Throat cancer

2025-07-25 08:12:37
My father is 70 years old and he has no diabetes and bp.healthy and active so far.but he is a smoker. He felt some throat pain and had an extra bump in his tongue recently. The surgeon removed it and sent it for biopsy. The result came as cancer and he said that it spread to his throat fully and asked to take a scan in the cancer hospital which we are planning to do tomorrow. What will be the treatment? This can be cured without surgery? Pls help me to know the next steps to face it.
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Hi there! Complete treatment and prognosis can be commented upon after radioimaging report and staging . Chemoradiation has excellent prognosis for unresectable cancers . If it is resectable, surgery ,then according to histopathology report, chemoradiation or radiation is indicated. Regular follow up post treatment and monitoring for residual/ recurrence.

Answered2025-08-21 16:12:06

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Based on biopsy and Scan report we can stage the disease and performance of patient (General condition of patient)also important for deciding treatment Taking all these in consideration we can say the treatment Curability we can say based on biopsy and scan reports and patient performance status and tolerability of patient to treatment

Answered2025-08-13 06:46:48

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Answered2025-07-30 19:28:08

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If the scan report is uploaded, I can comment more specifically. From what you say, I am deducing that the tumour is in the base of tongue with direct extension to probably some other oropharynx or larynx structures. Whether treatment would include radiation as the primary modality OR surgery as the primary modality followed by radiation depends on where the primary is. If the lesion is in anterior (front) part of tongue surgery will be the definitive therapy of choice. If it’s locally advanced chemo may be done prior to surgery. After surgery treatment depends on HPE report. If the lesion is back of tongue, then it will be chemoRT alone. Immunotherapy also has come into evidence now. Since I cannot fully understand where the lesion is in tongue, I have explained both situations. Please upload scan report or do an online consult
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Answered2025-07-29 10:49:30

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If it's tongue cancer , definitely treatable if not spread beyond.

Answered2025-07-28 03:09:45

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