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AXA PPP Healthcare

Cancer Centre

Your questions

We care about the advice and support available to our members. That's why we want to share our panel of experts with you. If you can't find the answer you're looking for then simply send in a question using the form below.

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Latest questions answered

Our customer asked:

Will I definitely lose my hair if I have chemotherapy?

Not all chemotherapy drugs make your hair fall out and sometimes the loss is so small it is hardly noticeable....Read More

Our customer asked:

My Doctor has said that I need to have chemotherapy. What is this form of treatment?

Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer drugs given to destroy cancer cells....Read More

Xyloto asked:

I’d read somewhere that there’s a high risk of prostate cancer and was wondering if there’s anything that can be done lifestyle-wise to help prevent it or reduce the risk. Also are there specific lifestyle related things that can increase the risk such as diet/ smoking?

The biggest risk factors for developing prostate cancer are 1. increasing age; 2. race (much higher risk in Afro-Caribbeans, low risk in Asians) and 3. family history (risk increases with number of relatives involved, how closely related they are and how old they were when they developed prostate cancer) ...Read More

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