Medical Advice on "Medical oncology"

Kindly check my father's biopsy report and advise the treatment.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. As the biopsy is showing high grade tumor and involves muscularis propria, this makes a T2 stage. The latest guideline suggests a Cisplatin based chemotherapy followed by radical cystectomy (bladder removal). Pelvic nod...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Bharat Patodiya

Colonoscopy of my brother shows well-differentiated adenocarcinoma. Will he need chemotherapy?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I could see that the tumor is limited to muscular mucosa, and it is in the rectosigmoid junction. One should have information on at what distance the tumor is located on colonoscopy. Secondly, on MRI, whether the t...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Ram Abhinav

My uncle's child has anemia and leukopenia. Can a bone marrow transplant treat this?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I just went through the reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity) you have provided. I could only find one report of peripheral blood smear. Based on the history provided and CBC (complete blood count), t...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Satyajit Jalinder Pawar

I have painless hard lump in my tongue for the past 2 years. Could this be cancerous?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. May I look at lesion for better diagnosis and treatment, which includes a lot of differential diagnosis. White or red oral lesions include benign lesions (e.g., morsicatio buccarum and frictional keratosis, white sponge ...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Vikas Talreja

Kindly clarify if my mother's breast cancer treatment is right.

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your plight. Your mother seems to be in stage 4 and less likely 3. However, to give the benefit of doubt, I think that people has considered to give chemotherapy followed by response evaluation. If the resu...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Bharat Patodiya

I have a swollen lymph node in the neck for the past two weeks. Could this be a cancerous node?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern, and I do not think there is anything to worry about. These can be lipomas or benign subcutaneous lesions. It concerns only if they are hard and fixed with a progressive increase in size...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah

My dad is diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma. Kindly suggest treatment options.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Your father is suffering from non-small cell lung carcinoma stage IV. Disease subtype is adenocarcinoma. Since it is stage IV, adenocarcinoma and his age are already 67, I would advise you on EGFR (epidermal growth f...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Monish De

I have a family history of colon cancer and polyps. Should I be concerned?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for writing in. You have not provided the history of your illness, apart from the fact that this report is also a part of a full report. Yet a generalized report of this type points to dysplasia. If you need prec...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Ajit Naniksingh Kukreja

Is pleurodesis compulsory for pleural effusion?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you very much for being specific in what you want to ask. For lymphoma associated effusion, we do not suggest pleurodesis (procedure to remove excess fluid in pleural space) as most of the patient responds to chem...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Bharat Patodiya

Kindly explain non-FDG avid in a PET scan of a breast cancer patient.

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 wit...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arshad Hussain Shah