Medical Advice on "Surgical oncology"

Could you please interpret my friend's breast cancer report?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity) are suggestive of breast cancer with axillary node metastasis, but other systems are not involved. ER/PR positive status (estrogen and progesterone rece...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Ajit Naniksingh Kukreja

What is the life expectancy in case of mucinous cystadenoma?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query and seen the attached files (attachment removed to protect patient identity), but nowhere is it documented that it is mucinous carcinoma and that it has spread. The uploaded colonoscopy was not do...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arvind Guru

What is the reason for new wound during chemotherapy?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. The most common causes for a wound at the operated or treated site are, Osteoradionecrosis. Recurrent cancer. From your description, it seems like the wound is an effect of chemoradiation, more specifically radiation. We c...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Raghu

What causes chest cold with weight loss, nausea, and dry heaves?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. After reviewing your complaints and your blood investigation (attachment removed to protect patient identity), I can draw the following conclusions: 1. It is highly unlikely that you have multiple myeloma, as your glob...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arvind Guru

I have a mild tender lump under the skin of the deltoid muscle. Is that sarcoma?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand the anxiety you would be suffering from after suspecting that it is a sarcoma. Here is what I can suggest to you: Sarcoma is an uncommon cause of such lumps, and much more common are some harmless cyst...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arvind Guru

Why a swollen lymph node that I have had for two years, has shrunk on taking Prednisone?

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The lymph nodes in the neck, if multiple and greater than 1.5 cm should be biopsied. Especially, if it is persistent for a long time. Most of the symptoms you have had are unrelated to lymphoma, but in a persistent lymp...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Arvind Guru

The corns in between my fingers hurt too much. Please suggest the treatment.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Corns can be painful by themselves, but more so if they are infected. Try to do the following measures: 1. Use padded footwear at home and outside, use silicon feet pads inside shoes. 2. Try corn caps which are like...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Raghu

Kindly advice on the biopsy reports of my mother.

Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. So she has colonic carcinoma. As you told, she is passing stool through the stoma, that gives me the impression that probably she was not surgically fit at the time of surgery to complete operation in one stage. As pe...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Dinesh Kumar

Should chemotherapy be given after tumor removal for 13.32 U/ml CA-125?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I went through your reports (attachment removed to protect patient identity), I have a couple of questions. First and foremost, any other blood tests done, called as tumor markers, similar to CA 125, like AFP, bHCG, ...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Jatin Bhatia

Is Mitomycin C necessary for urinary bladder cancer?

Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Superficial bladder cancer or nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer includes carcinoma in situ (CIS or Tis), Ta tumors, and T1 tumors. These are all cancers that have been found very early in their development. The cancer c...  View thread »

Answered by Dr. Ajit Naniksingh Kukreja