| Subject | Date Asked |
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| colon polyps | 11/21/2009 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, I just had a colonoscopy( found 1 polyp) and the pathology report read," fragments of ...
A: Well look at it this way, your polyp had the POTENTIAL of becoming malignant BUT WAS NOT malignant. ...
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| Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma Help | 11/19/2009 |
Q: My 42 yr old husband of 2 1/2 yrs was diagnosed in June of 09 with stage IV Metastatic melanoma, he ...
A: Unfortunately his prognosis is very bad. Malignant melanomas are usually not sensitive to radiation ...
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| itchy moles | 11/19/2009 |
Q: i have tanned in a tanning bed and sun since i was 14. this year around february i ...
A: why on Earth are you tanning like this?! Do you wish to develop one or several skin cancer(s)? Here ...
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| pine bark and anti oxidants | 11/19/2009 |
Q: I could not find the right category. Hope you can help. One of the causes of cancer is free ...
A: I do not know anything about any "marine pine bark". It may or may not be true. I simply do not ...
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| Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer | 11/18/2009 |
Q: My grandfather passed away on 24th June 2009 with Pancreatic Cancer. He was admitted to hospital on ...
A: It may have extended his life somewhat and eased his symptoms for some time but probably not by much ...
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| Test Results can it be cancer? | 11/17/2009 |
Q: I have test results from 03 and 06 where I was pregnant. I been experiencing symptoms such as ...
A: Based on the information you have given me there is NO reason to assume that there is any cancer ...
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| ovarian issues | 11/16/2009 |
Q: "Hi I am a 33 white female with a 2 year old daughter I am have anxiety as well. I had a pap 1 year ...
A: Without an examination it is IMPOSSIBLE to tell you what this may be! I therefore strongly suggest ...
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| radiation or chemo for suspected recurrent pancreatic cancer | 11/15/2009 |
Q: , My husband Vinay is 43 yrs old Pancreatic Cancer patient had whipples in Sept 2007. He is ...
A: There are risks, but honestly I do not see much of a choice, though surgical preparations may be ...
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| Small bump on neck | 11/14/2009 |
Q: I'm a 23 year old male (if that matters). I noticed a small bump in my neck and it's constantly ...
A: Without an examination it is not possible to tell you what it is. So you should let a doctor check ...
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| cancer drugs | 11/13/2009 |
Q: why does cancer drugs such as paclitaxel and vinca alkaloids only target cancer cells and not other ...
A: Different drugs often act in different ways. These drugs also do affect normal cells. That is the ...
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| Endometrial Cancer? | 11/12/2009 |
Q: I asked you a question last week but couldnt find it for reference. A brief summary......I am 39, 2 ...
A: A tumor can be very small - even microscopic. So cells can be found from such a tumor. If it is ...
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| Angiosarcoma | 11/12/2009 |
Q: Q: I have a 22 year-old friend who was recently diagnosed with Angiosarcoma in the right atrium and ...
A: Any sarcoma with this location and which has spread like this must be regarded as very aggressive ...
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| Tumors | 11/11/2009 |
Q: My husband have 2 tumors in his chest one is next to the vena cava and the other next to his ...
A: It is quite difficult to evaluate a case like this from afar. However nothing in what you have ...
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| Endometrial Cancer? | 11/11/2009 |
Q: I asked you a question last week but couldnt find it for reference. A brief summary......I am 39, 2 ...
A: Much of this is something you must discuss with your gynecologist as it is outside my area of ...
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| Non small cell lung cancer in non smoking female | 11/10/2009 |
Q: Greetings.....we have a niece in Alvesta Sweden ! A dear friend was diagnosed 8 months ago with non ...
A: I see. No I do not think it is a mon ey maker. The combined therapy most probably increases her ...
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| Non small cell lung cancer in non smoking female | 11/9/2009 |
Q: Greetings.....we have a niece in Alvesta Sweden ! A dear friend was diagnosed 8 months ago with non ...
A: I see, is she Swedish or American? Am I to understand that her cancer in her brain is different from ...
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| Lump in finger and pain in wrist | 11/9/2009 |
Q: Alright so here we go. I am a 24 year old male in relatively good health. About two months ago I ...
A: Based on this information there is very little evidence - if any - that your wrist pain in any way ...
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| Cancer ?! | 11/6/2009 |
Q: I am paul writing from the republic of malta.....I would appreciate if you could kindly help ...
A: SURE! Please let me have ALL the results of your blood tests so that we can see what kind of anemia ...
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| swollen lymph node | 11/5/2009 |
Q: ok let me first start at the beginning. in July i had a horrible tooth infection. the pain ...
A: Well if a lymph node goes down in size it is a good sign. I think that instead of continued ...
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| swollen lymph node | 11/5/2009 |
Q: ok let me first start at the beginning. in July i had a horrible tooth infection. the pain ...
A: That it feels bigger & harder in the morning is probably due to other causes which have nothing to ...
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| Endometrial biopsy? | 11/5/2009 |
Q: I hope you are doing well. Id like to ask you a question. 2 Years or so, ago, I noticed that I was ...
A: Life is full of surprises and things do change over time. Your cancer risk is probably not high but ...
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| Squamous cell lung cancer | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I am wondering if the following first line chemotherapy schedule should be considered for a patient ...
A: It could at least be considered. I normally do not comment on details of chemotherapy here for the ...
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| Fine Needle Lymph Node Biopsy | 11/3/2009 |
Q: I had a fine needle biopsy performed on an enlarged lymph node. The results were clear of malignancy ...
A: Well there may still some uncertainties there. However if there were any such uncertainties in your ...
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| Stage 4 cancer | 11/2/2009 |
Q: My mother is in the hospital and they say they are 80% sure she has stage 4 cancer, in her lungs, ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about her - and your - problems! Since her cancer has spread to all these ...
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| High lymphocyte count,low neutrophil count | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I have done a CBC on 18 th sep and 25 th sep 2009 because of abdominal pain. the doctors found thro ...
A: In the information you have given me there are no signs or indications that in any way indicate a ...
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| Throat Cancer | 10/31/2009 |
Q: I have just completed 40 radiation treatments and 10 chemo. treatments and I was wondering how long ...
A: Radiation not long afterwards (only cells already hurt (enough) continue to be killed). With ...
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| X-rays | 10/30/2009 |
Q: Beginning last March, when cancer was first detected..I have had a ton of: X-rays, Cat scans, PET/CT ...
A: Well, yes all these examinations will give you radiation doses, especially the CT scans. BUT your ...
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| Adnexal Mass - Ovarian Malignancy? | 10/30/2009 |
Q: After seeing an allergist for chronic urticaria, a GI specialist for what I thought was IBS, a CT ...
A: Well laparascopy is supposed to be more cautious than a laparatomy. However your gynecologist could ...
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| Dying from radiation damage? | 10/28/2009 |
Q: In Oct 2008 my mother was diagnosed with a malignant peritoneal tumour in the area of her kidney. It ...
A: You are welcome! I'm quite sure that her surgery was much more important in forming these adhesions ...
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| Dying from radiation damage? | 10/28/2009 |
Q: In Oct 2008 my mother was diagnosed with a malignant peritoneal tumour in the area of her kidney. It ...
A: First of all, in order to block her ureter (the duct leading urine away from her kidney to her ...
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| uterine cancer | 10/27/2009 |
Q: I am 41 years old and I have just had a radical hysterectomy including lymph node dissection. I have ...
A: You can NEVER be sure that ALL has been removed! So your dr. is quite correct and I fully agree with ...
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| Breast Cancer | 10/27/2009 |
Q: I have breast cancer with lung metastisis. I have discussed with my oncologist a treatment I have ...
A: Yes it is sold in Europe. But I can not engage myself in any drug export business (I can not do so ...
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| Stomach and intestinal symptoms | 10/26/2009 |
Q: I am a 50 year old male who has suffered in the past from ulcers which were treated (I believed ) ...
A: Well that is easier said than done. It depends on in which country you live, where in that country ...
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| Transvaginal Ultrasound | 10/25/2009 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, I ask you a question before about my transvaginal ultrasound and recieved your ...
A: I see nothing alarming in your report. Also if the pathologist did not see anything remarkable in ...
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| enlarge lympnodein groin | 10/25/2009 |
Q: I have a swollen lympnode in myright groin an im scaredits cancer...i had it for a month i did go to ...
A: I have answered your question 2 times before. But you have only read my second answer where I ...
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| enlarged ovaries | 10/24/2009 |
Q: By transvaginal US, my Rt ovary measured 3.0 x2.8 x2.4cm my left measured 3.1 x2.0 x1.9cm. Both ...
A: Well at least you may have an increased risk since you have this family history. There is however no ...
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| enlarge swollen gland in groin | 10/23/2009 |
Q: "Im a 36 yr old healthy female an im so worried bout this ..For the past three weeks to a mth i have ...
A: If it is sore, tender & painful it is probable that it is due to an infection/inflammation. Maybe ...
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| stomach cancer | 10/23/2009 |
Q: I am a 46yo (white) female, I have been checking statistics for stomach cancer and I do see as a ...
A: Yes it is possible but probably not very probable. Well usually (but not always) the medicines work. ...
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| Metastic Malignant Melanoma stage 1111 | 10/22/2009 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with stage 4 metastic malignant melanoma maybe 4 months ago and we have ...
A: If it is a stage 4 (IV) malignant melanoma which it seems to be from your description it has a very ...
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| lung ca cea levels | 10/21/2009 |
Q: 73yo dx with NSClung adenocarcinoma in Feb 2007. On year of therapy of carboplatin, taxol and ...
A: CEA is normally - if positive - correlated to the TOTAL tumor mass/volume. That includes lesions so ...
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| CT Scan of Lun | 10/21/2009 |
Q: I am a Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma patient - going on 6 years now. After being treated with Rituxan (as a ...
A: Well the ONLY sure way to find out what it is is to do this suggested biopsy. I can understand why ...
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| Stage 4 lung cancer with spread to bone and one fracture. | 10/21/2009 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic lung cancer approximately three months ago. After ...
A: Is her lung cancer a primary lung cancer (starting there) or has it spread to there from somewhere ...
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| Swelling after Routine bloodwork | 10/20/2009 |
Q: While I realize this may not be your expertise, I HIGHLY respect your opinion & will give it a shot ...
A: What I think you had there was a bleeding, a hematoma. So no air! That is now getting organized into ...
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| breast mri, biopsy tomorrow | 10/20/2009 |
Q: Paid for an mri because of dense, fibrocystic breasts. Last 5/6 years received mammos and u/s ...
A: Not much anyway. Cancer in situ is more or less microscopical and MRI scans use microwaves like in ...
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| breast mri, biopsy tomorrow | 10/20/2009 |
Q: Paid for an mri because of dense, fibrocystic breasts. Last 5/6 years received mammos and u/s ...
A: If indeed there is something there it is probably in an early stage. Yes it is not possible to say ...
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| breast mri, biopsy tomorrow | 10/19/2009 |
Q: Paid for an mri because of dense, fibrocystic breasts. Last 5/6 years received mammos and u/s ...
A: From the description of your symptoms this is probably (no guarantees!) a normal hormonal reaction ...
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| Swelling after Routine bloodwork | 10/19/2009 |
Q: While I realize this may not be your expertise, I HIGHLY respect your opinion & will give it a shot ...
A: No, most probably not. Since a blood sample was successfully taken - if I have understood you ...
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| cancer | 10/19/2009 |
Q: is cancer of the stomach related to endometriosis?
A: No it is not. Endometriosis - though it in some ways behaves as a tumor - is a benign disease ...
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| Estrogen cream and cancer | 10/19/2009 |
Q: Dr. Dr. Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, My OB-GYN wants me to try Vaginal estrogen cream. (I am 53 and now ...
A: Well there is a big difference between an estrogen creme with mainly a local effect and real ...
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| 6 yr old son with swollen lymph node for almost 2 years | 10/18/2009 |
Q: My son has had a swollen lymph node on the left side of his neck for almost 2 years. He is now 6 ...
A: I agree with his drs. This is probably just a reactive lymph node enlargement. If you want to be ...
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| Amphiphysin Antibody | 10/18/2009 |
Q: My neurologist told me that I have a rare antibody called Amphiphysin or Anti-Amphiphysin or ...
A: None of your symptoms fit any of the syndromes I mentioned. This is probably something that has to ...
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| Prostate cancer at 18? | 10/18/2009 |
Q: I am 18 years old and have been having strange symptoms for about 2 years now. I will go through ...
A: I will not say that a prostate cancer is impossible at your age, but it is most unlikely. Since I ...
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| Amphiphysin Antibody | 10/18/2009 |
Q: My neurologist told me that I have a rare antibody called Amphiphysin or Anti-Amphiphysin or ...
A: Yes it is. However when it is it is a so called paramalignant phenomenon, a symptom associated with ...
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| Metastatic Melanoma | 10/17/2009 |
Q: My father has metastic melanoma in his lungs and, possibly, his brain. He has other medical ...
A: If it indeed has spread to his brain then those symptoms will probably dominate and determine his ...
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| please let me know the treatment for bone cancer | 10/16/2009 |
Q: My mother is suffering a liver cancer. Currently she is taking zadaxine and oxilaplatin for ...
A: I'm not sure any cheap treatment for that exists anywhere. In most cases what is done is ...
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| squamous cell carcinoma | 10/16/2009 |
Q: my friend was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in his neck lymph nodes with unknown primary. ...
A: If it indeed has spread to his brain he may develop stroke like symptoms and even epileptic fits. ...
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| Mets Breast Cancer Chemotheray | 10/15/2009 |
Q: My sister has metasised breast cancer - mainly in the bone but some lesions in the liver. She was ...
A: Well in her case all options seems to have expired. There is in fact some (rather small) hope that ...
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| prostate cancer hormonal treatment | 10/14/2009 |
Q: is it appropriate and/or logical to treat a castrated man with prostate cancer with Trelstar?
A: No. If the man is castrated (not producing any testosterone anyway) nothing can be achieved by ...
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| Bone Lesion | 10/13/2009 |
Q: I am a 25-year old female. I had a CT scan last week because of abdominal pain. The doctor told me ...
A: It may be a tumor but not necessarily so. A bone scan will give them more information but a biopsy ...
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| adenocarcinoma - desease after the operation | 10/12/2009 |
Q: My father,61 year old, had gastric adenocarcinoma and had all of his stomac cut out along with the ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your father! It is probable that it is his cancer that has come back. ...
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| MY FRIEND'S CANCER TREATMENT | 10/12/2009 |
Q: Nordquist: My friend is a (61) year old white female,previously in good health, with a relatively ...
A: Well first of all has any pathology examinations been done on that "hip growth"? Were any of her ...
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| Metastatic Lung Cancer spread to the brain - Symptoms - Time - Options | 10/9/2009 |
Q: Dad is 61 and has 8 kids with my mom ranging from 19 to 42. He was diagnosed with metastatic lung ...
