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1. What types of brain tumour is Temodal used for? I have a secondary brain cancer?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
2. My mother has had a bone scan. This has shown secondary cancer in her skull. Does this mean that her brain is affected?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
3. My father has been told that his cancer has spread to his brain. Could he have an operation to remove the secondary cancer in his brain?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
4. My Husband has been told that his cancer has come back and spread to his brain. His doctors are still deciding on the treatment but one of them mentioned radiosurgery. Can you tell us what this is?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
5. Why do cancers come back?
last reviewed: 26.07.2005
6. My uncle has acute lymphatic leukaemia (ALL). He is going to have radiotherapy to his brain. Why does he need this if the leukaemia isn’t in his brain?
last reviewed: 01.11.2007
7. A friend of mine who has cancer has been told she has 'leptomeningeal metastases'. Can you tell me what this means?
last reviewed: 21.06.2005
8. I have small cell lung cancer. Doctors have suggested I should have radiotherapy to my head. Can you explain why, as a recent scan showed no cancer affecting the brain?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
9. My father has lung cancer which has spread to his brain. We have been told by his doctors that nothing can be done but surely there is some treatment that can help him. Do you know of any?
last reviewed: 01.06.2006
10. Can you explain the difference between primary and secondary cancer?
last reviewed: 30.08.2005
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