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Sujay as you have said cancer cell metastasis has already occured. it means it is secondary and advance. there are some cases in which homoeopathy has slow down the metastases, but it is more effective in primary and early stage. i totally can understand your situation right now. my advise is tobe strong. your mom is already taking radiation, you can start homoeopathy simultaneously. consult a good homoeopath with detailed case. it will help you in busting up your mom's immunity and weakness. as...more

Hello, lybrate-user
The treatment of lip cancer depends on the stage of the disease, which means the extent of spread. For early stage and resectable case, it has to either surgery or radiotherapy, depending on many factors. For advised case, where we can't achieve a cure, we refer the patient for chemo. Talking about the cost, targeted is the most costlier option and still not many indications on Head and Neck cancer cases. You can move to General hospitals oncology departments to get the c...more

Depends on which cancer you have. There are many alternative medicines given for cancer in India without any proven efficacy. Many contain steroids which would suppress most of the cancers for a short period of time without curing it. It may come back with a vengeance.
I would be able to opine better if you could share your reports and details. Feel free to contact me directly if you want to discuss this further.

It’s very difficult to predict someone life expectancy without examination and as of now its better for you to maintain his vital parameters of his body.

Dear Lybrate user,
You have not mentioned if the pain is of sudden onset or chronic pain.
Since you are very young proper care of the back including ergonomic advice ,regular exercises, vitamin supplements like B12 and D3 will help a lot (if you don't have any neurological problem due to disc),

It is a trans dermal release of the medication which leads to systemic action as a strong pain killer (buprenorphine) the other patch is duragesic (fentanyl) the effect lasts for 48-72 hrs, when the patch needs to be changed.
Feel free to contact me directly if you want to discuss this further.

Please get yourself investigated again your prostate cancer is recurred with involvement of rectum get p.s.a level in blood .alkaline phosphatase m.r.i abdomen and bone scan if need be required colonoscopy to rule out bleeding source then if you want consult through Lybrate with appointment. For further management.

Dear sir, what kind of cancer you are suffering from and what is the site and stage. Radiation therapy is one of the modality to treat cancer so please continue your treatment as advised by oncologist. You can attach histopathology reports and imaging reports to guide you more about your disease and treatment.

Radiation therapy is one of the most important tools to combat cancer. However, conventional radiation therapy is long course (usually 6 to 7 weeks) treatment and may have severe acute side effects including skin and mucosal reactions, diarrhea, feeding difficulties and others. Higher dose radiation is also not possible to deliver due to limitations related to toxicities. CyberKnife is a precise radiation therapy technique by which high dose radiation therapy can be delivered only to the tumor a...more

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Some people with cancer will have only one treatment. But most people have a combination of treatments, such as surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. You may also have immunotherapy, targeted therapy, or hormone therapy. Clinical trials might also be an option for you.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.