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My prognosis is B C satage 1, Onco Test score #13, 9% recurrance. I had a Lumpectomy in January 2010 with negative Margins. Five years ago I had Cosmetic Breast Augmentation Saline Implants.
My Surgeon recommended Radiation. I understand ,that a standard ...
Dear Doctor just got back from my oncologist . I am one year out of chemo for stge 3 ovarian. when diagnosed my ca was 424 after my chemo 6 iv and 8 ipmy ca was 1.4. It has stayed low and run from 3 to 1.9 current. My question when do you do CAT scan...
how dangerous is the pill to the people i live with
Recently my physician prescribed the less invasive CT scan for arterial clogs. I have had a angiogram 10 years ago and everything was clear, no blockages anywhere. Now, there is slight angina more often than it used to seem to occur, but when I excercise, ...
Anyone ever had radiation to the pelvis? I start a week of radiation to the tumors in the pelvis and lymph nodes on Monday. I've been having a fair bit of pain and the area is quite swollen so I'm hoping so much that it improves by this time next week. ...
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I was wondering if anyone has had localized radiation treatment to reduce a tumor (to help reduce pain). I am having a bone scan next week to determine if the cancer has mestasasized to my hip bone. I am experiencing decent pain in my hip ...
My allergist suggests that the hive I've had for the past 2+ months aren't an allergy at all but may be either an autoimmune issue or cancer. I have a history of cancer (thyroid: papillary carcinoma with recurrence and 101mCi I-131) and a variety of canc...
When I was a baby, probably about a year old, I had a CT scan, or an x-ray (can't remember which one) of my head. Then, last year, I had a CT scan done of my head again on 5/31/07. They found a 2 ml lipoma (fatty tissue). They didn't think much of it, so o...
i asked my doctor and told me
its right that radiation can creates an error in the DNA and lead to cancer and thats takes decades not years
but that needs al lot of radiation 1 ct or even 2 can not lead to that
and he told me no one in the world ever go...
I recently recieved a Chest CT with and without contrast for a total of 20 mgy (msv). When measuring potential risk of cancer, would I assume the 20 mgy? It's my understanding the effective organ dose is much higher for the lungs, maybe as much as double s...
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is medication that people who are at risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may take to prevent infection.
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is short-term antiretroviral medication that may help prevent HIV infection if taken shortly after exposure.
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