A: Unfortunately there are NO alternatives (medications, therapies etc) that work! Though there are ...
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| Thyroid CA | 10/6/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed with Thyroid CA back in 1996. I had a complete Thyroidectomy and have been CA free ...
A: It is possible. More can not be said at present. We will have to wait for your biopsy results. What ...
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| Damage to spine following radiat. treatm. | 10/5/2009 |
Q: My 86 year old mother received a month of daily radiation for a tumor on her sternum in July. Since ...
A: Yes it is possible but hardly in this case. For that to happen very high radiation doses are ...
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| Ultrasound of Thyroid - report | 10/4/2009 |
Q: Can you please help me? I need to know if my thyroid U/S is highly suggestive of thyroid cancer. ...
A: Most probably what you have is a nodular thyroid which causes this heterogenous picture. Most ...
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| hiccups??? | 10/3/2009 |
Q: Hello! Hope all is well with you. My husband started his chemo yesterday. They gave him Alimta and ...
A: You are welcome! Thanks! Good to hear that he got some relief! Well I'm not sure any such therapy is ...
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| hiccups??? | 10/2/2009 |
Q: Hello! Hope all is well with you. My husband started his chemo yesterday. They gave him Alimta and ...
A: Yes we are well. I have at present no problems to speak of after my 2 months of radiation therapy ...
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| Lung Cancer?? | 10/2/2009 |
Q: This is a question about my nan. For the last couple of months my nan has been suffering from a very ...
A: It is possible but not certain. Has she smoked? About 90% of all lung cancers are associated with ...
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| Query regarding suspected pancreatic cancer | 10/1/2009 |
Q: Good morning, I would kindly request your advice regarding the condition of my wife who is currently ...
A: Such a high value of CA 19.9 MAY indicate a pancreatic cancer. However CT should at least have shown ...
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| PRECANCEROUS CELLS OF THE UTEROUS | 9/29/2009 |
Q: I RECENTLY HAD A HYSTERECTOMY BUT KEPT MY OVARIES, PATHOLOGY REPORTS SHOW PRECANCEROUS CELLS..WHAT ...
A: Where were these precancerous cells found in your uterus? In general: Precancerous cells are NOT ...
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| Liver enzyme levels and ct scan results | 9/28/2009 |
Q: My wife has extrahepatic distal cholangiocarcinoma that was resected with a Whipple procedure in ...
A: No certain conclusions can be made based on these findings alone. To be sure (or as sure as ...
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| spraeding the word! | 9/28/2009 |
Q: Hello! I have been tied up for awhile and now wanted to let you know that I started spreading the ...
A: yes thanks all is well - so far (as usual more or less impossible to predict the future even for ...
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| continued vomiting of mucus | 9/27/2009 |
Q: My husband has metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with no primary. He just had his ...
A: This is an URGENT matter for the dr. in charge of his treatment! If necessary he should be in ...
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| elecated white blood cell count | 9/24/2009 |
Q: My daughter went to the clinic at Texas A&M because she has hand stomach discomfort, soft stools, ...
A: The risk of any injury due to her treatment is very low. A somewhat elevated white blood cell count ...
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| metastatic prostate cancer | 9/23/2009 |
Q: After removal of the prostate and glands I still have cancer. It had spread beyond the glands. PSA ...
A: Yes your PSA after surgery did indicate that not all of your prostate cancer had been removed by ...
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| FOLLOW UP TO LUMP IN LOWER ABDOMEN | 9/23/2009 |
Q: Well when the preliminary report came back on my ultrasound it did come back saying fatty tissue. ...
A: Yes an ultrasound scan is able to detect aneurysms - if you look for them. But the symptoms you have ...
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| asbestos risk - ceiling light | 9/23/2009 |
Q: About 20 years ago I was fixing my ceiling light in my bedroom and a large amount of asbestos dust ...
A: For such a one time exposure (unless dust remained in your bedroom) it is impossible to give you any ...
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| LUMP IN LOWER ABDOMEN | 9/22/2009 |
Q: "I noticed a smooth round lump between my naval and pubic bone, which is set maybe a little off to ...
A: It may be a lipoma (a small fatty tumor). Without being able to examine it myself it is impossible ...
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| Chemotherapy drugs Xeloda | 9/22/2009 |
Q: If the terminal cancer under control.When can we stop taking the drugs Xeloda?
A: If a terminal cancer is under control by chemotherapy that chemotherapy can normally not stop (since ...
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| spraeding the word! | 9/21/2009 |
Q: Hello! I have been tied up for awhile and now wanted to let you know that I started spreading the ...
A: Well immunotherapy is still VERY experimental with uncertain results so it is not anything I can ...
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| lymphoma | 9/16/2009 |
Q: I do have some questions. Is a thyroid nodule that was homogenous and then changed to heterogenous ...
A: Not necessarily but it should be checked. If I happened to be your dr. I would order fna biopsies ...
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| kidney lesions | 9/16/2009 |
Q: I recently looked over CT scan results of 2 years ago to check on a non-kidney related issue and I ...
A: This was 2 years ago and you were then 40 years of age. And now 2 years later you have still no ...
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| FollowUP | 9/14/2009 |
Q: I hope all is well. I wrote to you before (I have copied & pasted the origional posting to you) for ...
A: There are many tests that are done in the US not because they are medically necessary but because ...
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| Radiation sickness? | 9/13/2009 |
Q: I'm sure I'm running up a rather large bill here haha. What would the most likely cause of radiation ...
A: I suppose you mean prepare for the worst and hope for the best! Well that is probably a sound ...
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| Radiation sickness? | 9/13/2009 |
Q: I'm sure I'm running up a rather large bill here haha. What would the most likely cause of radiation ...
A: Well AllExperts owned by About in turn I think owned by New York Times has a different idea on that. ...
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| bowel cancer | 9/12/2009 |
Q: My mother has been diagnosed with grade 2 slow growing bowel cancer for the second time having had ...
A: Cancers like patients are individuals not identical copies/clones! Without knowing the pathology, ...
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| Radiation sickness? | 9/12/2009 |
Q: I'm sure I'm running up a rather large bill here haha. What would the most likely cause of radiation ...
A: Acute radiation sickness here is rather impossible since the total (whole body) radiation dose of a ...
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| stage 4 colon cancer that has spread lesions to the brain | 9/11/2009 |
Q: My wife has been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer-has spread to the brain-I understand that I ...
A: Unfortunately most colon cancers (except those of the rectum) are not very sensitive to radiation so ...
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| adeno carcinoma | 9/10/2009 |
Q: are there any lung disorders that can mimic adenoma carcinoma lung cancer? If you receive a stage 4 ...
A: Well the case of my neighbor was 30 years ago. I only brought it up as an illustration of a similar ...
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| FollowUP | 9/8/2009 |
Q: I hope all is well. I wrote to you before (I have copied & pasted the origional posting to you) for ...
A: 1. The ONLY thing that has been discussed here to my knowledge is inflammation of some sort. NOTHING ...
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| adeno carcinoma | 9/7/2009 |
Q: are there any lung disorders that can mimic adenoma carcinoma lung cancer? If you receive a stage 4 ...
A: The symptoms of any lung carcinoma (not just an adenocarcinoma) are very subtle and vague until the ...
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| cervical cancer | 9/6/2009 |
Q: I am a 34 year old female who started to experience light spotting in the middle of my cycle during ...
A: Anything is possible, though a cervical cancer is less probable - BUT can not be completely ruled ...
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| Clarification about tests and possible carcinoma diagnosis | 9/6/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, Greetings! My father has undergone CT chest and the report reveals: - mediastinal ...
A: Sorry about that! So both your father's gastroenterologist and I were unfortunately wrong in our ...
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| High White Blood Cell Count | 9/3/2009 |
Q: I am a 26 year old male and am a little freaked out. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was ...
A: Alex, yes you ARE a hypochondriac. But let us be realistic. You gums may contribute - no more - to ...
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| endometrial sonogram | 9/2/2009 |
Q: Nordquist. I have a family history of colon cancer and am of Ashkenazic Jewish heritage. My ...
A: Your hormonal treatment may indeed increase your risk of an endometrial cancer (as well as your risk ...
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| High White Blood Cell Count | 9/1/2009 |
Q: I am a 26 year old male and am a little freaked out. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was ...
A: Your dental problem may also be a cause. Your virus infection may start giving blood results before ...
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| High White Blood Cell Count | 9/1/2009 |
Q: I am a 26 year old male and am a little freaked out. I went to the doctor yesterday because I was ...
A: Alex, your blood white cell level is completely explained by your cold. 11.8 is a SMALL increase and ...
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| Clarification about tests and possible carcinoma diagnosis | 8/31/2009 |
Q: Nordquist, Greetings! My father has undergone CT chest and the report reveals: - mediastinal ...
A: 1. Not necessarily. See below. 2. See 1. 3. Well, yes but not probable so that is not my main ...
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| Soft Tissue Masses | 8/30/2009 |
Q: I would appreciate your advice on the following concerns I have:- Two lesions have been discovered ...
A: If you really want to know what these lesions are it can be found out by fine/thin needle aspiration ...
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| Liver/lung/kidney Cancer | 8/30/2009 |
Q: My father in law was diagnosed with lung cancer a while back, he refused treatment and it has ...
A: There is only one type of cancer here, lung cancer, which has spread to all the other locations! ...
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| Breast Cancer spread | 8/29/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed with IDC in my right breast Aug 2007. Her2 positive, ER/PR-, grade 3, 5 out of 22 ...
A: In view of your high risk of a relapse with this type of cancer I see no point in waiting. I ...
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| Understanding Kinetics | 8/29/2009 |
Q: Can you help me to understand kinetics on breast mri. Is washout malignant or persistant? My MRi ...
A: 1.It can be tried. Good if it can be done. Then everything possible has been done. Maybe a ...
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| Understanding Kinetics | 8/28/2009 |
Q: Can you help me to understand kinetics on breast mri. Is washout malignant or persistant? My MRi ...
A: 1. As far as I can see the MRI only HINTED at some findings that MAY have to do with inflammation - ...
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| Possible lymphoma? | 8/28/2009 |
Q: I'm a 36 year old Female and up until recently no health problems at all. I have been feeling not ...
A: Instead of speculating I can only tell you that if you INSIST on it & DEMAND it you can have ...
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| Possible lymphoma? | 8/28/2009 |
Q: I'm a 36 year old Female and up until recently no health problems at all. I have been feeling not ...
A: For a lymphoma to be be present there must be a lymphoma somewhere. A lymphoma is a malignant tumor ...
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| Bile duct cancer | 8/26/2009 |
Q: My mother has bile duct cancer and has about 45-60 days to live. Is there a site that can help us ...
A: Both my parents died of this. The process is very fast. When the patient is jaundiced the end is not ...
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| renal cell carcinoma | 8/25/2009 |
Q: I have a friend who was diagnosed ten months ago with collecting duct carcinoma, stage IV. What ype ...
A: Treatment for pain depends on what type of and degree of pain that the patient suffers from. While ...
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| BREAST MRI | 8/24/2009 |
Q: I hope you can help me to understand my MRI report. Its amazing, one would think after a radiologist ...
A: To see if there is any change and if so what. Maybe but rather doubtful. I very much doubt it is ...
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| BREAST MRI | 8/23/2009 |
Q: I hope you can help me to understand my MRI report. Its amazing, one would think after a radiologist ...
A: Well to begin with it is NOT a tumor! And that is the important part. It is probably an infection or ...
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| 6cm Solid mass in sternalnotch | 8/23/2009 |
Q: I am a 37 yr old female living near the coast in Australia. I recently had a mass found in my ...
A: It seems you have extra thyroid gland tissues there going down a bit between your lungs. This is not ...
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| Could I have Cancer (Inflammatory)? | 8/23/2009 |
Q: First, Thank You for taking time to read my post. I noticed one of my breasts seem to have more ...
A: With regards to thickening, YOU used a similar word "thicker" so I suppose that you know what you ...
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| Could I have Cancer (Inflammatory)? | 8/23/2009 |
Q: First, Thank You for taking time to read my post. I noticed one of my breasts seem to have more ...
A: This is the second time in a short while that I get this type of question. Humans are rarely ...
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| Mom diagnosed with Breast and Omentum cancer | 8/21/2009 |
Q: My Mom is 67. Had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 30 years ago and has suffered from trauma related ...
A: OK, a colon cancer is definitely a possibility. If a colonoscopy has been done they probably have ...
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| spinal cancer | 8/20/2009 |
Q: My friend recently had an MRI and the doctors found 8 tumors on a small fraction of his spine and he ...
A: Brain cancers rarely spread outside the central nervous system but some spread within it (including ...
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| Mom diagnosed with Breast and Omentum cancer | 8/20/2009 |
Q: My Mom is 67. Had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 30 years ago and has suffered from trauma related ...
A: Yes 2 cancers are a possibility and such coincidences do happen though not common. It is probable ...
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| Chondromas | 8/19/2009 |
Q: I have severe pain on my right the anterior rib, and on the underside of my left foot below the big ...
A: Chondromas are benign tumors. They are treated surgically so in fact outside my area of expertise ...
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| Liver Nodule- resection or other treatment options | 8/18/2009 |
Q: Good Morning, My father is currently debating treatment options for a liver nodule we just recently ...
A: If I have understood you correctly you still do not have any final diagnosis. If so I think that ...
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| multiple forms of cancer | 8/17/2009 |
Q: In June of 2007, I was diagnosed with low grade bladder cancer. The tumor was removed and I have ...
A: Breast cancers and uterine cancers do follow the same pattern so having one increases the risk of ...
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| Adenocarcinoma | 8/13/2009 |
Q: Good morning Sir, My Dad, 83 years old, has been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma 4 years ago. He's ...
A: Bon soir! Malheureusement mon francais maintenant est tres mauvais parsque j'ai oubliee beaucoup - ...
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| Melanoma Stage IV | 8/10/2009 |
Q: My grandfather was diagnosed with Melanoma and it is in his liver, lungs, spleen, and a tumor is ...
A: Yes unfortunately you are quite right he is now a stage 4 case. Are they sure it is not in his brain ...
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| Non-Caseating Granuloma Pathology | 8/10/2009 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, I have spoken w/you before re: ulna bone tumor (along w/nightsweats, l.g.fevers, ...
A: Sarcoidosis is a strange inflammatory illness. Your pathology reports - so far - do not indicate any ...
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| Non-small cell lung cancer radiation therapy | 8/7/2009 |
Q: Goddag Dr. Nordquist I was diagnosed with Stage 3B nsclc, adenocarcinoma active in mediastinal, ...
A: You are most welcome! Thanks! I'm rather pleased with my own results. My PSA has gone down from 8.8 ...
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| Non-small cell lung cancer radiation therapy | 8/6/2009 |
Q: Goddag Dr. Nordquist I was diagnosed with Stage 3B nsclc, adenocarcinoma active in mediastinal, ...
