Medical Q&As

Cancer

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• Abnormal smear - cause of pain?
• Adenocarcinoma of the lung - prognosis?
• Adenocarcinoma of the uterus - explain?
• Antiperspirants - cancer hoax?
• B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma - explain?
• Back pain - fear of cancer?
• Bladder cancer - radical surgery needed?
• Blood in the stools
• Bowel cancer - screening?
• Bowel problem - need for testing?
• Bowen's disease - what is it?
• Bran - harmful to bowel?
• Breast cancer - alternatives to HRT?
• Breast cancer - angry with doctors?
• Breast examination - how often?
• Breast lump
• Breast lump - assessment?
• Breast lumps
• Cancer - family history?
• Cancer risk - health checks?
• Cancer risk - testing?
• Cancerous lymph node - prognosis?
• Carcinoma - incomplete information?
• Carcinoma of the prostate - fit for joint surgery?
• Cervical cancer - risk of other cancer?
• Chemotherapy - nausea?
• Chemotherapy - osteoporosis risk?
• Chemotherapy - telling the children?
• Chest pain - from smoking?
• Chest x-ray
• Cholangiocarcinoma - prognosis?
• Chronic pain
• CIN 111 - very worried?
• Colon cancer - prognosis?
• Colonoscopy - versus barium enema?
• Colposcopy - what is it?
• Constipation - laxatives not helping?
• Constipation - prevention?
• Coughing up blood - will not see GP?
• Death from lung cancer - cancer type?
• Death In Ireland - common causes?
• Dietary fibre - how much?
• FAP - treatment options?
• Freckles
• Genital warts - cervical cancer risk?
• Granulosa-cell tumour - what is it?
• Hoarse - why?
• Hospital consultant - what questions should I ask?
• Human papilloma virus - health risks?
• Hysterectomy - too old for it?
• Jaw swelling - won't see GP?
• Leukaemia - inherited?
• Leukaemia - prognosis?
• Leukeran - what is it?
• Liver cancer - prognosis?
• Low grade glioma - what is it?
• Mammogram - advisable?
• Mammogram - very painful?
• Mammogram - want one done?
• Mass in armpit - what do I do?
• Medical secretary - access to my files?
• Mesothelioma - what is it?
• Moles - excision biopsy?
• Mouth cancer - could it be?
• Myeloma - explain?
• Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
• Nuclear fallout - iodine tablets?
• Occult blood - colonoscopy?
• Ovarian cancer - screening?
• Ovarian cyst - confused?
• Painful breathing - smoking related?
• Pancreatic enzymes - role?
• Plasmacytoma - what is it?
• Pregnant with CIN 3 - what can be done?
• Prostate cancer - bone secondaries?
• Prostate cancer - inherited risk?
• Prostate cancer - PSA test?
• Prostate cancer - sexual abstinence?
• Prostate test - how often?
• Radiotherapy - side effects?
• Rectal bleeding - cause?
• Rectal bleeding - worried?
• Reflux - cancer risk?
• Removal of testicle - infertility?
• Rodent ulcer - what is it?
• Secondary cancer - explain?
• Secondary liver cancer - prognosis?
• Shadow = cancer - children at risk?
• Shadow = cancer?
• Skin cancer - safe to remove?
• Smear test
• Smear test - abnormal result?
• Smear test - bleeding?
• Smear test - how often?
• Smoking and alcohol - health effects?
• Spinal tumour - treatment?
• Stomach cancer - prognosis?
• Stools - dark colour significant?
• Tamoxifen - causes hot flushes?
• Tamoxifen - side-effects?
• Terminal illness - pressure sores?
• Testicular cancer - lymph node removal?
• Testicular cancer - risk for brothers?
• Testicular lump
• Testicular lump
• Testicular lump - get second opinion?
• Testicular lump - the scan was normal but I'm still worried.
• Testicular lump - worried wife?
• Testicular lumps - self examination useful?
• Testicular pain - cancer risk?
• Ultrasound of testicle - how's it done?
• Wilm's tumour
• Womb cancer - period related?

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