Cervical Cancer Awareness Month | Macmillan Cancer Support
Talking about cancer can be hard and cancer can affect your relationships. Find out how talking can help and where you can get support, if you need it. Treatments for cervical cancer may affect your fertility and cause an early menopause.
Joint and muscle pain from hormone therapy for breast cancer
Doctors can prescribe different painkillers for joint and muscle pain. These include: simple painkillers, such as paracetamol; anti-inflammatory painkillers, such as ibuprofen. If the pain is difficult to cope with, your cancer doctor may suggest …
Prostate cancer and the lymph nodes - Macmillan Cancer Support
Below is a sample of the sources used in our prostate cancer information. If you would like more information about the sources we use, please contact us at [email protected] C. Parker, E. Castro, K. Fizazi, et al. Prostate cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.
Abemaciclib (Verzenios®) - Macmillan Cancer Support
Abemaciclib (Verzenios®) belongs to a group of targeted therapy drugs called cancer growth inhibitors.. It is best to read our information about abemaciclib with our general information about the type of cancer you have.. Your cancer doctor will talk to you about this treatment and its possible side effects before you agree to have treatment.
Blocked bowel (bowel obstruction) - Macmillan Cancer Support
Below is a sample of the sources used in our bowel cancer information. If you would like more information about the sources we use, please contact us at [email protected] R Glynne-Jones, PJ Nilson, C Aschele et al. ESMO-ESSO-ESTRO Clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow up for anal cancer.
Types of painkillers for cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support
Doctors usually treat mild to moderate cancer pain with drugs called opioids. These are sometimes called ‘morphine-like’ medicines. There are different types of opioids and some are stronger than others.
Life expectancy | Advanced cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support
You may want to have an idea of how long you might live. This is called a prognosis or life expectancy. Or you may not want or need to know. You may never ask this question.
CA125 blood test - Macmillan Cancer Support
You may have a CA125 blood test during diagnosis or after treatment for ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer or primary peritoneal cancer.. This blood test checks for raised levels of a protein called CA125. It is normal to have some CA125 in the blood.
Signs and symptoms of leukaemia - Macmillan Cancer Support
Leukaemia (sometimes spelt as leukemia) is a cancer of the blood cells. If you have leukaemia, your body makes some abnormal blood cells. These leukaemia cells behave differently from healthy blood cells. Symptoms can depend on how quickly a leukaemia develops.
Signs and symptoms of advanced melanoma - Macmillan Cancer …
Below is a sample of the sources used in our advanced melanoma information. If you would like more information about the sources we use, please contact us at [email protected] Keilholz U, Ascierto PA, Dummer R, et al. ESMO consensus conference recommendations on the management of metastatic melanoma: under the auspices of the ESMO Guidelines Committee.