Medical Advice on "Medical oncology"

Found a hard nonmobile lump under my nipple. Is that an usual spot of breast cancer?, Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah

Hi,Welcome to icliniq.com.It is usually uncommon to have breast cancer in this age group. It looks most likely a benign breast lesion or a localized infection.You have not given many details about this lump such as skin or nipple color change, any ... View thread »

Why is lymph node growing even when chemo is being given to cancer patient?, Answered by Dr. Satyajit Jalinder Pawar

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. So, I have gone through your queries. I would like to know a few details which will help me in answering your questions. So before surgery what was his stage? What did baseline CT or PET (whichever was done) showed? ... View thread »

Kindly advise whether the blood report shows blood cancer or not., Answered by Dr. Satyajit Jalinder Pawar

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As per the report, only apparent problem is that she has mild anemia, microcytic hypochromic (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Usually common in young females. Otherwise, platelets and WBC are normal. ... View thread »

What can be done for osteogenic sarcoma?, Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through the reports of your sister (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It looks she has osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. In the pathology report, they have not mentioned which subtype ... View thread »

Is it right to have chemotherapy for stage IV invasive lobular carcinoma? , Answered by Dr. Varadarajan Kumar

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through the attachment (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Yes, it is appropriate to use chemotherapy at this juncture. The HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) result is mentioned as ... View thread »

What is the treatment followed to treat squamous cell carcinoma of tongue?, Answered by Dr. Varadarajan Kumar

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Treatment of choice in this condition is radical radiotherapy using IMRT (intensity modulated radiation therapy) and IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy) technique with concurrent weekly cisplatin chemotherapy ... View thread »

What are the physical findings and pathophysiology observed in breast cancer?, Answered by Dr. Shravana Kumar Chinnikatti

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. These are the physical findings found in breast cancer. There can be a painless lump or a change in breast size, skin changes, nipple inversion, nipple abnormalities or discharge, and axillary lump. The pathophysiology ... View thread »

Kindly explain non-FDG avid in a PET scan of a breast cancer patient., Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern regarding the new findings on CT PET Scan of your mother. She is having multiple bony metastases proven radiologically and pathologically. The generalized mesenteric and omental haziness ... View thread »

Is there any simple test available to rule out colon or rectal cancer?, Answered by Dr. Rajesh Gulati

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. First of all, you get an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) abdomen done. You can have a presence of mass when you have a colon or rectal cancer. If there is a mass seen, then you can do a colonoscopy. You can also do a ... View thread »

What is the treatment followed for lung cancer?, Answered by Dr. Satyajit Jalinder Pawar

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Please say about the histopathology report. Please explain the condition briefly. Please state whether there was a mutation done before starting Gefitinib. All these things are essential for deciding the response to ... View thread »