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    How am I supposed to feel?

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    Tiny chest pain while on apalutamide

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    Neuroendocrine Cancer ( NETS)

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    Grieving before he’s died - husband's cancer returned after being in remission for only 7 months. He's been told he only has 12 - 18 months now if chemo works

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