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What tests should I do to diagnose myeloma?
Friday 8th October Missed our GatewayC Live webinar? Watch our specialists answer to this audience question and many more. This week GatewayC met Dr Neil Rabin, Consultant Haematologist, and Dr Margaret Harris, Consultant Clinical Oncologist. Our specialists covered...
How can the EDS help you identify patients at high risk of oesophageal cancer?
The Edinburgh Dysphagia Score (EDS) can support the assessment of patients with dysphagia by identifying patients at lowest risk of a malignant diagnosis, thereby allowing resources to be concentrated on those at highest risk. In the original study, the EDS identified...
NEW GATEWAYC COURSE: Supporting Your Patients
We are delighted to announce that the new ‘Supporting Your Patients’ course is available to all healthcare professionals on GatewayC. A cancer diagnosis can have a significant impact on an individual’s life. Our new course explores how healthcare professionals can...
Cancer Keys
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Cancer Keys: Myeloma and C.R.A.B
Cancer Key: Myeloma and C.R.A.B C.R.A.B is the acronym designed to simplify the most typical clinical manifestations of multiple myeloma. Clinicians should consider the following indicators in a potential myelomadiagnosis: C: Calcium – hypercalcaemia Symptoms include:...
Cancer Keys: Persistent bone pain and myeloma
Patients often visit healthcare professionals several times prior to the diagnosis of myeloma. This is mainly due to presenting symptoms being vague or overlapping with other conditions. Patients with myeloma can experience persistent bone pain – usually the back,...
Cancer Keys: Rectal bleeding
Potential pitfall: Rectal bleeding is a key symptom of colorectal cancer, but there are also a number of other benign causes. Tumours often bleed intermittently, so careful history taking is vital if other concerning symptoms are present. Helpful hint: NICE NG12...
Personal Stories
I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer 10 years after my primary diagnosis
I’m Natalie Woodford and I received a primary breast cancer diagnosis in 2007 and was subsequently diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2017. I treasured the ten years I had watching my daughter grow up, being an active family member again and the opportunity to...