A: Guten Tag/bon jour, danke/merci! Well it is possible but by no means certain or perhaps even ...
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| Inflammatory Breast cancer | 8/5/2009 |
Q: I wanted to post a follow-up question regarding IBC, if you would be so kind. 1)Does IBC ALWAYS ...
A: You are very welcome! Thanks! Well, many surgeons just do not like needle biopsies. They give a lot ...
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| Inflammatory Breast cancer | 8/4/2009 |
Q: I wanted to post a follow-up question regarding IBC, if you would be so kind. 1)Does IBC ALWAYS ...
A: Well since there are NO signs of any tumor and the signs over all are vague I do not think that any ...
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| bruised feeling but no visible bruise | 8/4/2009 |
Q: I had chemo and radiation for lymphoma 11 years ago. I have recently noticed, on my right arm, near ...
A: Since you can not feel any lump there your sarcoma risk is probably small. Yes such sensory symptoms ...
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| bruised feeling but no visible bruise | 8/4/2009 |
Q: I had chemo and radiation for lymphoma 11 years ago. I have recently noticed, on my right arm, near ...
A: Kiitos! Hyvä päivä! OK, I'll answer in English since I have forgotten most (but not all) of my ...
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| Large Cell Lung Cancer | 8/3/2009 |
Q: I am writing to you in the hope of some light. My father (75 years old) has been diagnosed with ...
A: I doubt that surgery is an option here (even in combination with the other treatments), If it should ...
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| stage 3 melanoma that has spread | 8/1/2009 |
Q: My mother has been dealing with Stage 3 melanoma for 3 years now. She had a clear PET scan in April ...
A: Unfortunately if these findings are confirmed (by biopsies) her prognosis is very bad. It is then a ...
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| nasophygeal vancer | 7/31/2009 |
Q: My father has small mass is noted at the area of the nasopharynx on the right side, the ...
A: I think radiation therapy is necessary here, maybe in combination with surgery. Surgical neck ...
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| Treatment for liver cancer | 7/31/2009 |
Q: My mother is suffering a liver cancer. Currently she is taking zadaxine and oxilaplatin for that.for ...
A: Unfortunately, if that happens at all - I have never seen one - it is VERY rare. It may be necessary ...
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| Giant Cell Tumor | 7/30/2009 |
Q: My friend has giant cell tumor that has spread to her lungs. She has undergone radiation,and medical ...
A: This seems to be a very aggressive tumor and if it is not responding to radiation or chemotherapy I ...
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| Large Cell Lung Cancer | 7/30/2009 |
Q: I am writing to you in the hope of some light. My father (75 years old) has been diagnosed with ...
A: Since it seems to grow into a rib (per continuitatem/by continuous growth) it is by definition a ...
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| Stage 4 secondary bone cancer | 7/30/2009 |
Q: My Mother had inflammatory breast cancer in 2005. She had surgery, chemotherapy and radiation ...
A: Her end is not necessarily near. That depends on how well she will respond to her treatment. Both ...
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| spinal cancer | 7/29/2009 |
Q: My friend recently had an MRI and the doctors found 8 tumors on a small fraction of his spine and he ...
A: If this is either a sign of a primary central nervous system malignancy (less probable with so many ...
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| when to see an oncologist | 7/29/2009 |
Q: I have just been diagnosed with lung cancer,(i don't know what kind), but they have to remove the ...
A: Surgeons have a tendency of relying ONLY on surgery so DEMAND that you also should see an ...
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| bile duct cancer | 7/27/2009 |
Q: My father has bile duct cancer. He was diagnosed last Aug. He was given radiation and then put in ...
A: I'm very sorry for his - and your - problems! Especially as my own father died of the same thing and ...
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| Inflammatory Breast cancer | 7/25/2009 |
Q: I wanted to post a follow-up question regarding IBC, if you would be so kind. 1)Does IBC ALWAYS ...
A: 1. Yes, enlargement alone is not enough for a diagnosis - or even suspicion - of IBC. 2. There is no ...
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| colon cancer / carcinomatous masses omentum | 7/23/2009 |
Q: Recently I had 14inchs of my colon removed due to a tumor. I have had a pet and cat scan done and ...
A: Well there is a difference to what can be found by microscopy etc. in pathology and what can be ...
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| colon cancer / carcinomatous masses omentum | 7/23/2009 |
Q: Recently I had 14inchs of my colon removed due to a tumor. I have had a pet and cat scan done and ...
A: Well when a part of your colon was removed surgically the part of your omentum that was connected to ...
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| illdefined hyper extenuating intraluminal mass | 7/22/2009 |
Q: I have a 55 year old father who informed me earlier today that he has an ill defined hyper ...
A: Ok, thanks! Then it is probable that he has a tumor in his urine bladder. Should be investigated ...
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| illdefined hyper extenuating intraluminal mass | 7/22/2009 |
Q: I have a 55 year old father who informed me earlier today that he has an ill defined hyper ...
A: He has a mass (probably = a tumor) inside something which can in this case be many things for ...
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| nodule in back near spine | 7/22/2009 |
Q: My doctor after reviewing a radiologist findings wants me to remove a nodule in my back. He says it ...
A: There is most probably no connection with your mammograms. The only reason I can think of is that he ...
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| possible lymphoma? | 7/21/2009 |
Q: I am 26/F and have been in good health until recently. I've been having recurrent yeast infections, ...
A: if you start checking your neck carefully I'm sure you will find quite a few lymph nodes there. That ...
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| prostate cancer | 7/20/2009 |
Q: about 2-3 years ago, he had a prostectamy, and all was fine, despite being advised to have ...
A: Unfortunately that is a question that in this situation is impossible to answer. Depends on the ...
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| colon cancer | 7/19/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed June 2008 with stage 1 colon cancer. I had a LAR June 20th and 10 days later ...
A: Where in your colon was was your cancer located? In your rectum? How big was it? Its grade? Its ...
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| Squamous cell tumor | 7/19/2009 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, I appreciate the opportunity of asking some questions. First off, I wish it be ...
A: I'm not sure I could produce such a list today even for a human patient in this situation, much less ...
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| Squamous cell tumor | 7/19/2009 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, I appreciate the opportunity of asking some questions. First off, I wish it be ...
A: This was difficult! I have in my past been both a dog and a cat owner and like both dogs and cats ...
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| Stage IV Malignant Melanoma | 7/17/2009 |
Q: A family member was recently diagnosed with Stage IV Malignant Melanoma. A suspicious mole was ...
A: Yes that is unfortunately true. It is not possible to be very precise in such a prediction but it is ...
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| Colon Cancer spread to lungs and aorta | 7/16/2009 |
Q: My father has been recently diagnosed with colon cancer. Beginning of this week, when they opened ...
A: Unfortunately it is impossible to give you a precise answer since cancers like patients are ...
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| DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO DIAGNOSE IBC | 7/16/2009 |
Q: Id like to ask if you could explain how it is through all literature Ive read that Mamos, U/Sounds & ...
A: 1. If there are no such signs it is MOST unlikely that an IBC is present! If only some edema is ...
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| DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO DIAGNOSE IBC | 7/16/2009 |
Q: Id like to ask if you could explain how it is through all literature Ive read that Mamos, U/Sounds & ...
A: The only SURE diagnosis of an IBC is by pathology examination of a biopsy. But the other modalities ...
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| Metastisized Stomach Cancer | 7/15/2009 |
Q: Last year my father in law had his stomach, 3 meters of bowel and distal portion of the esophagus ...
A: It may be possible (at least theoretically it is) but not very probable. On the other hand does he ...
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| lung cancer stage iv | 7/15/2009 |
Q: One year ago my husband had a right pneumonectomy due to diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma. The ...
A: Such predictions are always uncertain, but my "educated guess" would be at most one year probably ...
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| prostate or rectum cancer. | 7/15/2009 |
Q: my father 65 years old. He has PSA level 8.9ng/mL CEA 0.9 ng/mL CA 19.9 28.7 U/mL. After CT scan ...
A: No a prostate cancer that spreads to the rectum will not result in an increased CEA. His CEA seems ...
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| Cancer? | 7/14/2009 |
Q: Sorry for the long post but last months I had various problems. Three moths ago I got shingles. So I ...
A: You are correct, there are laboratory differences. None of these findings makes me suspect a cancer. ...
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| melonoma | 7/14/2009 |
Q: my mother had a meolonma removed from under her skin near left ear, they also took out 4-5 lymph ...
A: There is unfortunately not much else that can be done. Malignant melanomas are usually not very ...
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| my brothers illness | 7/11/2009 |
Q: You have really travelled a lot which I think is fantastic,South Africa is very nice, Cape Town, ...
A: No I'm retired due to my stroke almost 7 years ago that left me partly paralyzed in my left side. It ...
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| Face swelling | 7/11/2009 |
Q: Good Morning, I need to give you some background My mother ten years ago was diagnosed with ...
A: The most probable reason for both her swelling and her breathing & eating difficulties is some sort ...
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| brothers melanoma spread to spleen and brain | 7/11/2009 |
Q: Firstly I am very pleased to hear that your radiation was a success, makes me happy to hear these ...
A: I have never been to South Africa - or to anywhere in Africa. I have been a lot to Asia, all over ...
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| brothers melanoma spread to spleen and brain | 7/11/2009 |
Q: Firstly I am very pleased to hear that your radiation was a success, makes me happy to hear these ...
A: Well, I did suspect that that was the reason, but I had to find out to be sure! :-) ;-) Well ...
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| brothers melanoma spread to spleen and brain | 7/10/2009 |
Q: Firstly I am very pleased to hear that your radiation was a success, makes me happy to hear these ...
A: I have not found anything wrong with your English so far - it is certainly better than mine since ...
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| Suspected liver metastasis | 7/9/2009 |
Q: Good day Dr.Claes-Gustaf Nordquist. My niece 28yrs had breast cancer and an operation was done to ...
A: I think we have to take first things first. First it must be established what these lesions are! By ...
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| Lumps/Neck | 7/7/2009 |
Q: Hey there, I am currently worried about the increase in lumps on my neck. I had a swollen lymph ...
A: If the procedure is available where you are in the UK all your lumps can be checked with fine/thin ...
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| Neck problems | 7/7/2009 |
Q: I have been complaining of pressure on the left side of my neck x 2 years. I sometimes choke on my ...
A: Both your lymph nodes and your thyroid nodules can be checked by needle biopsies (by for example ...
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| Malignant melanoma | 7/5/2009 |
Q: 5 days ago i was diagnosed with malignant melanoma,superficial spreading type. the breslow thickness ...
A: Well that is not small. So unfortunately this is a serious matter. Please keep me posted with the ...
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| Malignant melanoma | 7/5/2009 |
Q: 5 days ago i was diagnosed with malignant melanoma,superficial spreading type. the breslow thickness ...
A: How big was your mole on the surface of your skin? It seems to be rather serious though. Yes more ...
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| please help | 7/1/2009 |
Q: my father had an abdominal ultrasound scan which showed multiple hepatic metastases and ...
A: He probably has a pncreas cancer that has spread to his liver etc. It seems his cancer infiltration ...
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| Concerned about strange mass on my leg | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I am a 19 year old male, and I am have this unusual mass (I am unsure what else to call it) on my ...
A: Absolutely! Let an orthopedic surgeon check you soonest! Sorry, your picture is not of much help ...
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| Alpha-Fetoprotein and Liver cancer | 6/29/2009 |
Q: My dad who is 52 years old recently told me about a medical check up where the results he obtained ...
A: alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is best used to monitor treatment results in the treatment of liver cancer ...
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| stomach polyps | 6/25/2009 |
Q: My son is 52 years of age. He recently had a biopsy to determine if polyps removed from his stomach ...
A: If what he has is indeed a case of true polyps I doubt that any elisa test or any diet would be of ...
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| spinal & breast cancer | 6/22/2009 |
Q: my sister in law just found out Saturday, June 20, 2009 that she has breast cancer and stage 4 ...
A: I suppose that what she has is a stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to her spine since that is ...
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| sarcomatoid tumors | 6/22/2009 |
Q: my husband was diagnosed with a sarcomatoid tumor in his left kidney and had it removed in June of ...
A: I'm very sorry to read of his - and your - problems! This situation is - as I'm sure you already ...
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| Cancer of the spine | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I have a 83 year old grandfather with stage 4 spine cancer and lung cancer but he is loaded with it ...
A: Is his lung cancer a primary lung cancer that has spread to his spine? If so his survival time can ...
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| radiation inflammation | 6/20/2009 |
Q: I had abdominal radiation ending late April 2009 (for ovarian cancer). My cancer markers are ...
A: Yes CA125 is elevated in some inflammations in the abdominal area and at least theoretically ...
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| possible cancer | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I went to the doctor recently because I fell and was walking off balance, when I went, they admitted ...
A: Good! Well since all facts are not known yet there may have been reason for the vagueness. ...
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| possible cancer | 6/19/2009 |
Q: I went to the doctor recently because I fell and was walking off balance, when I went, they admitted ...
A: Carol, this is serious! Regardless of why you fell we can not get around what they did find on your ...
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| Lung Cancer - concerned it's spread | 6/18/2009 |
Q: My mom was dianosed with non small cell lung cancer (Stage 3A). Prior to surgery, she had three ...
A: Unfortunately it is actually rather common for lung cancers to spread to the brain. Lung cancer ...
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| Lump in Neck | 6/18/2009 |
Q: it's about 2cm across in size and is of a oval type shape. It's about 7cm down the side of my neck ...
A: Since it has not changed at all in 3 years it is probably not dangerous. But if you want to know ...
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| CA 19.9 test. | 6/17/2009 |
Q: Doctor.A Ca 19.9 blood test was perform on my sister on may/09 and it was 83.9. Although her Doctor ...
A: There are no evidence of anything dangerous at all in her pancreas. There are some slight evidence ...
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| Mom's Lung Cancer | 6/15/2009 |
Q: My mom had a lobectomy of her left lung, had chemo and radiation and from the results of her PET ...
A: Yes this IS serious. There are signs (her PET scan) that her cancer has spread to her liver. That is ...
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| high dose(neutron) radiation exposure/illness | 6/14/2009 |
Q: I am a PhD nuclear engineer/scientist, exposed to high dose(neutron) radiation from research ...
A: I would like to help you but I'm myself retired after a stroke 6.5 years ago and I have just had ...
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| CA 19.9 test. | 6/12/2009 |
Q: Doctor.A Ca 19.9 blood test was perform on my sister on may/09 and it was 83.9. Although her Doctor ...
A: If her CA 19.9 has been elevated every time but all on around the same level and her MRI scans all ...
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| Stage IV Lung Cancer with Mets to Liver | 6/11/2009 |
Q: A family member has Stage IV Lung Cancer, which is present on both lungs and has metastasized to ...
A: Yes that may be the unfortunate conclusion of this. It seems that the present chemotherapy is not ...
