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Symptoms after chemo and radiation: Worried cancer is back?
My 75-year-old mother was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma (10 cm mass with distal thickening in the lower esophagus) back in June. She completed 6 weeks of...
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Throat Radiation After-Effects, Aspiration & Suffocating Mucous
I am a 61-year-old woman that finished the last of 35 radiation treatments last March 2020. Since then, I have had pneumonia and other lung...
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Voice damage after radiation: Will my voice recover?
I had esophageal adenocarcinoma stage 4 with no surgical option available. I had chemo and 25 days of radiation. My voice was a bit rough...
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Update on son's esophagus cancer (radiation & chemo first)
My son had his port and feeding tube in yesterday. there was a lot of scar tissue from an old hiatal hernia, the dr cut...
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Fatigue after radiation/chemo for esophageal junction cancer
Two weeks out from rad/chem for T3 esophageal junction cancer. Good health and pretty fit before treatments. Fatigue is awful. Anyone have experience with extreme...
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A turn for the better: feeling better after radiation and chemo
After 28 radiation and 6 chemo treatments ending on Jan3rd 2023 i was in bad shape; spending 20 hours a day in bed, no solid...
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Scar tissue in throat caused by radiation and chemo treatment
Is there anything done to remove scar tissue so you can eat?
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NG feeding tube before radiation symptoms begin? Or when?
I’ve started on radiation therapy and completed a week. They have not suggested any chemo for me.Do those on radiation therapy alone always get a...
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Newly diagnosed and really confused: Surgery vs Chemo + Radiation
Hello All, I had a tumor removed 3/4/25 and was told they felt they got it and we would monitor it closely for a period...
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Has anyone made it through radiation and chemo without a feeding tube?
My husband had surgery first and is recovering well, but the port for the feeding tube, that he is told probably will be necessary during...
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@veromdf No, I did not receive immunotherapy combined with chemo. However, I will start immunotherapy this...
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They haven't done a scan since starting chemo. They said once radiation is done and settled...
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Chemo and radiation 3 years ago. Scanned twice afterwards. Haven't been back for a scan in...
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Did you have proton radiation Don? What is your treatment plan? My husband was diagnosed with...
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