Top Questions on Treating Lung cancer
Hi doctor, my father having lung tumour as per then diagnosed tests and please review attached test report and suggested ...
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Your father may have cancer and the report can't be seen here in questions. It can be uploaded in consult privately option.
Sir, I have middle back pain since almost 1 year. It's like muscle ache, also hurts when I touch the bone. I'm so scared ...
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Dear user. I can understand. Please don't be panic. Back pain is almost always due to muscular / bone sprain. Do consult your ortho specialist. I am here to help you in every aspect of your mental and physical health. Any sexual or psychological problems can be cured with the help of various methods and therapies. I suggest you to post your query with every detail here. I will help you in overcomi ... more
Hi, After taking 2 months of gefitinib 250 mg tablet. What will be next treatment? ...
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After taking 2 months of gefitinib 250 mg tablet, the next treatment is based on the condition for which treatment is started and the progress
My father has advance stage of metastatic non small lung cancer and doctor told only chemotherapy is d option. His weigh ...
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The response to chemotherapy is the best. Immunotherapy is reserved for those who are not candidates for chemotherapy or those whose disease progressed on chemotherapy. If you are not willing for chemotherapy, then the immunotherapy may be tried. But the cost of immunotherapy is around Rs 2 lacs per month and it needs to be given for atleast 6 months to know if response is there and if good respon ... more
My father age is 65 it's lung cancer, Mets spread in bones brain and abdomen Tata hospital prescribed geffon 250 mg tab ...
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Sorry to know about your father. Weakness might be due to difficulty in breathing or lack of proper nutrition or due to spread to brain. I was wondering if he has recieved Radiotherapy to Brain.
My father was a smoker. He has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer. The doctor is saying that he is in stage ...
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Without looking at his report we cannot say what stage it is. And initial improvement may not be able to give good idea of prognosis. In such cases it is difficult to predict. You have to do best you can. And expect best.
My father was a smoker. He has been diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer. The doctor is saying that he is in stage ...
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Your father is in terminal stage or stage 4 and needs supportive an palliative care. As the reports are normal he has a good recovery chance and multivitamins should be given.
Hi, Need help with treatment doubts: My dad with Lung cancer has brain metastasis now with 1 T2 hypointense lesion in th ...
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I would be in a better position if you send me the details of the treatment given so far and the reports of radiology and pathology. For lung cancer (NSCLC) we prefer surgery for solitary lesion (it gives pathology which SRS cannot), or for lesions causing raised intracranial tension with risk of brain stem herniation. For those with multiple lesions without raised intracranial tension, if mutatio ... more
My mother had adenocarcinoma of lung which was diagnosed on 5/6 when pet ct was performed and has egfr mutation in exon ...
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Hi, You can do Mri brain.
Hi Sir, My aunt is 50 years old. She had suffered from breast cancer 15 years back which was successfully treated with s ...
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Lung cancer will give more symptoms as compared to uterine and breast cancer. Check her receptors as lung cancers have got another treatment called immunotherapy. Lesion of lung needs to be biopsied and send for pathology as well as receptors than only treatment can be finalised.
