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Secondary Peritoneal cancer

Shannond
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Hello my mum has recently been diagnosed with secondary peritoneal cancer and I just wanted to see if anyone has any experience with this as from what I've been reading it's quite rare. 

Everything I'm reading online says the survival rate is around 6 months, the oncologist hasn't mentioned anything about how long mum may live. Is it normal for a doctor not to say or will this conversation come later down the line. 

Best wishes everyone ️ 

  • Hi Shannond and welcome to the Cancer Chat community.

    I'm sorry to hear your mum has been diagnosed with secondary peritoneal cancer. This must be a very difficult time for you both.

    Hopefully some of our members who have been on this journey with their loved ones will be along soon to share their experiences and advice but if you'd like to discuss this further with one of our cancer nurses, they're available on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very insightful and will do all they can to answer your questions and address any other worries or concerns you may have at this time.

    We're sending you both all our support Shannond and hope you're able to get some much needed answers soon.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

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