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| Radiationtherapy | 6/10/2009 |
Q: I had chemotherapy (BACOD x6) and radiationtherapy to my chest and right armpit for non-hodgkin's ...
A: No I meant 8%! Actually it is somewhat lower than that. I did a standard probability calculation ...
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| Radiationtherapy | 6/9/2009 |
Q: I had chemotherapy (BACOD x6) and radiationtherapy to my chest and right armpit for non-hodgkin's ...
A: Yes there is a risk that is true. But it is also true that at that time you had a malignant lymphoma ...
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| PET results | 6/8/2009 |
Q: Nordquist: I wrote to you last week regarding 3 nodules in lungs identified on a CT of the chest. ...
A: Well that is good and may be a good sign. But unfortunately CEA tests do have some uncertainties ...
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| RADIATION | 6/7/2009 |
Q: My sister in law has had a recurrence of breast cancer three years after going into remission. It ...
A: In this situation it is difficult to know precisely what is caused by her illness and what is caused ...
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| PET results | 6/7/2009 |
Q: Nordquist: I wrote to you last week regarding 3 nodules in lungs identified on a CT of the chest. ...
A: 1. They may well be unrelated but I'm not sure. So they may also be related. 2. No, it depends to a ...
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| Lump | 6/7/2009 |
Q: I have a very large lump on the left side of my neck that seems to swell out more as I eat and ...
A: Sorry, I'm a Swede living in Stockholm Sweden so I do not know where you can get such treatment. ...
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| Multiple Precancers and How to Reduce Risk | 6/4/2009 |
Q: There has been some cancer in my family, but it has not been a strong theme. I had a Stage 0 breast ...
A: The only things you can do is to have regular breast (with mammography, ultrasound & MRI breast ...
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| spinal cancer | 6/3/2009 |
Q: my dad 70 years old was diagnosed w/stage4 (matastisized)spinal cancer in april and was in denial ...
A: OK, so this is a stage 4 lung cancer that has spread to his spine and then has been given radiation ...
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| childhood cancer survivor | 6/3/2009 |
Q: In 1963,at 6 years old, I had a mass of rhabdomyosarcoma removed from two ribs on my left side and ...
A: Only to 1. have regular medical check ups and 2. contact your dr. whenever any symptom or sign ...
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| spinal cancer | 6/3/2009 |
Q: my dad 70 years old was diagnosed w/stage4 (matastisized)spinal cancer in april and was in denial ...
A: If this is a stage 4 cancer that has spread to his spine from elsewhere (from where?) he is indeed a ...
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| marginal zone lymphoma B cell | 6/2/2009 |
Q: AT FIRST THEY TOLD MY HUSBAND HE HAD NODAL MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA AND THEN HE GOT ANOTHER LYMPH ...
A: It may be curable but I can not promise anything. I'm sure his treatment has already been guided by ...
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| sqaumous cell carcinoma and cord blood | 6/1/2009 |
Q: My 64 yr old father was diagnosed with stage 4b sqaumous cell carcinoma in the Fall of 2005. He did ...
A: if your father's cancer in the fall of 2005 was diagnosed as a stage 4b cancer it would be ...
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| hurthle thyroid cancer | 5/30/2009 |
Q: my sister is 52 years old and is scheduled for complete removal of the thyroid gland, she had part ...
A: This is a rather rare form of thyroid cancer (also such tumors in general are uncommon). It should ...
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| Weighing the need for Chemotherapy | 5/30/2009 |
Q: My brother-in-law is was a healthy, active 71-yr old until his dermatologist detected a squamous ...
A: First of all if it is the same cancer that he originally had in his skin that has spread to his ...
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| Mesenteric Lymph Nodes & Testicular Cancer Staging II | 5/30/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed with stage 1 testicular cancer in March 2008. The infected testicle was removed that ...
A: Your question confuses me somewhat. You have written stage II (2) in your headline, but in your ...
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| muscle injury/rash/itchy | 5/29/2009 |
Q: I have had for 3 years, and remain to have, a band of burning muscle across my mid thigh about 2 in. ...
A: Sorry, I'm here ONLY as a cancer dr. and your symptoms and signs do not indicate a cancer as their ...
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| high lymphocytes and WBC | 5/29/2009 |
Q: Yes, my lymphocyte and wbc count have been elevated since November 2008, Now my last reading for my ...
A: These symptoms and signs are alone too unspecific to point in any certain direction. To get further ...
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| Primary Bowel Cancer | 5/27/2009 |
Q: My sister who is 49 has been diagnosed with primary bowel cancer and secondary cancer of the liver, ...
A: In the long run very bad. No cure is at present possible. On the other hand chemotherapy may be able ...
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| Primary Bowel Cancer | 5/27/2009 |
Q: My sister who is 49 has been diagnosed with primary bowel cancer and secondary cancer of the liver, ...
A: Her additional bone metastasies does not really change her therapy or prognosis (she is still a ...
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| spinal tumor/ sisc in my lung | 5/26/2009 |
Q: I'm a 43yr old woman, 5yrs ago a a lesion was spotted on my spine from a mri that was compressing ...
A: Without access to your x-ray & MRI pictures of this spinal lesion of yours and above all a pathology ...
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| gall bladder cancer | 5/25/2009 |
Q: My dad (73 yo wm) went into surgery to remove gall bladder(stones) and the top 1/3 of his liver ...
A: Unfortunately the time estimates you mention are about right. My own mother died of this very cancer ...
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| cancer found post Lap.hyst. | 5/24/2009 |
Q: After years of heavy bleeding anemia, weight loss and pelvic pain and a diagnosis on severe ...
A: Well that is an entirely different ball game! Uterine (endometrial) cancer can often (but not ...
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| MASS on ovary? | 5/21/2009 |
Q: ive been feeling generally unwell and my GP did a CEA test, which came back with a score of 8 so i ...
A: Any ovarian mass SHOULD be checked by a gynecologist. The absence of blood flow makes it less likely ...
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| cancer thyroid follow up | 5/19/2009 |
Q: Nordquist I am male 33 years old from Egypt .Since 1-5-2008 I had neck swelling in the right side ...
A: As far as I can tell from your excellent summary all that can be done has been done. What you mainly ...
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| Stage 4 malignant melanoma | 5/18/2009 |
Q: My mother in law has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma and it has progressed due to her ...
A: It is very hard to make any precise predictions. If it has spread to her brain (your question is ...
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| multiple cancer types in one patient | 5/17/2009 |
Q: Our best friend was diagnosed in 2002 with shoulder bone cancer. The cancerous bone was removed and ...
A: Diverticulitis is NOT a cancer. It is at least possible that his bone lesion was related to his ...
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| Prostatectomy; Elevated PSA | 5/17/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2007. He underwent a radical retro-pubic ...
A: Well it seems he still has some PSA producing tissues. Hormone treatment could be tried under PSA ...
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| Scalp Acne(?) Following Chemotherapy | 5/16/2009 |
Q: I am in the process of being treated for breast cancer. I have had two rounds of taxotere/cytoxan ...
A: Well your description seems to describe a very strong reaction. I have never seen anything similar. ...
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| Utras Cancer | 5/16/2009 |
Q: I am printing CT scan report of my mother ,, do any one have any idea wht stage of cancer it is? ...
A: There unfortunately seems to be a uterine cancer in the cavity of her uterus (womb) and that that ...
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| neck tumor | 5/15/2009 |
Q: Could you possible tell me in plain English what this means? Multiple irregularly enhancing nodules ...
A: I see. Well that part is probably a strictly surgical problem and should therefore be directed to a ...
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| radiation after neck surgey | 5/15/2009 |
Q: my father found a cancerous lump in the left side of his throat, which led to surgery to remove the ...
A: If there is nerve damage it is most doubtful that anything can be done. MRI scans MAY give us more ...
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| Liver Cancer Questions | 5/14/2009 |
Q: My best friend's mother was diagnosed with liver cancer about a month and a half ago and we are just ...
A: Well when her liver gets worse she will definitely get more jaundiced (best place to look is the ...
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| Liver Cancer Questions | 5/13/2009 |
Q: My best friend's mother was diagnosed with liver cancer about a month and a half ago and we are just ...
A: Her survival time may be influenced by how successful her treatment has been - of which I know ...
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| strange cancer story | 5/12/2009 |
Q: My mother recently died in the home of a family member under suspicious circumstances, attributed to ...
A: There are some question marks here. If you are not satisfied with the matter you should proceed to ...
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| swollen lymph node 4 year old | 5/12/2009 |
Q: My four year old daughter was looking up a few weeks ago and I noticed a lump the size of a grape ...
A: The only sure way of knowing what this is is by a biopsy. But it does not have to be a surgical ...
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| Mothers lung cancer | 5/11/2009 |
Q: My mother recently died of lung cancer at 48. I would say she smoked maybe 1-2 packs a day. She was ...
A: Yes they can but not often (10% of their lung cancers as I have already told you). It is NOT the ...
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| Mothers lung cancer | 5/11/2009 |
Q: My mother recently died of lung cancer at 48. I would say she smoked maybe 1-2 packs a day. She was ...
A: Ok, it is very probable that her lung cancer was not caused by her smoking. Your great-great uncle's ...
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| Low WBC and fatigue | 5/11/2009 |
Q: I had a hysterectomy in December 2008. Ever since that procedure, I have been experiencing fatigue ...
A: Based on so little information there is not much I can tell you at present but an extensive ...
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| Mothers lung cancer | 5/11/2009 |
Q: My mother recently died of lung cancer at 48. I would say she smoked maybe 1-2 packs a day. She was ...
A: Before cigarettes became popular lung cancer was rather rare - about 10% of the present rate and ...
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| Lung Cancer critical decision | 5/10/2009 |
Q: My father has lung cancer. It is in the right lung and invading the right and left atrium of the ...
A: Well if this was my father - and HE did die from cancer around 30 years ago - I would not recommend ...
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| CT Scan of lungs | 5/9/2009 |
Q: I have a history of coccidomyocosis. My recent CT scan showed a variety of findings and the ...
A: I could answer your previous question since you asked about cancer. Now you ask me something which ...
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| CT Scan of lungs | 5/9/2009 |
Q: I have a history of coccidomyocosis. My recent CT scan showed a variety of findings and the ...
A: The signs seen most probably do indicate an infectious origin. That a tumor can not be excluded ...
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| spinal cancer survival rate | 5/6/2009 |
Q: My uncle has just been diagnosed with a spinal mass and is sceduled to undergo a clinical trial ...
A: As far as I can understand it is yet not KNOWN if this comes from a lung cancer (or a cancer ...
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| Lipoma vs. Sarcoma | 5/4/2009 |
Q: I have recently had an MRI with contrast to try to identify the cause of unknown swelling on the ...
A: Sorry, this question should be directed to an expert of diagnostic radiology which I am not (I'm an ...
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| bladder cancer | 5/4/2009 |
Q: my dad has been diagnosed wuth stage 4 bladder cancer with spread tp prostrate, 1 lymph node, and ...
A: A stage 4 cancer is in principle incurable. So what his drs. are trying to do with chemotherapy is ...
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| Basel Cell & Mohs Surgery | 5/4/2009 |
Q: Just received dianosis of bcc, near the corner of my right eye. A small bump was removed and ...
A: You have a basal cell cancer. More can not be said from this type of biopsy. When your surgery has ...
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| Hypoechoic pancreatic mass | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I am a 25 year old white female, 68 inches, 132lbs. I had an abdominal ultrasound due to complaints ...
A: It is rather probable that your symptoms are caused by your duodenal ulcer. Yes the duodenum IS ...
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| spindle cell carcinoma | 4/30/2009 |
Q: my nephew was recently diagnosed with a type of spindle cell cancer. It started on the side of his ...
A: If it is a spindle cell cancer (= carcinoma) then it is a type of squamous cell cancer originating ...
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| stage 4 melanoma w/mets to liver/spine/lung/lymph | 4/30/2009 |
Q: My 51 year old aunt was just diagnosed last week w/melanoma stage 14. She was told the life ...
A: The prognosis of a stage IV (4) malignant melanoma is very bad. Most malignant melanomas are not ...
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| Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma in Lung | 4/29/2009 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with ATC in October 2006 A spread of cancer to the lung occurred ...
A: If the aspiration needle biopsy was negative the suggested surgical biopsy is NECESSARY! If done ...
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| Stage 3B Lung Cancer spread to brain | 4/29/2009 |
Q: My boyfriend was diagnosed with Stage 3B Lung Cancer last December, yesterday he was told that it ...
A: Unfortunately this is a rather common complication to lung cancer. So his cancer is now a stage 4 ...
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| Prescription Notation | 4/27/2009 |
Q: I have seen scrips written with dots and hyphens, but can't follow what this means. Can you tell ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Stockholm, Sweden. While I'm quite familiar with prescription practices in ...
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| Mediastinal Lymph Nodes Enlarged | 4/25/2009 |
Q: Dr N-I had sent another question to you 4/16 re: ulnar bone tumor & newest symptoms/findings. ...
A: Sarcoidosis is a tricky diagnosis but if the pathology picture is clear cut the diagnosis probably ...
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| CAT scans | 4/25/2009 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist... I have a question specific to the effects of radiation. In Feb of this year a ...
A: Well, all ionizing radiation is associated with a cancer risk. BUT the problem here is an ALREADY ...
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| how to start an immune response | 4/24/2009 |
Q: Can dacarbazine with Patrin kill some melanoma cells and cause fragments so the APC antigen ...
A: There ARE immunological responses to melanoma cells. Something which some centers are trying to ...
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| Carcinoma | 3/24/2009 |
Q: My preliminary report says (quote) "The results of the left breast ultrasound guided needle core ...
A: It is an evaluation based on how the tissues and the cell nuclei of your cancer look (nuclei = ...
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| Cancer related Issues | 3/23/2009 |
Q: My Mother is 82. In Sept 08 she was diagnosed with a 5cm tumor in her left lung. Further testing ...
A: Are these 2 tumors really 2 different kinds of cancer? 2 cancers at the same time are not impossible ...
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| radiation exposure | 3/22/2009 |
Q: I have emaied you awhile back about radiation.,for breast cancer.I have agreed to the proceedure but ...
A: I have no idea what this kelp supplement contains (except probably some iodine) nor do I know what ...
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| Recently had a CT scan and they found a 7x5mm nodule in my right anterior lung | 3/17/2009 |
Q: The Cat Scan showed a 7x5 mm pleural based nodule in my anterior right lung. On the report it says ...
A: If it is in your pleura and in front of your right lung I'm somewhat surprised that you should have ...
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| end stage lung Ca w/brain mets | 3/17/2009 |
Q: My father was admitted to hospice with end stage lung Ca w/brain mets about 5 days ago. I am just ...
A: He is obviously very confused and sleeps most of the time. That is normal in this situation. When he ...
