Q&As on this topic
1. My mother has been told she has a bowel cancer. What is the bowel and which bits of it can have cancer?
last reviewed: 31.08.2005
2. I had an operation to remove a cancer of my large bowel a year ago. I am now getting low back ache. Does this mean the cancer has come back?
last reviewed: 31.08.2005
3. I am having chemotherapy for a bowel cancer. They are giving me 5FU and folinic acid. I asked my doctor what folinic acid was and he said it was a vitamin. How can a vitamin help treat my cancer?
last reviewed: 07.09.2005
5. My uncle has been told he has an anal cancer. A friend has said these cancers are caused by a virus. Is this true?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
6. My mother has been told she has a squamous cancer in her anal canal. Her doctors have recommended a long course of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Wouldn’t an operation be better?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
7. My mother has been told she has a basaloid anal cancer. What is this
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
8. Does regular exercise reduce the risk of getting cancer?
last reviewed: 27.07.2005
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