Small Cell Lung Cancer Health Feed

Cancers of gi tract are difficult to cure but not impossible to cure. According to the available data after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, 31.5% of people survive five years or more. If that has to be taken as a benchmark his chances are 1 out of 3. I wouldn't be dishearted if I have as much chance of surviving something. You should focus on building a positive momentum around him, to keep him motivated to fight and not lose hope. That helps a lot. He may be given alternative treatment alo...more

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It indicated that the damage to lung tissue by covid-19 could be reversible for the common covid-19 patients.
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Dear user, it is not necessary that only exposure to smoke causes lung cancer. There have been cases where people who are not exposed to smoke or cigarettes in any form but they have lung cancer. It is completely based on genetics and the body's immunity. You can consult me for more doubts regarding this online by clicking on my photo and booking an appointment however, if you found my answer helpful, please leave a positive feedback as it helps me with my practice. Thank you.

Hi lybrate-user can you name the pain killer tablet he is using and the frequency. So that we can add another or change the frequency
as pain control is very important in malignancy.
Need to titrate the doses and add different groups of medicines for pain.

आमतौर पर स्टेज 1 और स्टेज 2 में सर्जरी की जाती है, जबकि स्टेज 3 और स्टेज 4 में सर्जरी, कीमो और रेडिएशन में से किन्हीं दो का कॉम्बिनेशन इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। कौन-से दो तरीके इस्तेमाल होंगे, यह मरीज की हालत देखकर डॉक्टर तय करते हैं।
aap mujhe call kar sakte hain taki aapki problem ko details mein samajhkar treatment btaya ja sake.

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After 2–5 years: the risk of stroke drops to that of someone who does not smoke, according to the cdc. After 5–15 years: the risk of mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder cancer is reduced by half. After 10 years: the risk of lung cancer and bladder cancer is half that of someone who currently smokes.
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Yes. This may happen in some cases. Typically after 6 cycles of double agent chemotherapy we keep patient on maintainance therapy with pemetrexed till disease progression. Else pt will need to be put on 2 nd line chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Other options include oral targeted therapy if she is positive for either of mutations like egfr, alk, ros 1, met, braf which can be checked on biopsy tissue.

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Its a good sign that your tumor has responded to chemotherapy and has decreased in size. Once you complete your planned chemotherapy, your oncologist will advise a repeat scan to exactly assess how much the tumor has shrunk and where all it is present. If you initially had a localized disease and the tumor is operable now, surgery may be an option. However, the best treatment and life expectancy can be discussed only after reviewing all ýour scans and reports. Ensure a healthy diet. P...more

If patient get better result in 1st chemotherapy setting it's really appreciating.
Also biopsy report is normal so that my suggestion is you must complete all cycles of chemotherapy with proper advice of your ca specialist.
Ayurvedic medicines helps to improve general condition of patient.
Example:- hyperacidity, gastritis, nausea, anorexia, skin rashesh, skin irritations, hair loss, hot flushesh, burning of eyes, insomnia, generalised weakness along with bodyache.

Dear Mr. lybrate-user, perfinidone is the mainstay treatment. In this condition, lung becomes like rope fibres, the size of the lungs reduces and hence there is difficulty in breathing (dam chadna) and cough is present. The above medication will halt the disease and prevents progress. Sadly no medicines available til now to reverse it. The only answer to this disease is lung transplantation. You can check few ipf groups on facebook. U can get few answers. There are trials going on, but the medic...more