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| tumor | 3/17/2009 |
Q: My husband have 2 tumors in his chest one is next to the vena cava and the other next to his ...
A: That is most unfortunate because without a pathology report I do not know what to make of these ...
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| lymph nodes | 3/15/2009 |
Q: I am a 42 year old female who has always been healthy till june 08. It all started with a hivey ...
A: So far there are no signs of any lymphoma among the things you have described. Your malignant ...
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| Possible Cancer?? | 3/14/2009 |
Q: My name is Liz and I am a 30 year old female.Please do not judge my age as I have been getting that ...
A: I'm here STRICTLY and ONLY as a cancer doctor (according to contract) so most of your question is ...
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| Cancer in the Omentum | 3/13/2009 |
Q: My very good friend, 65 yrs old, just had surgery to take out a 1 lb cancerous tumor from the ...
A: This is not good. Her cancer there is probably not a primary so it has probably come from somewhere ...
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| Noscapine | 3/13/2009 |
Q: Have you heard any information concerning a drug called Noscapine for cancer. It seems like it is a ...
A: It is under trial use in BOTH Europe and the USA! But its use is still experimental so probably at ...
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| Antioxidant Supplementation | 3/13/2009 |
Q: Dr Nordquist, What is your opinion concerning antioxidant supplementation, either during and/or ...
A: It is at least with regards to radiation therapy NOT to be recommended (a large part of the effects ...
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| Lung Fungus or Benign Tumor | 3/12/2009 |
Q: You previously responded to a question of mine regarding the CT Scan below stating you felt it may ...
A: A benign tumor though not common is possible (such tumors grow more slowly) but is contradicted by ...
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| Cervical cancer treatment and Prognosis | 3/11/2009 |
Q: My step daughter recently received an abnormal pap. Last year her pap was normal. When they went it ...
A: Without a much more detailed description it is impossible for me to give you any kind of accurate ...
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| ganglion in leg and benign cyst in sinus cavity | 3/10/2009 |
Q: I hope you can enlighten me. My first question to you prompted me to think of my second question and ...
A: First of all do you have tinnitus & hearing problems as well? I assume - based on all your described ...
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| lab results and vague abdominal pain | 3/10/2009 |
Q: in advance, for your answer. I am eager to get more guidance on this issue: I initiated a visit to ...
A: Your blood platelets are somewhat low - if that in any way is related to what I'll write below is ...
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| Cancer questions | 3/5/2009 |
Q: Why does the body grow a cancerous tumor? Doesn't the body do everything for a reason? Or is a ...
A: OK, I'll give you an example of what I mean by "accident". We consider an inhabitant of Australia. ...
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| Cancer questions | 3/5/2009 |
Q: Why does the body grow a cancerous tumor? Doesn't the body do everything for a reason? Or is a ...
A: Well you should consider a cancer as an accident in action. There is NO reason for the body to ...
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| thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I had a thyroidectomy in Jan of 08' and treatment in Feb 0f 08' for papillary cancer. My TSH is ...
A: The usual side effects of high levels of thyroid hormone medication are different (high heart rate, ...
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| Please - Opinion CAT Scan - Lung Cancer | 2/28/2009 |
Q: Would you please give me your opinion on the CAT Scan described below? I have no one else to turn ...
A: I base my opinion on the following facts. 1. His lesion was first detected in November 2006, we are ...
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| soreness in jaw | 2/28/2009 |
Q: i was diagnosis and treated for tonsil cancer and tyroid cancer.35 radaition treatments for tonsil ...
A: Most of the iodine ended up in your thyroid cancer (if your thyroid had been removed) but a smaller ...
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| Please - Opinion CAT Scan - Lung Cancer | 2/28/2009 |
Q: Would you please give me your opinion on the CAT Scan described below? I have no one else to turn ...
A: It does seem unlikely that this is a lung cancer. It MAY be a fungus infection. Certainty of what it ...
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| Hormonal Therapy | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Two years ago I discovered through an ultra sound that my uterine lining has grown to 1.3 so I ...
A: It seems based on your ultrasound scans that you do not have a uterine endometrial cancer. I'm here ...
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| Liver biopsy | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Back in January I asked for your opinion regarding my mothers Ca Pancreatis Meta-hepatis diagnosis, ...
A: The most important thing here is that cancer was indeed found. You can NOT say that based only on ...
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| Recurring Melanoma | 2/26/2009 |
Q: Two months ago I was diagnosed with recurring Melanoma in the lung. I had a CT scan that showed ...
A: Normally melanomas do grow. I can not remember any "dormant" case. However once a melanoma has ...
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| Metastatic Breast Cancer | 2/25/2009 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer (ER positive) 20 yrs back, she underwent mastectomy and ...
A: The bone biopsy is VERY important and I'm sorry it has not been done! In fact it is the ...
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| Metastatic Breast Cancer | 2/24/2009 |
Q: I am trying to understand this report in simple terminology can you help explain. There is extensive ...
A: SUV is a measurement of metabolic activity. As mentioned above cancers are often more metabolically ...
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| Metastatic Breast Cancer | 2/24/2009 |
Q: I am trying to understand this report in simple terminology can you help explain. There is extensive ...
A: This is obviously a PET scan report (but I should have been told what has been done). A great number ...
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| Elevated HCG levels after abortion | 2/24/2009 |
Q: Ten years ago I had a molar pregnancy that turned into choriocarcinoma and was treated by IM ...
A: I do understand your concern! In view of your medical history and the distress it must cause you I ...
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| Stage IV Melanoma | 2/23/2009 |
Q: My father is 83 years old and lives in North Carolina. In July 2007 he had a rather "invasive" ...
A: In this situation another PET scan would more or less be of academic interest only. So hospice ...
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| spindle cell | 2/20/2009 |
Q: I just had a biopsy of a growth from my septum. It revealed that it was made up of spindle cells. It ...
A: If it indeed had been malignant the tumor tissues and the tumor cells would have looked malignant ...
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| spindle cell | 2/20/2009 |
Q: I just had a biopsy of a growth from my septum. It revealed that it was made up of spindle cells. It ...
A: Ok, thanks! Those things that confuse you are just technicalities important only to those who do the ...
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| Stage IV bone cancer | 2/18/2009 |
Q: My mother began with cancer of the pallet and underwent radiation therapy. Less than a year later, ...
A: Well there is most probably cancer in those lesions! That is why she is a stage 4 cancer case. A ...
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| Anemia and Cancer | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I am very concerned about my recent blood work and the results pointing to anemia. is there a ...
A: Ok so the cases of your mother and grandmother do not seem to be connected. I still think that you ...
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| Anemia and Cancer | 2/18/2009 |
Q: I am very concerned about my recent blood work and the results pointing to anemia. is there a ...
A: Depends on what kind of cancer we are discussing. There are cancers (for example colon & gastric ...
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| Skin Cancer | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I have heard moles can change over a period of time and i was wondering what the reason for that is? ...
A: Well, one of the reasons, actually probably the main one with regards to cancer development, is ...
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| im confused | 2/17/2009 |
Q: hey, im a medical student and thre months ago i noticed that my dad " smokers for 50 years " is ...
A: I do understand your fear and in this situation I would feel the same - as indeed I did almost 30 ...
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| stage 4 lung cancer end of life | 2/17/2009 |
Q: My father-in-law has stage 4 lung cancer, with bone and brain metastasis ( diagnosed mid-october ...
A: Well that depends on which one of the aspects of his illness that is most important, his primary ...
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| Neck nodules/lumps | 2/16/2009 |
Q: I am a 26 yr. old female & I recently noticed a couple of small nodules on the right side of my neck ...
A: It is impossible to make any diagnosis based on just descriptions like this. You need to be examined ...
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| results following a transvaginal pelvic scan | 2/13/2009 |
Q: i hope you can help me to understand results from a recent transaginal pelvic scan i had. i was sent ...
A: The important thing here is not the presence of the suspected fibroids which indeed have been found ...
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| Chronic neck pain due to radiation | 2/11/2009 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkins Lymphoma in Oct. 2007. She underwent 4 months of chemo ...
A: Radiation therapy can indeed cause side effects (like most therapies). In your wife's case I suppose ...
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| small cell lung ca with brain mets | 2/8/2009 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed w/ limited stage small cell lung ca in 7/07. After 1 round of ...
A: Ok. Her remaining survival time can probably be measured in months at most but may be much shorter. ...
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| Lymph nodes | 2/6/2009 |
Q: My lymph nodes started swelling up about a year ago, one by one (two in left axilla, two left ...
A: Well your blood tests do not worry me either. The simplest test here in order to give you firm ...
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| Triple Negative - Cerebrospinal Cancer | 2/5/2009 |
Q: My cousin was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer 3 years ago when she was 25. We were ...
A: If her breast cancer's cells have indeed been found in her cerebrospinal fluid then her situation is ...
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| progression of metastatic melanoma to lung | 2/4/2009 |
Q: My father has multiple nodules in his lungs that have been diagnosed as metastatic melanoma ...
A: Tumors like patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. So it is very hard to predict ...
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| Life Expectancy and Quality of Life | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I live with and care for my husband's 90-year-old grandfather who was recently diagnosed with ...
A: Both patients and cancers are individuals not identical copies/clones. It is therefore impossible to ...
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| oncology work up | 2/2/2009 |
Q: I had a tumor removed from my neck. My doctor said they think it has spread from somewhere else in ...
A: First of all the pathology of your removed tumor will give at least hints where it is coming from. ...
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| lung cancer | 1/30/2009 |
Q: I have been smokeing for around 5 years now, since i was 14, and im 19 now, i only started smokeing ...
A: At your age even if you have smoked from the age of 14 a lung cancer is not - yet - very likely. ...
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| CT scan revealed hypodense nodule on pancreas tail | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I'm a 54 year old female. I went to doctor for upper left back pain, left shoulder blade. A chest ...
A: It only means "less dense than its surroundings". Ask for that new CT and if possible an MRI scan of ...
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| Melanoma in Lung. | 1/28/2009 |
Q: A skin cancer I had cut off was melanoma. The first Dr. said to watch it for 2 momths. Then had CT ...
A: unfortunately malignant melanomas are not very sensitive to chemotherapy or to radiation therapy. ...
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| Oblong lump under jaw | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I am a 32 year old female. I had a small lump appear under my jaw (close to ear) about 5 years ago. ...
A: It seems from your description that it has grown. I therefore do suggest that you let a dr. check it ...
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| Bony lesions in pelvis and sacrum and nodes in mesentery | 1/27/2009 |
Q: My ovaries were removed on Jan. 9, 2009 and one week post op was in emergency room because of high ...
A: The scan did not show anything in those lesions so there was no increased metabolism there which ...
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| PLSss, My wife has a cavernous sinus meningioma | 1/27/2009 |
Q: my wife was recently diagnosed with cavernous sinus meningioma that is 2.1 X 2.5 X 2.0cm in size. ...
A: If I understand you correctly its size is small enough so that radiological non surgical treatment ...
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| 3MM lung nodule found on CT scan | 1/26/2009 |
Q: am 44 female, smoked socially only for about 10 years (less than 10 cig per week) - no cigarettes ...
A: 90% of all lung cancers are associated with smoking, 10% are not. So even life long non smokers can ...
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| Melanoma | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I had a tiny red bump cut off the penis and it was Melanoma. I had Lung cancer a year ago that was ...
A: It depends sometimes it spreads fast at other times it comes back after 30 years - or never. ...
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| Blood test results | 1/26/2009 |
Q: We just received our latest blood test. As of last test, WBC count was good -- 7.4, but neutrophils ...
A: No not really. Actually ALL blood test levels are based on statistics from great numbers of ...
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| Metastatic malignant melanoma stage IV | 1/25/2009 |
Q: My step-dad was just diagnosed with Metastatic Malignant Melanoma, Stage IV. He has tumors in his ...
A: Since malignant melanomas usually are not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy and ...
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| Ulnar Bone Lump Surgery Confusion | 1/24/2009 |
Q: .it's me again. Surgeon didn't want to do biospy on lump-said better to just remv then put me ...
A: welcome back! I can not a priori exclude the possibility of scar tissue BUT what it is should be ...
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| pancreatis metastaticum | 1/23/2009 |
Q: I asked for advice last week regarding my mother's metastatic pancreatic cancer diagnosis, and we ...
A: Cancer can spread by 3 ways. 1. Continuous growth. 2. Spreading via the lymphatics (including lymph ...
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| Advanced Pancreatic Cancer | 1/23/2009 |
Q: My mother (age 71) was diagnosed with Metastasized Pancreatic Cancer in March, 2008. She has a ...
A: you ask for a lot of work. I'm doing this free of any charge (and any income) in my not too abundant ...
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| Lymphoma | 1/21/2009 |
Q: I have had a lot of tests done such as chest xray,bloodwork,head ct scan,abdomen xray and ultra ...
A: Skin problems including rashes and itching are very common at all ages and most have nothing to do ...
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| Lymphoma | 1/20/2009 |
Q: I have had a lot of tests done such as chest xray,bloodwork,head ct scan,abdomen xray and ultra ...
A: Based on what you have told me I have not found any indication whatsoever that it is a lymphoma you ...
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| cancer and sleeping disorder | 1/19/2009 |
Q: My father is almost 80 yrs old and was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer.Subsequently, they also ...
A: It is not uncommon with habit changes for advanced cancer patients. There are big physiological & ...
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| small cell cancer | 1/19/2009 |
Q: my sister has SC lung cancer.it has gone to her brain, they said she has several particals in ...
A: It is unfortunately quite common for lung cancers to spread to the brain. And once it has spread to ...
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| signet cell carcinoma | 1/19/2009 |
Q: I have a family member that was just told that he is this type of cancer it is between the stomach ...
A: If correct this sounds very bad indeed. But this description is a bit strange. So I do need more ...
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| pancreatic metastasis and metahepatis diagnosis | 1/18/2009 |
Q: During a regular 6 month blood test for scleroderma (generalized morphea) my 61 yo mother's CA125 ...
A: First of all without any pathology evaluation of any biopsy of any of those radiological lesions ...
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| hypoechoic lesion at headof pancreas | 1/14/2009 |
Q: Having Ca19-9 above normal since august 2008, Ultradound & CT scan was normal but today abd ...
A: As far as I know no ultrasound scan has been made of this lesion - you have anyway not informed me ...
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| hypoechoic lesion at headof pancreas | 1/9/2009 |
Q: Having Ca19-9 above normal since august 2008, Ultradound & CT scan was normal but today abd ...
A: Wait a moment! We do not yet know what that thing is. Apart from this ultrasound scan also new CT ...
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| Atelectasis and metastatic cancer | 1/8/2009 |
Q: I have a question following up my family member's recent CT scan results. She is currently ...
A: It is possible that this effusion and the atelectasis do indicate cancer growth but the information ...
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| Lumps on neck | 1/8/2009 |
Q: My friend in a third-world country has 3 nodules on her neck. Her doctor wrote this in her notes: ...
