Medical Advice on "Medical oncology"
Is it advisable to use Methamphetamine by a cancer patient while on treatment?, Answered by Dr. Rajesh Gulati
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Methamphetamine is CNS stimulant, it can have a lot of own side effects, if the doctor is not aware of drug use, many of the side effects of drugs will be difficult to interpret for doctor, drug use can have ... View thread »
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I do not have full information regarding the case from your query.
What was the stage of the condition at the time of diagnosis?
What chemotherapy was used?
When did you start Arimidex?
The conclusion I can ... View thread »
Is HER2 injection required after chemo and radiotherapy in breast cancer patient?, Answered by Dr. Satyajit Jalinder Pawar
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Can you give information regarding a few details? What was the stage? What was the histopathology report? What chemotherapy was received? If ER/PR and HER 2 was negative, then was FISH (fluorescence in-situ ... View thread »
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
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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
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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 »
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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
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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
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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
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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 »
