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Chemotherapy - all Q&As

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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 husband has a grade IV astrocytoma and has had Temodal chemotherapy. He has had four courses but the side-effects are terrible. The doctor has suggested two more courses of Temodal. Is it worth it?

last reviewed: 01.09.2004

3. What is the best treatment for squamous cancer in the anal canal?

last reviewed: 11.12.2007

4. Why am I being offered chemotherapy before surgery for oesophageal cancer?

last reviewed: 14.04.2004

5. My mum has cancer of the pancreas which has spread to her liver. She can't decide whether to have chemotherapy or not. Can you help?

last reviewed: 09.10.2006

6. I am going to have an operation to take away cancer in my stomach. Should I have chemotherapy as well?

last reviewed: 19.10.2006

7. My father has liver secondaries from a carcinoid tumour and has the carcinoid syndrome. He has been having a drug called octreotide for some months which has helped but he is now getting worse. Can anything be done?

last reviewed: 16.03.2005

8. I have been told that if I have chemotherapy, I will not be able to have children. Is this true? Having children to carry on the family name is important to me.

last reviewed: 31.01.2007

9. I don’t really trust some of the treatments for cancer like chemotherapy. My aunt had chemotherapy. She was fine before she had it, but became very ill during the treatment. Is this normal?

last reviewed: 20.08.2004

10. My sister has been told she has an illness called sarcoid disease. The doctors have told her she made need chemotherapy. Does this mean she has cancer?

last reviewed: 26.01.2006

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