Medical Advice on "Medical oncology"

I had breast cancer, and the entire lump was dissected. Do I still need to undergo chemotherapy?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query and attachments (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity). Being an oncologist involved in the care of breast cancer patients, I can understand your concerns. Based on the...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Pawar Satyajit Jalinder

Breast cancer detected two days ago. Please provide expert opinion on treatment.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through the attached reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity). Yes, the biopsy report has confirmed the diagnosis of breast cancer. Now, the next step will be to stage this disease. For tha...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah

Please check my reports and tell me if it is cancer or not.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Ki-67 is not done yet. That information is required to say if it has malignant cancer potential. Kindly ask the lab to perform the same.   View thread »

Answered by Dr. Bharat Patodiya

Why is lymph node growing even when chemo is being given to cancer patient?

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? D...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Pawar Satyajit Jalinder

How fatal is liposarcoma?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It depends upon the type of liposarcoma, site of origin, proximity to lymph nodes, size and depth of the tumor. Properly excised low grade tumor followed by radiotherapy may have recurrence rate of 8% to 12%. Th...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Sadaf Mustafa

What is the treatment followed for lung cancer?

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 Gefi...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Pawar Satyajit Jalinder

Would hormone therapy shrink a large breast tumor in a 79 year old?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Hormone therapy will shrink the hormone-sensitive mass, but by how much is difficult to predict. It is really helpful if the patient has poor performance status and significant comorbidities. For further queries cons...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Abdul Aziz Khan

Please describe the test reports of a liver disease.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. As per the report, you have attached (attachment removed to protect patient identity), looks like he has hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) and it is metastatic (stage). Another possibility is of cholangiocarcino...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Pawar Satyajit Jalinder

My stomach is paining. Is it because of small lumps?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. If you can feel the lumps, that means the nodes are under the skin superficially and not in the stomach as stomach lumps can not be palpated. Secondly, these lumps under the skin are lip...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arpit Varshney

Why is radiation therapy suggested for my aunt, who underwent stage-2 papillary thyroid cancer surgery?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. First, I want to tell you that this type of thyroid cancer has an excellent prognosis. At this stage, the cure rate is more than 90 %. If the surgery has been done successfully and the whole...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah