What to feed stomach cancer patients who take just liquids?
Hello doctor,
My mother is 65 years old. She is diagnosed with stomach cancer stage 4. We consulted the situation with five top oncologists and based on their suggestions we decided not to put her under chemotherapy. We are keeping her under supportive care at home. She is not taking any medicine for cancer as of today.
The current concern is that she is 45 kg in weight and is able to take only liquid food since diagnosis. She does take semi-solid (mashed) food sometimes but it maybe twice or thrice in a week. As you can see in her PET scan attached, the tumor may be causing physical obstruction for the food to pass from stomach to the path down and also from time to time she feels some liquid with stale smell raising up her stomach. She wants to eat but unable to do so because of this weird nausea-like feeling.
Can you please suggest some medications to overcome the above problem? Or is there any other way she could be given enough nutrition to manage the situation? Looking for your help at the earliest possible.
26 Apr 2024 - 1 min read
Will Keytruda drug cure stage 4 bladder cancer?
Hello doctor,
My father has started Keytruda end of October and has received two treatments. His third is coming up early next week. For the past three weeks, he has developed this tickle cough that comes in jags, and he coughs very hard to try and pull up what he says feels like a thin stick substance in his throat. He has had something similar in the past as he always had terrible allergies. But I am worried about Keytruda's risk of lung inflammation. It seems his cough happens mostly when lying down, and for the past two weeks, he has had some shortness of breath with the cough. When you take his oxygen levels when he sits up, it is usually 97 range but always in the 90s; after some coughing jags, it goes into the 80s but quickly returns to the 90s. What should we do? Because this is his last hope, and we do not want to stop treatment. He has no fever, no chest pain when breathing, no retention of fluids, and when the PA listened to his lungs said they sounded good. Shortness of breath upon exertion, too, which they have said is from the radiation he also got in October. Please help.
Thank you.
25 Apr 2024 - 1 min read
What is the treatment for stage three stomach cancer?
Hello doctor,
My father had surgery a month back for stomach cancer bleeding tumor and in the histopathological report after surgery showed that metastatic deposits of the tumor have been found in six lymph nodes. I request you to kindly advice what would be the best possible treatment in this scenario.
24 Apr 2024 - 1 min read
Can a gallbladder polyp turn into cancer in the future?
Hello doctor,
I had an ultrasound abdomen done due to some urine issues. In the findings, they observed gallbladder polyp. I am very scared as I read online that these may turn into cancer in the future.
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How to manage a mass in the gallbladder and jaundice?
Hello doctor,
I have gallbladder mass and jaundice. Please help.
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