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Other Q&As

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1. My father has an incurable lung cancer. He is now developing swelling of his neck and face. The doctors say this is due to pressure on the veins and have mentioned either radiotherapy or a stent as possible treatment. What do you think we should do?

last reviewed: 01.07.2004

2. My husband has an incurable cancer. We are coping with this fairly well but recently he has started getting attacks of hiccups which often last for ages. This is very distressing for both of us. What can we do?

last reviewed: 01.01.2005

3. My wife has cancer and is getting very troublesome episodes of profuse sweating. These are often drenching sweats and she finds them very unpleasant. Is there anything that can be done about this?

last reviewed: 01.01.2005

4. I have an incurable cancer. I have been coping with this quite well until recently but now I am getting a lot of itching of my skin and I'm finding this really hard to live with. What can I do?

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

5. I've heard that people who have cancer have a higher risk than normal of getting blood clots. Is this true?

last reviewed: 20.06.2007

6. I have prostate cancer and am about to start taking hormone tablets called Casodex®. I have been told that this can cause men to grow breasts. Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

last reviewed: 08.06.2007

7. My mum is having chemotherapy for cancer. My son has chickenpox. I’m worried because he visited my mum just before we knew he had chickenpox. Will she be okay or should she tell her doctor?

last reviewed: 27.07.2006

8. I am taking hormone tablets (Casodex®) for prostate cancer. Over the last few months my breasts have started to get bigger and are painful at times. Are there any treatments I can have for this?

last reviewed: 17.05.2007

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