Secondary oesophagus cancer

Hello my husband has been diagnosed with reoccurrance oesophageal cancer which has spread to lymph nodes and liver. He has started chemo but not coping well with side effects. I finished radiotherapy last week as I had a breast cancer Reoccurrance which thankfully hadn't spread. I'm worried for my husband. He has been offered trials in Manchester or nottingham but doesn't want to try them. Has anyone else tried any trials? if so  would like opinions. Thanks

  • Hello Jodought,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. It sounds like things have certainly been stressful for you recently between your poor husband's cancer, the side effects he suffered after chemotherapy and having to deal simultaneously with your own breast cancer reoccurrence. I am pleased to hear though that your cancer hadn't spread and that you just finished your radiotherapy treatment.

    I hope you will hear from others here who have been offered and tried these clinical trials. Those are indeed difficult decisions to make. I did a little search on our forum and found that another of our members [@Tina1966]‍ posted here to say that she had started a new trial drug for a different type of cancer from your husband but it might still be interesting to hear from her experience so I hope she'll come and share her story with you.

    We also have some information on our website on what clinical trials are which perhaps you might want to share with your husband so that he feels better informed before making a decision. You can do a search for current clinical trials here.

    Best wishes to you and your husband

    Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator