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1. My relative has incurable cancer. I have asked the doctor how long they might live but his answers seem very vague. Why can’t he be more precise?
last reviewed: 27.07.2005
2. My mother is having treatment for a cancer. The doctors have said she cannot be cured but have told her that because of treatment her condition is now stable. What does this mean?
last reviewed: 30.08.2005
3. My husband has been told he has incurable cancer. I have asked the doctor how long he might live but his answers seem very vague. Why can’t he be more precise?
last reviewed: 02.08.2005
5. I had an abdominal operation to remove cancer last year. My surgeon is now saying that I have adhesions. What does this mean?
last reviewed: 02.08.2005
7. My mother’s doctor has told her that her cancer is incurable but not terminal. What’s the difference, surely they mean the same thing?
last reviewed: 03.08.2005
8. What is TNM staging?
last reviewed: 03.08.2005
9. My father has been told he has a cancer of the bile ducts. Where are the bile ducts and what do they do?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
10. What are the causes of cancer of the bile ducts?
last reviewed: 01.01.2005
All Q&As; are selected from some of the thousands asked by people contacting CancerBACUP every year. They are answered by specialists and reviewed and updated regularly.
