nd wave of Chemo liquid. He is going to have to have surgery because the doctors/surgeon tell him the mass is in his rectal colon…
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Tumors on the Run!
My trip to Houston last week was not much fun as I still had (and have) a stinking cold and cough. I was so afraid that I was going to have a coughing fit while on the scanner that I took a Lorazepam (anti-anxiety) along with a hefty swig of cough medicine right before, and no, I didn't tell them. The scan showed that the…
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2016 NCCN Guidelines Available
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has updated the guidelines for staging, treatment and follow-up for anal cancer for 2016. I have not yet looked through them for any changes. Here's a link to their website for anyone who wants to take a look at them. www.NCCN.org Martha
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Pap Tests\.HPV test
Ihave never had a "suspicous" pap test . Because of my older age, and 3 years of normal pap smears, I had discontinued having Pap tests and, only had a gyn exam every other year. I was considering lengthening the times between those exams. Now, given my a.c. diagnosis, and the fact that I was HPV positive (although the…
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Now it's the other end
Since it's been almost 5 years (March) since I was diagnosed with anal cancer, I was hoping I would be finished with doctors. I had a stereotactic breast biopsy Tuesday. My oncologist called today. He said it wasn't cancer, but precancerous DCIS. If I waited six months to a year, it could turn into cancer. So I have to…
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New
Just new at this. Have stage 1 anal cancer, nothing in the lymph nodes. One surgeon suggest i have an colostomy, another suggest I have the tumor remove, 5% chance of it returning. No rad/chemo was suggested. The more I read the more ways there seems to be to deal with the same problem. Feed back would be nice . Thanks…
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Offence
Oops! I think I must have offended my colorectal consultant. I had a check up yesterday. He doesn't want to see me for a year! Yay!!! i will still have scans that are due in Spring & will see oncologist 6 months from now, but, 'so far, so good'. Treatment finished 25/1/13. Liz
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Regret..
does anyone regret having chemo/radiation? If you had known the side effects would you have chosen differently? Would you do it again? Thanks, Lorikat
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Immune System Insulins
In 2015 I went through chemo treatment but had to temporary stop my treatment due to my immune system becoming very low at would place me in a life threaten status if I had continue with my chemo. I knew that I would have to complete my chemo treatment at some point so now that 2016 has arrived, the cancer remains but has…