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Diagnosed with Cancer

Have you been diagnosed with cancer? Share your story and talk about your diagnosis, treatment and coping mechanisms here. Topics about all kinds of cancer go here, including cervical and ovarian cancer, colon and rectal cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, lymphomas, skin cancer, and uterine cancer.

Angiosarcoma

How long does one have to have Angioarcoma before it is diagnosed? My husband has metasatic bone cancer and was told yesterday that he also has angiosarcome resulting from a biopsy done on his hip...... he is in a lot of pain and losing up to 2lbs a week...... I know he is not going to be around...

by User avatar lovekey@msn.com

Pap Test Can Detect Early Signs Of Cervical Cancer

Doctors are trying to encourage women to get Pap tests and to educate them that by taking regularly Pap test they could prevent and detect early signs of possible cervical cancer. They claim that by taking Pap test regularly and by vaccination women could protect themselves against HPV that causes...

by User avatar simone2593

weight loss and colon cancer

Answered by a doctor

I recently noticed a significantly weight loss which is a welcome thing but I didn’t do anything to lose weight. This weight loss simply happened for no reason and I think it has something to do with colon cancer. And how I come to this idea? Well my dad’s brother and also my aunt had and died...

by User avatar bratt1781

Skin Cancers On The Scalp and Neck More Deadly Than Cancers Elsewhere On The Body

People seem to forget to protect their heads and necks when exposing themselves to the sun like they do with other parts of the body. A new study states that these parts need proper care too as they are at risk of melanoma too that appear to be twice as deadlier that cancers on other parts of the...

by User avatar lucky29

Father has malignant myoepithelioma

My father had squamous cell cancer behide his left ear after a very extensive surgery to remove all the cancer the pathology reported that some areas were malignant myoepithelioma. They also noted in a Chest CT Scan he had numerous nodes in both lungs. At this time we cannot confirm if it is...

by User avatar gailmp76640

side effects of lymphoma

My colleague has been diagnosed with lymphoma and I do not really know how to talk to him about it. I definitely feel for him, and I would definitely like to know more about this illness to be able to have a serious, sensible conversation with him about it without sounding like a ridiculous...

by User avatar rosemarie940179914

Diagnosed with golf size tumor in the upper right lobe, what to expect?

My dad has been diagnosed with golf ball sized tumor in his lungs, more accurately in his upper left right lobe. He is scheduled for surgery at the end of May, and then they will also do the biopsy on the tumor to see if it is cancerous. The only symptoms dad is having so far are very big...

by User avatar Guest

Drinking fuels growth of tumours

Team of researchers from the University of Mississippi found that drinking alcohol when you have breast cancer fueled the growth of tumours. The link between alcohol and cancer risk has been established long time ago but the effects of drinking once cancer is present was not known. The researchers...

by User avatar Heidi Miller, LDN

Freezing lung tumor

For decades Sheila Kaye was a smoker and her lungs were in poor condition. When doctors discovered a small tumor on one of her lungs, they were unable to operate. But surgeons at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex chose Sheila, aged 58, for their innovative 'freeze therapy'. Using a special probe, the...

by User avatar MarioB.

life expetancy with stage 4 cancer

My wife was told dhe has neoroendrocrine cancer stage 4 with unknown primary site. It has both hip bones ate up and her tail bone is ate up and we have 7 vertbrae affected from the c2 down. Plus there is 14 other ares that a mass was found. She is only 51 years old. We can not get an answer from...

by User avatar Guest