Experience I'm a Doctor of Medicine. Licensed/certified physician and surgeon and specialist in Medical
Oncology and Radiation therapy in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the European Union. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine.
M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. Now in private practice in Stockholm, Sweden.
I also answer questions in these other categories: General History,
Military History,
Brain Tumors,
Breast Cancer,
Colon Cancer
Question Hello. my name is Julia and i wanted to ask you some questions about my 83 years old grandmother.
3 years ago Doctors found Melanoma in an advanced stage on her right leg.
she had three surgeries and also radiations but without any results.the Melanoma was "stage 4".
A few days ago Doctors found out that the Melanoma had spread to the lungs (in the periphery).
It is very difficult for me to ask but -
1.how much time is left for my grandmother to live?
2.will it spread to other organs such as the liver or the head?
3. do we have a way to slower the cancer of being spread even more?
thank you very much, Julia.
Answer 1. It is unfortunately impossible to predict with any certainty. At her age some tumors sometimes grow very slowly. But that is not anything I can promise in her case. 2. That is unfortunately possible - but not sure. 3. Unfortunately not. Malignant melanoma is usually not very sensitive to radiation therapy and chemo therapy. Some promising and interesting experiments are going on with immuno therapy, but they are still experimental!