A: The only way to be sure of what this is is to do a biopsy (or several biopsies) of these lymph ...
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| First time going to Oncology for abnormality in blood test | 1/7/2009 |
Q: First of all, thank you for taking your time to read my question. I am going to the Oncologist in ...
A: Without knowing what abnormalities that were seen it is unfortunately impossible to tell you what ...
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| Gynecologic Oncology | 1/6/2009 |
Q: I would like to discuss your expert opinion regarding treatment options for a 62 year old female ...
A: No, not really. I have now been retired 6 years and am at present undergoing prostate cancer ...
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| Confusing Findings on Ulnar Bone Lump | 1/6/2009 |
Q: I have written to you previously about pain assoc w/rapidly growing lump on left ulnar bone. I have ...
A: Well even if there was fluid there in the beginning it is unlikely to be any there now after bone ...
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| permanent bone pain | 1/4/2009 |
Q: my boyfriend is Danish and he has problem with the bones, right now i dont remember the name of the ...
A: Yes if he is a Danish citizen he can seek help in Denmark and in any other part of the European ...
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| permanent bone pain | 1/3/2009 |
Q: my boyfriend is Danish and he has problem with the bones, right now i dont remember the name of the ...
A: without knowing what illness he does have I can hardly recommend ANY specialist anywhere!Pain is a ...
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| Kidney Cyst | 12/30/2008 |
Q: I am 44 years old and was diagnosed with a complex cyst 3.2 cm on a kidney. Doctor said it had thin ...
A: You SHOULD mention ALL your symptoms to your dr. - how else will your dr. know about them?! If your ...
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| Bone cancer | 12/29/2008 |
Q: i recently have undergone an operation to the fumer.pathilogical fracture.I have secondary breast ...
A: Well unfortunately you are now a case of stage 4 breast cancer since it has spread to your bones. A ...
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| Could you please put my mind at ease?? | 12/28/2008 |
Q: Good evening, I have been dealing with health problems for as long as I can remember, and just want ...
A: Well Steven, I'm here ONLY as a tumor dr. But between one military person and another (I was chief ...
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| cervical cancer | 12/21/2008 |
Q: A little under a year ago i had the cone biopsy, and was told to get a check uo every four months, ...
A: These cells do not come from what was removed. They come from elsewhere on your cervix. They are ...
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| Fallopian cancer - stage 4 nexe to my pericardium | 12/21/2008 |
Q: Fallopian cancer - stage 4 (I had 2 lymph nodes nexe to my pericardium which seem to have ...
A: Both cancers and patients are individuals not identical copies/clones. There are therefore big ...
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| Hard Lump on Ulnar Bone | 12/20/2008 |
Q: I have been having bone pain in my left forearm area for a couple weeks now, about a week ago when I ...
A: Yes an MRI will probably be helpful. Probably could cause that much pain. Well we really do not know ...
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| Hard Lump on Ulnar Bone | 12/19/2008 |
Q: I have been having bone pain in my left forearm area for a couple weeks now, about a week ago when I ...
A: There are several radiological techniques available (CT scans, MRI scans, isotope scans, PET scans). ...
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| cancer dx.. | 12/18/2008 |
Q: My father in law, he's in his 50's, has over last 2 mths lost considerable amount of weight, been ...
A: It is not common but it does happen now and then. Probably he has had some symptoms earlier but ...
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| young son-in-law cancer | 12/17/2008 |
Q: my son-in-law, 34 years old had his colon removed a year and a half ago, there was enough to ...
A: 2.8 in CEA is not high. Do you know of any level of CEA before surgery? CEA is ONLY of interest if ...
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| swollen lymph nodes | 12/14/2008 |
Q: A little over a year ago I discovered a swollen lymph node in my groin. My gynecologist said that it ...
A: While lymphomas and cancer can cause lymph node growth the most common causes are ...
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| Infection in Lymphedemia Arm | 12/14/2008 |
Q: I don't know if you'll be able to answer this but I'll ask and see. A few weeks ago I had ...
A: This is a common problem after lymph node cancer surgery & radiation therapy so it is certainly not ...
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| pain management for end stage colon cancer | 12/11/2008 |
Q: My father has been battling colon cancer for the past 3 years. His physician has pretty much ...
A: This kind of advanced pain management is actually somewhat outside my area of expertise here. That ...
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| High WBC and umbilical discharge | 12/11/2008 |
Q: This is for my husband: 35yr Male, Moderate Smoker, good health, no problems.. Elevated WBC over the ...
A: This may very well be caused by a local infection/inflammation close to his navel. I can not explain ...
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| stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer | 12/10/2008 |
Q: He is currently going through hormone replacement therapy, an injection 2x a year, and also 25mg of ...
A: Has his urine bladder tumor been examined thoroughly? That may be a completely separate tumor ...
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| Chemo not working | 12/9/2008 |
Q: My wife is 45 years old with breast cancer and had right masectomy for 3.7 cm her2 neu- er+ pr- with ...
A: Decisions with regards to chemotherapy must be done by the dr. in charge of her therapy who has all ...
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| Muscle Mass Found in my back | 12/9/2008 |
Q: I had a CT done because I had a huge varicose vein in my left leg. I have/had terrible BL swelling ...
A: Without much more information I am certainly not sure if this mass in any way is connected with your ...
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| my dad | 12/8/2008 |
Q: My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer the Wed before thanksgiving. He was told that he had two spots ...
A: Unfortunately with primary lung cancer the prognosis is almost always bad (and if this is a ...
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| my dad | 12/8/2008 |
Q: My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer the Wed before thanksgiving. He was told that he had two spots ...
A: If your father never smoked it is probable that his lung cancer is an adenocarcinoma - if indeed it ...
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| Lung Cancer (NON-SMOKER) | 12/6/2008 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, What MAY cause lung cancer in non-smokers. Is it more environmental? I know that ...
A: About 90% of all lung cancers are due to smoking so 10% are not. Those not associated with smoking ...
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| Is it now in his spine? | 12/2/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I have previously posted 2 questions and have received very timely replies and I ...
A: Without an examination I can not tell you if this is associated with his cancer or not. And ...
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| mestasis liver cancer | 11/30/2008 |
Q: My Father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Oct 07 he had the whipple procedure done and did ...
A: It is his pancreatic cancer that has spread to his liver and that is rather common in these cases. ...
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| kidney | 11/29/2008 |
Q: My father is 78 years old; his left kidney was removed in 1982 and it seems he has now a 2,4 cm ...
A: but it is more probable that this is a new tumor. Treatment of kidney cancer (as I presume this to ...
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| Radiation pneumonotis? | 11/28/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, Thanks a lot for this forum!! I have asked you questions before and I cannot thank you ...
A: A lot of your question is outside my area of expertise here. I have had nothing to do with ...
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| Radiation pneumonotis? | 11/22/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, Thanks a lot for this forum!! I have asked you questions before and I cannot thank you ...
A: a. This is a complicated case. Tuberculosis is involved as is perhaps other lung infections and a ...
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| how fast is fast growing small cell cancer? regarding 5 | 11/21/2008 |
Q: 63 year old man with prostate cancer, heart disease--complained about lower pain, radiating down ...
A: Most tumors have been there (growing from only one cell that due to a number of mutations has turned ...
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| how fast is fast growing small cell cancer? regarding 5" mass | 11/20/2008 |
Q: 63 year old man with prostate cancer, heart disease--complained about lower pain, radiating down ...
A: It has probably been there for quite some time, probably more than a year even though there is some ...
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| re:Seriously please I'm scared & confused rewritten history by patient | 11/19/2008 |
Q: Please indulge me once again: I realize my first 'question' was obscure. My basic question is: ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden so it is very hard for me to help you to solve local problems that are ...
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| Possible carcinoid | 11/14/2008 |
Q: I am a forty year old male. For the last five years I have suffered from idiopathic polycythemia ...
A: That test should be combined with a test for dU-5-HIAA which is a serotonine metabolite. Also other ...
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| radiation exposure | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I'm 25, but when I was 14 I was told I have scoliosis. I got xrays of my lumbar back region every ...
A: So you have had x-ray exposure from 4 to 6 occasions. That is certainly higher than normal but still ...
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| Melanoma | 11/13/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with lung cancer in fall of 2007.They removed upper 1/3 of right lung and then had 3 ...
A: I suppose that your lung specimen was checked by a pathologist after your surgery?! If so your ...
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| tumor report | 11/12/2008 |
Q: I am concern with a recent MRI that was preformed invovling a brain tumor. The report reads: There ...
A: I see. Well necrotic samples are of no use. Without pathology we are at a loss. Yes radiology (MRI) ...
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| Is this fast growing - Lung Cancer | 11/11/2008 |
Q: Dad: 82-yr-old (quit smoking 30 years ago) (refuses biopsy and treatments-adamant about this) His ...
A: 1. Since it is a lung cancer that has spread to the other lung it is aytomatically a stage 4 lung ...
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| tumor report | 11/10/2008 |
Q: I am concern with a recent MRI that was preformed invovling a brain tumor. The report reads: There ...
A: No THAT is most unusual! They are indeed most often quite nasty! However brain tumor pathology is a ...
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| tumor report | 11/8/2008 |
Q: I am concern with a recent MRI that was preformed invovling a brain tumor. The report reads: There ...
A: All kinds of brain tumors may contain cysts. It does not block the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid ...
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| Gallbladder cancer | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I would like some honest advice on my wife's treatment options. She has been diagnosed with ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your wife's troubles! My mother unfortunately died from the same condition ...
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| extensive small cell lung cancer | 11/6/2008 |
Q: my father was recently diagnosed (last week) with extensive small cell lung cancer, it is now in his ...
A: Radiation and chemo can not cure him at present though they MAY relieve his symptoms to some extent ...
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| Lung Cancer, Brain Tumor, Stress | 11/4/2008 |
Q: My dad has stage 4 lung cancer and a brain tumor. The non-small cell lung cancer was diagnosed a ...
A: YOU should have clicked to make this question private! I can not do that. Sorry! His brain tumor is ...
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| Prostate cancer metastasis to the lymphatic system and spinal fluid. | 11/3/2008 |
Q: My father was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. I dont exactly know what is going on, due to ...
A: If it indeed has spread that far - which is rare so I can not quote statistics for you - his ...
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| Secondary Liver Cancer | 10/29/2008 |
Q: My 75 year old mother has secondary liver cancer. The Primary cancer was on her appendix, which ...
A: Depends on what kind of cancer this is. A colon cancer or a carcinoid. I need to know that. Recently ...
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| F/U questions pls | 10/27/2008 |
Q: Nordquist. Do all tumors/cancers/cysts etc. show on regular x-rays, or only the larger growths? ...
A: please abstain from all these acronyms/abbreviations! Big risk of misunderstandings/mistakes. If you ...
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| slurred speech, blurred vision, off balance | 10/27/2008 |
Q: it was quick and to the point, which I appreciate. My father-in-law has been diagnosed with ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors BUT I'm not ...
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| NSCLC - Elevated IL-8 | 10/26/2008 |
Q: My husband is 60 years old, diagnosed in July 07, with stage IV metastatic NSCLC (adneocarcenoma). ...
A: Unfortunately it MAY indicate a tumor progress so that his tumor burden is increasing but too early ...
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| understanding ct test | 10/26/2008 |
Q: my upper right side is somewhat visibly swollen and is a little painful. CT scan showed a 3mm ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist NOT a diagnostic radiologist who is the kind of ...
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| Ovarian cancer my 84 year old Mother | 10/24/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, My Mom underwent surgery in May for Ovarian & Colon cancer - it turned out to be stage ...
A: This does not sound good! It does sound as if her cancer(s) has/have spread. If so - probable but ...
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| cancer | 10/22/2008 |
Q: i have been bleeding fornightly and have had blood samples taken from my gp which came back fine but ...
A: Well there is indeed a gynecological problem there. At your age your cancer risk there (INSIDE your ...
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| lab results | 10/21/2008 |
Q: I have been going for ct's for 1 yr after finding a spot on my lung.all is o.k. there--- no new ...
A: I'm here ONLY as a cancer expert so I must respectfully insist on declining to answer this type of ...
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| my sons life | 10/21/2008 |
Q: I am really confused about my sons health...the found a large cyst in the region of the pineal gland ...
A: With this kind of lesion a regular check up with a neurologist dr. or a neurosurgeon including MRI ...
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| Lymph Node Enlargement And Fibroadanoma In Breast | 10/21/2008 |
Q: Im 25 and about 9 years ago I had a lump in my left Breast I went to a MD and a surgion and they ...
A: I do understand your concern! Personally I think that a needle biopsy would be just fine and enough. ...
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| adenocarcinoma lung with bac | 10/16/2008 |
Q: Pet scan impression was inflammatory disease such as granulomatous or fungal. Had wedge resection ...
A: Unfortunately I have to be the bad guy bringing bad news. There IS a cancer (an adenocarcinoma - a ...
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| Lymph Node Enlargement And Fibroadanoma In Breast | 10/15/2008 |
Q: Im 25 and about 9 years ago I had a lump in my left Breast I went to a MD and a surgion and they ...
A: With very dense fibrocystic breasts mammography should in your case ALWAYS be combined with ...
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| Reinkes edema and | 10/14/2008 |
Q: I had a video strope done on 9/12 : Results: the pictures were awful! Severe bilateral edema. The ...
A: I do understand your concern but there are some complications here. I can give you advice on ...
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| Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma | 10/13/2008 |
Q: Claudia has Stage IV Metastatic Melanoma with large abdominal tumors that have complicated her ...
A: Neither radiation therapy nor conventional chemotherapy are of much help against malignant melanoma ...
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| Swollen lymph nodes, biopsied once | 10/13/2008 |
Q: About a year ago I started having a very dull pain in my neck that was hard to pinpoint. Several ...
A: I doubt that this is cancer just as your dr. does. However since you worry about it thin/fine needle ...
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| METASTATIC LIVER CANCER | 10/12/2008 |
Q: My father has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Liver cancer (it is also in his lymph glands)that has ...
A: Unfortunately malignant melanomas are not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemotherapy! There ...
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| 3mm lung nodule | 10/10/2008 |
Q: Recently my doctor had me do a ct scan for pain in my abdomen. They found a 3mm nodule on my lung ...
A: 90% of all lung cancers are caused by smoking so 10% are not. It is rather common to find lung ...
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| CEA count of 12 | 10/10/2008 |
Q: My Mothers CEA count has been steadly raising sense she began chemo 3 months ago. the dr. is now ...
A: No it is NOT high. It can reach several hundreds and more. But as I wrote it is going up when it ...
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| prostate cancer | 10/10/2008 |
Q: Our son in law just found out his PSA levl was 18. In laymans terms, exactly what does this mean for ...
A: PSA is a rather uncertain test, but unfortunately more or less the only we have for prostate cancer. ...
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| Cancer/coughing up blood | 10/9/2008 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer and went through chemo therapy..everything was fine...then she ...
