Cancer Care and Treatment
Abdominal pain after chemotherapy
Severe lower abdominal pain and some times in back after having chemotherapy for stage 4 colon cancer with capeox.
Have used ultracet thrice daily.But getting pain in the morning and midnight very severly.
Please suggest some medicine to releive the pain
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Metastatic breast cancer
My mom had breast cancer in 2010.we found it in starting stage itself we had taken treatments such as radiation,surgery and chemo.next to dat she was in regular check up wit dat doctor for every 3 months she was normal till a year back. Since 2017 june onwards pblms like lack of sleep in nights,heavy hip pains started.whenever she told to doctor regarding d pblms during checkup for 4 to 5 times, all d times doctor didnt considered it serious and told her like its normal only. 2 months back she got d severe back pain i.e she cant able to get up from d bed also.dat tym we had taken her to d ortho doctor and he suggested to goahead wit d mri scan.once we informed d same to our cancer treating doc he told us to take her to his hsptl.we had done d mri and pet scan der and he informed us suddenly, she reached metastatic state within these 2 months(i.e. after d last checkup) .nothing cant do
I want to have the answer for d following questions
1.is cancer spreads bcoz of doctor carelessness
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Increase in Cea 1.65 to 2.68 post surger
My father aged 48 gone through the colon surgery bcoz of colon cancer on April 2017 . The CEA pre surgery was 2.6 which reduced to 1.65 post surgery . But Durning the quarterly routine checkup the CEA level keeps on increasing n reached 2.68 in the recent quarterly checkup .Although the Ct scan and ultrasound are normal which was recently done .. Is that increase in Cea is matter of concern as it is a slight below than its normal range .Our surgeon doesn't gave satisfactory reply on its increase n nor any medicine to control it ..
Plz advice
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Finasteride capsule
Finasteride capsule take orally...finasteride capsule can cause a increase risk of prostate cancer yes or no in details...
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Result of sputum
This is my result of sputum i just want to ask if what is the meaning of this result please help ke understand,thank u
DIRECT SPUTUM SMEAR MICROSCOPY FOR AFB
collection firstday
visual appearance : purulent
reading: 1+ positive
laboratory diagnosis: positive
Collection second day
visual appearance: purulent
reading: no acid fast bacilli seen
laboratory diagnosis: negative
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Bumps in throat wall
I've attached a picture... There is this one bump in my throat on the right side... I have been diagnosed by ent for having acid reflux... Often I have a burning sensation in my throat which extends up to the right ear... Is this bump normal? The bump is pointed using an arrow... Thank you.
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Esophageal growth
Doctor is saying last stage.is there any treatment to recover from this cancer.we should continue medicides or operation??? Clearly doctors are not saying anything.
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Masses in neck
I have felt lump on lateral side of my neck just below the bone of face on each side...I have been the patient of hyperparathyroidism..actually brown tumor on parathyroid...now I have my one lobe of parathyroiofremoved and PTH level is normal...plz guide me what to do now
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Breast Cancer
Hello Sir,
My wife age 28 diagnosed with breast cancer on Feb.
Presently her treatment is going on..initially the treatment was 5 chemos..two weeks back she had a modified radical mastectomy with LD Flap reconstruction..her ki index value is 70% and tumour grade is 3. Attached are the reports. I am unable to attach more than 2 reports.
Below are the chemotherapy drug they gave..
Cyclophosphamide 700mg
Adriamycin 70mg
5 FU 700 mg
Stage is 3B with skin involvement and lymph node involvement..however cancer destroyed in lymph node after chemotherapy as per surgeon.
However, she is coping up well after mastectomy..
Can I expect better outcome after treatment..
What was the recurrence chances..
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Breast cancer
Hello Sir,
My wife age is 28. she was diagnosed with breast cancer on Feb..initially the treatment was 5 chemos. attached discharge summary..two weeks back she had a modified radical mastectomy with LD Flap reconstruction..her ki index is 70% which is very high. she is in stage 3B. Kindly let me know whether can I expect better outcome with treatment .i.e., cure..kindly let me know the percentage of cure and recurrence chances..
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