Non Hodgkin Lymphoma (Nhl) Questions

The five-year survival rate for people with stage 4 NHL varies depending on the subtype of NHL and other factors. Ask your doctor for more information about your diagnosis, treatment options, and long-term outlook. Stage III-IV lymphomas are common, still very treatable, and often curable, depending on the NHL subtype. Stage III and stage IV are now considered a single category because they have the same treatment and prognosis.

Plastic stent works for 3 weeks. A metal stems for 6 months. If the cancer is operable, better to get surgery done. That is the only curative option.

NO OPTION FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT,
DONT WASTE TIME.
CHEMO MAY BE REQUIRED.
OUTCOME DEPENDS ON STAGE ON EXPLORATION ONLY.

This report means that there is cancer is base of tongue. Treatment would be Robotic surgery (TORS) or chemoradiotherapy depending on the examination and other findings.

Prednisolone or Few immuno suppressive drug can be given but with a lot of side effects at 73 years of age and hence it’s better to go for stenting if possible or go for bypass surgery only if the cardiac surgeon is confident about the outcome.

The prognosis of fourth stage colon cancer depends upon the type of cancer and the amount of spread.
If few metastasis to liver or lung, then they can be resected after giving chemotherapy. If the metastasis are unresectable, then Chemotherapy with or without targeted therapy may be given. If peritoneal disease is present then some people recommend cytoreduction with intraperitoneal chemotherapy, which may prolong her life, but it has multiple side effects and cost is also high. I would be a...more

We should plan for chemotherapy and liver transplant after clinical examination

Liver cancer with ascites due to peritoneal metastasis is usually considered inoperable. Only palliative therapy with targeted therapy like sorafenib may be considered. (works in HCC, not cholangioca)
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Dear lybrate-user
sorry to hear about your mother's illness
is she having cancer of liver or of any other organ which has spread to liver as lines of treatments are different.
If the disease is of liver and has spread to whole of abdomen then in that case cure is not feasible but she can be given treatment which can give her time in terms of years depending on diagnosis
please do not loose heart consult your cancer specialist.

The risk factors for liver cancer are cirrhosis of liver, hepatitis B, aflatoxins etc. There is no previous stage of liver cancer.
Please clarify what you mean by that. Feel free to contact me directly if you want to discuss this further.