A: Every blood coughing is serious! And should be investigated, even in this situation. It may have ...
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| Head | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I have been having this dull achey feeling in my head on one side. With that I also have a very sore ...
A: Well tension & stress are possible causes for such symptoms. Were any one of your drs. a ...
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| Brother has cancer | 10/9/2008 |
Q: BUT HE IS STILL MY BROTHER ANY HOW HE HAD A TESTICLE REMOVED AND THEY NEVER SENT HIM FOR ANY FOLLOW ...
A: Up to the 1980'ies testicular cancers (except seminomas which are very radiation sensitive and ...
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| Hazards of 400 nm lasers? | 10/8/2008 |
Q: What hazards -- other than thermal burns -- does a 400-nanometer-wavelength continuous [i.e. ...
A: This is non ionizing radiation, so outside my area of expertise here. But as far as I know there are ...
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| Renal cancer | 10/7/2008 |
Q: Nordquist-My husband was diagnosed on 9-13-08 with Renal cell cancer that was found incidentally. He ...
A: I do understand your concern but what you ask me to do is quite hard to do - in fact next to ...
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| extreme weight loss, groin nodes,joint aches | 10/7/2008 |
Q: Greetings, My name is Luanna and I am a 30 year old female. About 3 weeks ago an ultrasound ...
A: There are several but without much more information I do not want to speculate. The important matter ...
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| RBC, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW | 10/5/2008 |
Q: What is the relevance when RBC is low (4.1), and high are MCH (34), MCHC (36.9), and RDW (15.4).
A: What are the Hb (hemoglobine), the hematocrite and the MCV levels? This MAY be a mixed anemia with ...
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| Chemo Therapy and Adenoma Questions | 10/4/2008 |
Q: I was officially diagnosed on sept 19th with invasive ductal carcinoma stage 2a. ER and PR positive. ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language. Unfortunately I have no idea what ...
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| query!!! | 10/2/2008 |
Q: one of our patients..26 yrs old ..whom we thought had a cyst in the hard palate turned out to be a ...
A: Oh, this was a hard one! With this diagnosis a combined approach involving ear-nose-and-throat ...
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| chronic anemia | 9/29/2008 |
Q: I have had 7 hosp. past 2 years for MRSA and osteomyelitis, had iron iv for 3 mos, was doing great ...
A: First of all I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language. Americans are very ...
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| Neck pain associated with alcohol consumption | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I experience an intense aching in my neck when I consume alcohol. It usually happens within the ...
A: By telling you to go to an oncologist for a check up to be on the safe side it should be obvious ...
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| sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with synchroneous multiple pulmonary metastases | 9/28/2008 |
Q: On 04/09/2008 a female patient suffering from Hashimoto's disease and systemic lupus eryth. for the ...
A: That depends on how fast her tumor grows and where to it may spread (more sites). Of that no ...
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| Neck pain associated with alcohol consumption | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I experience an intense aching in my neck when I consume alcohol. It usually happens within the ...
A: The symptom exists, but it is hardly - as a single symptom - something that you base a diagnosis on. ...
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| sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with synchroneous multiple pulmonary metastases | 9/28/2008 |
Q: On 04/09/2008 a female patient suffering from Hashimoto's disease and systemic lupus eryth. for the ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - troubles! In short, your sister was found to have a ...
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| Breast Cancer Progression-Prognosis | 9/28/2008 |
Q: I have a close relative fighting the fight of her life with a very, very aggressive breast cancer. ...
A: If it has spread to somewhere it usually also spreads to elsewhere unfortunately - even if not ...
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| Breast Cancer Endocrine Therapy | 9/27/2008 |
Q: I have a question about endocrine therapy for breast cancer. I am 48, in chemo-induced menopause ...
A: Arimidex - as far as I understand it - will more or less block any estrogen production within you ...
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| Breast cancer | 9/26/2008 |
Q: I have a malignant tumor with calcifications in my breast. What do the calcifications mean? Thanks,
A: They do not mean much at all. Some types of calcifications are seen in malignant tumors and thereby ...
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| malignant melanoma | 9/24/2008 |
Q: My nephew (21 yrs old)was diagnosed with malignant melanoma (3rd degree) from a mole appeard on left ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his troubles! Malignant melanomas are usually not very sensitive to ...
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| - ovarian cancer worry | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I have minor cell changes on my cervix which I have checked annually, latest ( 4 months ago, Ok, no ...
A: Ovarian cancer is not exactly rare, but it is difficult to pick up early (not much - if any - ...
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| Possible lymphoma in toddler | 9/24/2008 |
Q: At my son's 2yr old well-child visit, it was noted that he had several enlarged lymph nodes on both ...
A: I'm very flattered by your words! However that is unfortunately not possible and not only for ...
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| Possible lymphoma in toddler | 9/23/2008 |
Q: At my son's 2yr old well-child visit, it was noted that he had several enlarged lymph nodes on both ...
A: Well the reason why not much happened and everyone seemed unconcerned is that such lymphomas are not ...
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| Possible lymphoma in toddler | 9/23/2008 |
Q: At my son's 2yr old well-child visit, it was noted that he had several enlarged lymph nodes on both ...
A: Yes there is definitely a chance (but no guarantee) that this is a result of a reactive process. Why ...
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| Possible lymphoma or is this normal findings? | 9/22/2008 |
Q: In March 2008, I had surgery to remove a carotid body tumor/ paraganglioma on the left side of my ...
A: I think that this should be examined further! Easiest, simplest, quickest and probably cheapest by ...
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| pulmonary cysts | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I am a 7 year survivor of a low grade uterine cancer. I had a CAT scan in June that was clear, and ...
A: Well, anyway they MOST probably have NOTHING to do with your uterine cancer. Since that cancer was 7 ...
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| CT guided FNB of the adrenal gland(s) | 9/20/2008 |
Q: My father has recently been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He had a FNB of his lung last week ...
A: This one will be less risky and troublesome than the one of his lung. The needle will probably go in ...
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| xr stomach air w/sm bol | 9/20/2008 |
Q: Would you please tell me what the following radrpt really means as I seem to be very confused. Anb ...
A: First of all this question should have been directed to a DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST which I am not. So ...
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| thyroid/lung problem | 9/19/2008 |
Q: my dad was told by the doctor that they had found a shadow on his right lung, covering the top half. ...
A: Almost anything is possible but personally I find such an explanation - unless there is much more ...
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| Pancreatic Cancer | 9/19/2008 |
Q: My 85 year old grandmother, who is only 85 lbs. recently had a CT scan that showed she had a tumor. ...
A: Well, this was a hard question almost philosophical! It is indeed doubtful if any surgical procedure ...
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| Bands/ABS value | 9/17/2008 |
Q: Sir: I am a veteran advocate and Director of not for profit Desert Storm Think Tank and Veterans ...
A: I do not deny that depleted uranium is radioactive, that is clearly stated in my reply. So naturally ...
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| Leydig cell tumor | 9/16/2008 |
Q: A few years ago I was treated for a benign Leyid Cell Tumor. The testicale affected was removed. I ...
A: So you have high FSH & LH levels. What was your testosterone level at the time of diagnosis and what ...
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| dying from lung cancer | 9/15/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with lung cancer and we found that it had metastisized to his brain. He ...
A: It is difficult to be sure with so little facts about his tumor. However lung cancers that have ...
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| Bands/ABS value | 9/13/2008 |
Q: Sir: I am a veteran advocate and Director of not for profit Desert Storm Think Tank and Veterans ...
A: Axelrod, I would be delighted to be able to be of any help but in order to be that some things need ...
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| abdomen pain in the lower right side with frequent urination | 9/11/2008 |
Q: i have been having pain for several weeks and seem as if it becomes worst every week. the symptoms ...
A: I'm actually most unwilling to use this service for any kind of diagnostics at all due to the great ...
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| primary brain tumor | 9/11/2008 |
Q: This is hard for me to understand. With a frontal lobe brain tumor that is located on both ...
A: If you look back at my previous replies here you will find a number of questions that are almost ...
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| lymphoma | 9/11/2008 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist: a friend recently diagnosed began chemo at once. I suggested alternative medicine ...
A: Sorry, your friend did the RIGHT thing! No, alternative medicine is NOT worth anything in the ...
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| primary brain tumor | 9/10/2008 |
Q: This is hard for me to understand. With a frontal lobe brain tumor that is located on both ...
A: I have responded to this case (or a VERY similar case) repeatedly over the last period of time. ...
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| Is this problem oncology related? | 9/9/2008 |
Q: my name is Michael, i'm a 24 year old male , non smoker, fairly active and engaged sometimes in ...
A: A lung cancer in a non smoker at your age is EXTREMELY rare! Furthermore if it was advanced enough ...
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| Children's cancer - bone tumour | 9/5/2008 |
Q: My 9 year old son has just had a malignant tumour discovered on his pelvic bone. He has had CAT ...
A: I do understand your concern but in order to be able to answer I do need much more information. If ...
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| imrt side effects | 9/1/2008 |
Q: My husband is 62 years old. He was diagnosed with esphogeal cancer on April 25,2008. He is ...
A: An anesthesiologist MAY be able to help him with his hiccups. Side effects are unfortunately common ...
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| Lump in center of penis | 9/1/2008 |
Q: I am a 41 year old white male with a troublesome lump in the center of my penis shaft that is ...
A: You should primarily see a urologist! But - also due to your worries - it should be done ASAP! ...
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| lung and bone cancer | 8/31/2008 |
Q: My father, who is 69 years old, has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer; on June 16, 2008; which ...
A: Unfortunately the prognosis of a stage 4 lung cancer is very bad regardless of what is done or not ...
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| Lung cancer | 8/30/2008 |
Q: Dr., My father passed away in April due to complications from Alzheimers and a diagnosis of lung ...
A: Without having seen these lesions myself I can not offer you any probable diagnosis. I have never ...
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| Shadow on the Lung Man age 77 | 8/30/2008 |
Q: My father who will be 78yrs in December has had a bad cough for over a year now, this is with what ...
A: I do admire your care for your parents - though I doubt that the Radi Tech & Magnetech will be of ...
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| Breast cancer & chemotherapy after operation | 8/28/2008 |
Q: My cousin is in Egypt and she would like a second opinion on her breast cancer treatment. I have ...
A: She is welcome to contact me directly if she so wishes. But I do not understand Arabic so we have to ...
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| lower abd pain and endometrial thickening | 8/25/2008 |
Q: Greetings Doctor, I am hoping this is one of your good weeks and that your doing and feeling ...
A: The endometrial lining inside your uterus is thickened. A cancer there can not be excluded and ...
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| MDS | 8/21/2008 |
Q: Can MDS be a secondary cancer after AML, AML with 2 relapses, treated with 2 allo transplants and 4 ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language! Why are Americans so "addicted" ...
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| CEA | 8/19/2008 |
Q: Would like to know the relevance oncologically what the value of 198 ug/l of CEA means. Is there a ...
A: Though CEA should not normally be used as a screening or diagnostic tool such a high level probably ...
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| Breast Cancer Chemo Question | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I hope you can answer me, as I suppose things might be different here in the US compared to your ...
A: I will only say the following. The fact that some you know seem to get one scheme and some others ...
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| Biopsy result:Invasive Moderately differentiated Squamous CA,Oesophagus | 8/18/2008 |
Q: My Mom,63 years old, got esophageal cancer and dose chemotherapy for first time(continuous four days ...
A: Well that does reduce her chances unfortunately. It is impossible to predict survival time with any ...
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| Biopsy result:Invasive Moderately differentiated Squamous CA,Oesophagus | 8/17/2008 |
Q: My Mom,63 years old, got esophageal cancer and dose chemotherapy for first time(continuous four days ...
A: Esophageal cancer usually has a bad prognosis. If however there is to be any chance of success there ...
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| Lung Cancer with Brain Mets | 8/16/2008 |
Q: My 76 year old dad has had non small call carcinoma (close to his heart) for quite awhile (took them ...
A: That is of course possible (also local radiation therapy is possible there, even a combination is ...
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| cancer risk and mirena | 8/15/2008 |
Q: Good afternoon, I have a familial history of breast, uterine, and thyroid cancer on my maternal side ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden. Mirena is obviously a commercial name without connection to the ...
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| lymph nodes keep popping up | 8/14/2008 |
Q: I first noticed some small lymph nodes on the left side, back of my neck 2 1/2 years ago...largest ...
A: Your needle biopsy showed a reactive lymph node. That means a lymph node that reacts to an infection ...
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| natural killer cells | 8/13/2008 |
Q: YOu've helped me in the past. I am seeing an environmental medicine doc tohelp me build my immune ...
A: I'm honestly not sure if this is of any practical consequence in your case. A lack of these cells ...
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| Non Hodgkins blood cancer, large diffused B cell, stage 2 | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I guess I would like to know any recommendations or information about this type of cancer. A friend ...
A: He seems to have a B cell non Hodgkin lymphoma. That can be treated with radiation therapy, chemo ...
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| multiple cancers | 8/12/2008 |
Q: My best friend has survived three cancers (two breast cancers, and one that spread to her lung) and ...
A: Unfortunately it is probable that it is one of her breast cancers that has spread to her lung and to ...
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| Leydig Tumor | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I recently had a testicle removed which was found to have a leydig cell tumor. My doctor said that ...
A: No, not so that it matters. With such a small tumor and seemingly benign your risks are most ...
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| Leydig Tumor | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I recently had a testicle removed which was found to have a leydig cell tumor. My doctor said that ...
A: How old are you? Pathology is not always clear cut. There is often a "gray zone" between frankly ...
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| bladder cancer | 8/11/2008 |
Q: My question is about bladder cancer.. I had bleeding in the urine about 2 years ago, and the URO did ...
A: 1. Cystoscopy is the BEST!, yes NMP22 & cytology do exist, but as you see even in combination they ...
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| Lung and Lymph node cancer | 8/10/2008 |
Q: I'm not sure what stage the cancer is but it has been confirmed my father in law has both lung and ...
A: It will probably help in the short run - as would probably chemo therapy too - but hardly - in both ...
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| bladder cancer | 8/8/2008 |
Q: My question is about bladder cancer.. I had bleeding in the urine about 2 years ago, and the URO did ...
A: 1. Right, there are no tests that can be guaranteed to be 100% certain. 2. There are no absolutely ...
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| Colorectal Cancer | 8/8/2008 |
Q: My 73 year old otherwise healthy mother was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in April 08. She has ...
A: Well, chemotherapy MAY slow down the process even considerably so but I certainly can not guarantee ...
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| Colon cancer screenings | 8/7/2008 |
Q: My husband had a test due to blood in stool, but he did not go back for the results. If there was a ...
A: They should but I can not be sure. You can quote FDR in that what he mostly SHOULD fear is fear ...
