Chemotherapy is a powerful treatment, but it can cause many side effects. This is because it also kills fast-growing healthy cells, not just cancer cells. Everyone responds to chemo differently. Some people have only mild side effects, or none at all. Others might have one or two more seve...
Unfortunately dad passed October 24th. He went into the hospital on the 7th and never quite made it home. He had some fluid that had infection. They got the infection to clear up but I think the combination of the cancer, chemo, and all the meds he was on in the hospital was just t...
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I also feel sadness because the last year was REALLY difficult, and my body was altered in so many ways. I’m still dealing with the side effects from surgery, chemo, and a drug that I will be taking every morning for the next 10 years. I have a swollen arm (possible lymphedema), ...
testing for disease-causing TP53 variants should be carried out before starting treatment, in order to prioritize radical surgical treatment and discuss, in the framework of a multi-disciplinary team, the balance between the risk of recurrence in the absence of chemo- or radiotherapy and the risk...