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    Cancer on the 'cut' - diagnosed with lung cancer recently and feeling very isolated and alone. Is anyone else going through this?

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    Wife diagnosed with cancer of the unknown primary but treatment is making it worse? It's very confusing

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    Blood in urine has come back and GP thinks my shoulder pain could be bone cancer. Trying to stay positive whilst waiting for my results

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    Days to live - Dad has cancer in his pancreas, liver and stomach. Now his kidneys and lungs are failing. I don't know how to deal with this

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    Just when you thought you'd gone through enough...

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    2 week urgent referral for the breast clinic

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    Shoulder pain for around 3 weeks - I thought it might be the alendronic acid but GP thinks my prostate cancer has gone to the bone. Waiting for x-ray

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    Previous melanoma 1A, now enlarged lymph nodes found 4 years in my armpit right by the previous melanoma site. What happens next if they're cancerous cells?

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