Malignant Melanoma Questions

Sorry to know about your mother suffering. From what I guess unable to swallow is troubling her more .For that there are options of either to insert Endoscopy guided Ryles tube (food pipe) or Esophageal Stent. If the above not possible then there is another option of doing a small surgery to insert a tube directly into the Jejunum that known as Feeding Jejunostomy. Please discuss all the options with your Oncologist for better guidance.

Hi lybrate-user
hope your mom is well
the findings suggest a collection which is not malignancy hence not of any concern.
It is a sequale of surgery which should resolve with time. Hope dhe is not having symptoms.

Less than 2 cms is usually stage 1, unless nodes are positive. Hopefully you are talking about the oral cavity or head and neck region I would be able to opine better if you could send me the details. Feel free to contact me directly if you want to discuss this further.

Where is the cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma can be of the oral cavity, laryngopharynx, lung, esophagus, anal canal and rarely of salivary glands and breast.
The treatment depends upon the site and the stage.
For e.g laryngeal cancers of small size may be treated by laser or radiation. Oral cancers by surgery. Anal cancers by chemoradiation. I would be able to opine better if you send me the details and the report. Subcm is a small cancer and the chances of cure are high of treated a...more

Cancer is caused by uncontrolled growth of cells in an area of our body. It can be due to loss of function of tumor suppressor genes or due to increased function of oncogenes.
Screening is recommended for a few cancers to help in early detection and cure.
Breast Cancer: screening mammography from age 45 years every 2-3 yearly. Cervical cancer: Pap smear (3 yearly) or HPV (5 yearly) from age 26 to 55
Prostate cancer PSA level every 2 years from age 50.
Oral cancers: visual inspect...more

Hi
Symptoms depends on type and cancer stage. There may be
Un explained Weight loss
Persistent Fatigue
Bowel/bladder changes
Bleeding
Lump/masses
Pain
Fever, chills
Headache
Joint pain
Abdominal pain, nausea
Loss of appetite
Swollen lymph nodes
Types of blood cancers are
Leukemia
Hodgkin lymphoma
Non-hodgkin lymphoma
Multiple Myeloma.

If it is thyroid cancer of size more than 1 cm It is preferable to go for total thyroidectomy. You would also need radioiodine therapy after the surgery. Thyroidectomy can be performed robotically or laparoscopically with no visible scar with excellent results.

You are on correct treatment for papillary micro carcinoma, and it is correct to take radio-iodine uptake in order to avoid thyroidectomy

Survival depends on many factors like stage of disease, general condition of patient to tolerate the treatment and response to chemotherapy .

Apart from taking symptomatic treatment plan for chemotherapy treatment and than plan for bone marrow transplant