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| Transvaginal ultrasound following breast biopsy last month | 8/6/2008 |
Q: Hey Doc, Hope things are well,just a little reminder of who I am. I am the one who had a biopsy on ...
A: The important things here are 1.your thickened endometrium in your uterus, 2. your right sided ...
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| lymphoma | 8/4/2008 |
Q: A tumor was found in my father's lung over two weeks ago. A broncoscopy was done eleven days ago and ...
A: It is certainly not ideal. A biopsy BEFORE radiation was much to be preferred! But what can we do? ...
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| prostate radiation side effects | 8/4/2008 |
Q: I am 76, diagnosed with T1c prostate cancer, and now in my 7th week of an 8 week program of IMRT ...
A: So in some ways we are in the same position! I'm starting radiation treatment for prostate cancer ...
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| Scared of throat cancer | 8/4/2008 |
Q: I am a 24 year old female. I got HPV around 5 years ago. I had cervical dysplasia at one time, but ...
A: you are right! With oral sex more common today this has indeed become a reality (anal infections are ...
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| I had rare mesothelial cells found | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I had rare mesothelial cells found in some fluid taken out of the area around my lungs. No malignant ...
A: Asbestos exposure does increase your risk of mesothelioma (and of lung cancer - MUCH MORE so if you ...
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| Need some guidance on my mom's cancer situation | 8/2/2008 |
Q: My mom is a breast cancer survivor for the past 25 years. She had a mastectomy to remove her left ...
A: I can not completely rule out that her liver lesion is her new primary tumor, but it is not a common ...
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| Need some guidance on my mom's cancer situation | 8/1/2008 |
Q: My mom is a breast cancer survivor for the past 25 years. She had a mastectomy to remove her left ...
A: It is evident that this has nothing to do with her previous breast cancer. It is also clear that ...
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| Gallbaldder & Liver Cancer | 8/1/2008 |
Q: My aunt is 52 years old and just a few days ago was diagnosed with gallbladder and liver cancer, we ...
A: Unfortunately: 1. A liver transplant is usually not easily arranged on short notice as should be ...
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| Need some guidance on my mom's cancer situation | 8/1/2008 |
Q: My mom is a breast cancer survivor for the past 25 years. She had a mastectomy to remove her left ...
A: 1. It is not very probable with a primary liver cancer that then spreads to an arm pit. 2. What ...
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| strange growth that is not a tumor | 7/31/2008 |
Q: My partner recently went in to the family doc with a lump on the outer part of his left knee...the ...
A: To be sure I would need to read the biopsy result - the pathology report of it. You can copy it here ...
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| stage iv colon cancer | 7/29/2008 |
Q: my husband has stage iv colon cancer and i have lots of worries but my main one is how much time we ...
A: Any such prediction is HARD to do. Without any chemo therapy I would say a few months or even weeks. ...
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| Blood Counts | 7/29/2008 |
Q: My husband is an AML patient in remission for the 3rd time. He has had 3 BMTs. His recent blood ...
A: Ok, thanks. He has an anemia (lack of red cells) which also can be seen since his marrow seems to ...
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| cancer prostate | 7/26/2008 |
Q: hi my father has been diagnosed with prostate cancer secondary bone cancer both advanced bone cancer ...
A: Well, both cancers and patients are individuals not identical copies/clones! So there are ...
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| Complex ovarian cyst | 7/26/2008 |
Q: I have had intermittent left side pelvic pain, stomach bloating, change in bowel habits and so forth ...
A: While I doubt that you have had an ovarian cancer all this time and far from certain even now I'm ...
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| Stockholm Dermatologist | 7/25/2008 |
Q: I don't know if you are the correct person to ask, but if you can't help me then perhaps you could ...
A: I have now been retired - after a stroke - for almost 6 years. I'm not aware of if the "mole map" ...
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| chemo for third stage colon cancer | 7/25/2008 |
Q: I have had a successful lap procedure for colon cancer, a lesion near the cecum was removed with ...
A: Since I too was self employed for a long time after I left the Swedish Army, I do understand your ...
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| Lung Cancer | 7/24/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs after smoking for 40 years. He recently ...
A: Well, all investigative methods (x-rays, CT-scans, MRI-scans, ultrasound-scans & laboratory methods) ...
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| spindle tumor | 7/24/2008 |
Q: my wife's report of FNAC SHOWS scanty cellular material composed of only three clumps of spinele ...
A: Yes I understand that, but to get a diagnosis when the aspiration biopsy was inconclusive we have ...
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| spindle tumor | 7/23/2008 |
Q: my wife's report of FNAC SHOWS scanty cellular material composed of only three clumps of spinele ...
A: The reports are not enough for a diagnosis to base any treatment plan on. I suggest a surgical ...
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| swollen lymph node and respiratory problem | 7/22/2008 |
Q: My 13 year old nephew has been admitted to the hospital with a swollen lymph node in his neck and ...
A: Your description of his problems do not allow any specific diagnosis. This can be many things from ...
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| SORE IN ESOPHAGUS | 7/21/2008 |
Q: CLAES-GUSTAF NORDQUIST,M.D. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM. THE LYMPHOMA IS IN REMISSION BUT NOW HE ...
A: This is due to his hiatus hernia. Stomach acid leaks up into his esophagus and causes this. It also ...
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| Treatments for cancer | 7/21/2008 |
Q: If you do NOT believe that ONLY radiation and chemo are the ONLY acceptable, reasonably effective ...
A: The ONLY generally available treatment methods for cancer are surgery, radiation therapy and chemo ...
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| Lymph Nodes and Thyroid | 7/21/2008 |
Q: Nordquist: Since early 2005 I have had a lymph node swollen on my neck close t my jaw. My GP first ...
A: Well that is possible, but at present without any results it is impossible to be sure of anything! ...
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| Appendix Cancer Chemical Markers | 7/18/2008 |
Q: I have mucous andreocarcinoma (sp) and just finished 13 rounds of folfox plus avastin. My CEA has ...
A: There are uncertainties with all tumor markers. If no more tumor activity can be seen with CT (& ...
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| Ovarian Cancer | 7/17/2008 |
Q: I received my CT report after my doctor told me they suspected ovarian cancer. I have had nausea, ...
A: 1.Under the circumstances a gyn.onc. would probably be good. 2.It is possible, even probable but not ...
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| Whats the difference chemo and radiopherapy | 7/17/2008 |
Q: What reason would you get chemo over radiopherapy and vice versa. Is one for more serious cancers or ...
A: They are just different methods. Which one to use is based on experience from previous treatments of ...
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| rate of survival Non-small Cell lung Cancer iv | 7/17/2008 |
Q: My brother who is a policeman, non- smoker, good health, no other health problems, here in ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about his and your problems! Since he has never smoked I suppose his lung ...
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| Peritoneal cancer | 7/16/2008 |
Q: My wife,Michelle, was diagnosed with Peritoneal cancer, that originated in her colon in October 07 ...
A: Ok, I'm familiar with the theory behind it and the practice of it but not with the acronym. I also ...
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| Peritoneal cancer | 7/16/2008 |
Q: My wife,Michelle, was diagnosed with Peritoneal cancer, that originated in her colon in October 07 ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is NOT my first language. Americans are very fond of ...
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| Melanoma | 7/15/2008 |
Q: my name is Julia and i wanted to ask you some questions about my 83 years old grandmother. 3 years ...
A: 1. It is unfortunately impossible to predict with any certainty. At her age some tumors sometimes ...
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| 20 Year son with Stage IV NSCLC | 7/15/2008 |
Q: How are you Dr. Nordquist? I hope you have been well. I am writing to update you on Don's progress, ...
A: Do you mean that the provided link does not work? It did when I tested it here. But it may not work ...
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| Adrenal tumor question | 7/14/2008 |
Q: My son in law, 44, was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma in late Dec. '07. He took IL-2 treament and ...
A: No we do not know that. But it has grown considerably which may mean that is is alive and kicking. ...
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| Adrenal tumor question | 7/14/2008 |
Q: My son in law, 44, was diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma in late Dec. '07. He took IL-2 treament and ...
A: There is yet no sure experience of results from these therapies so it is hard to give advice here, ...
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| RENAL CELL CANCER | 7/14/2008 |
Q: 2003 I was diagnosed with renal cell cancer; my left kidney was removed; since the cancer was ...
A: It is doubtful if this is curable. Renal cancer is often not very sensitive to radiation therapy or ...
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| bladder cancer | 7/13/2008 |
Q: My father is 72 years old and found blood in the urine. About one week ago, he had a cystectomy ...
A: Well they had to be big enough for study by the naked eye anyway. Millimeters to centimeters. ...
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| stage lllB adenocarcinoma(lung cancer) | 7/12/2008 |
Q: In October 2007 my 67 year old mother was diagnosed with stage lllB adenocarcinoma in her left upper ...
A: Tarceva is unfortunately not a cure in this situation BUT it will probably prolong your mother's ...
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| bladder cancer | 7/12/2008 |
Q: My father is 72 years old and found blood in the urine. About one week ago, he had a cystectomy ...
A: Probably the way his tumors looked and the way they were growing made a cancer diagnosis VERY ...
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| onogology field | 7/12/2008 |
Q: What role does math or science play in being a surgical onocologist
A: I'm a medical oncologist and radiation therapist! In those fields they play a very important role! ...
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| Glioma (left frontal lobe)... | 7/11/2008 |
Q: 48 years old...Nurse for 15 years...MRI revealed 17mm glioma (astrocytoma...type I or II...I've ...
A: Sorry Carla, this is a question for a very experienced neurologist! I'm a humble medical oncologist ...
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| PET Scan one year post chemo | 7/11/2008 |
Q: I am in remission for Mediastinal B cell lymphoma (Stage IIB). I received 6 cycles of R-chop, ...
A: You are most welcome! Unfortunately not for many years to come. After 5 years you can relax mostly ...
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| throat cancer | 7/10/2008 |
Q: My husband has recently been diagnosed with throat cancer in the 3rd-4th stage. It has spread to ...
A: Well this is serious! Treatment will be tough, the outcome uncertain and I have to remind you that ...
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| cancer | 7/10/2008 |
Q: We are Syrian teachers in ministry education, we want you to help us by answering this question. ...
A: I see. Well, let us see if I have understood your question correctly? You represent the Syrian ...
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| Period of feeling better while dying? | 7/10/2008 |
Q: Dr About 3 weeks ago I had asked you about my husband's oncologist's opinion ( and you concurred) ...
A: It can also be a sign that his radiation therapy had a better (though unfortunately probably ...
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| Type III Clear Cell Carcinoma | 7/9/2008 |
Q: Mr Nordquist, Thank you for taking your time to read this and thank you in advance for your reply. ...
A: The important things in this report are: She has a cancer in her right ovary. That cancer has spread ...
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| Metastron/faslodex | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I am tring to locate a practioner that will administer Metastron for breast bone metastes in the UK ...
A: That is a (anti)hormonal therapy drug but with less side effects than some others. It may work here ...
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| ovarian cancer | 7/8/2008 |
Q: My aunt is suffering from ovarian cancer, she is 50yrs old, she had her uterus removed about a year ...
A: Unfortunately I have to agree with her dr. At present there is no other treatment available for this ...
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| Metastron/faslodex | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I am tring to locate a practioner that will administer Metastron for breast bone metastes in the UK ...
A: Metastron is licensed here in Sweden. Since UK is like Sweden a member of EU it is quite possible ...
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| lung cancer | 7/6/2008 |
Q: not completely diagnosed as 1.3 cm nodule is in central left upper lobe, bronchoscope did not give ...
A: Ask your dr. if it can be reached with a needle biopsy, either via the chest wall or via a ...
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| Abdominal pain, SLE. lymphoma? | 7/5/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I was DXN with "pre-lupus" several years ago, and have been on plaquenil since. The ...
A: Since it is your lymph nodes that worries you the easiest, simplest and quickest examination would ...
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| Cancer of the spine | 7/4/2008 |
Q: My uncle was Dx with cancer of the spine. They found a tumor- went to do radiation and found ...
A: Malignant tumors of the spine usually have a very bad prognosis. But without knowing precisely what ...
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| Sore red bump under left armpit | 7/2/2008 |
Q: Dr. About 5 days ago I noticed a small bump under my left armpit. I plan to go to the Dr. as soon as ...
A: Probably a local infection/inflammation, but go to your dr.! I'm sorry to bother you with an appeal ...
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| Philadelphia Chromosome et al | 7/1/2008 |
Q: A little background.... My brother had ALL. I was his BM donor and he is now cured (18+ years since ...
A: You did?! Though Finnish grammar is so hard! VERY GOOD! And absolutely NOT related to English at ...
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| artificial hydration at end of life | 7/1/2008 |
Q: Dr You were so helpful a few days ago concerning my question about my husband's prognosis with ...
A: That depends on his body temperature (any fever?), environmental temperature and humidity, amount of ...
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| cancer treatment | 6/29/2008 |
Q: My 52 year-old brother had a malignant tumor on his salivary gland (maxillary) a year and a half ...
A: Unfortunately his case has now become one of a stage 4 cancer which at present in principle is ...
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| Thymic cyst | 6/27/2008 |
Q: a Ct scan found a thymic cyst - residual thymus - 1 cm in retrosternal area. Do I need to be ...
A: Impossible to be sure. Most nodules found are not dangerous in any way but some are! However - if ...
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| Length of side effects following spot radiation treatments | 6/27/2008 |
Q: My husband was dx in 97 with prostate cancer-mets to lymph nodes. Had a bi-lateral orchiectomy. Has ...
A: I too doubt that it has anything to do with his radiation. His symptoms do seem consistent with a ...
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| Thymic cyst | 6/27/2008 |
Q: a Ct scan found a thymic cyst - residual thymus - 1 cm in retrosternal area. Do I need to be ...
A: Probably not. But have it checked a few times over time so that it is KNOWN that it is not changing! ...
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| liver cancer | 6/26/2008 |
Q: My wife had surgery for two tumors, one by resection and one by RFA just less than 3 months ago. Her ...
A: These were HARD questions! I still have far too little information of her case to be able to form ...
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| Hypoechoic Solid Thyroid Nodule | 6/26/2008 |
Q: !! I am a 36 year old, that had a routine check up with my General MD. She detected my thyroid gland ...
A: Scintigraphy works by recording and visualizing the isotope uptake in the thyroid. Malignant lesions ...
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| 20 Year son with Stage IV NSCLC | 6/26/2008 |
Q: How are you Dr. Nordquist? I hope you have been well. I am writing to update you on Don's progress, ...
A: No one can promise that a cancer is gone. The hypermetabolic lymph nodes MAY indicate an ...
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| Gall Bladder Cancer- Treatment options. | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I understand that you've gone through such a torture in the past. Now my 64yr old mother in law ...
A: Yes for some reason both my parents died from this, but in their cases it was rather advanced and ...
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| Multiple Myeloma | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I have a few questions regarding my 81 year old mothers Multiple Myeloma. History first. My mother ...
A: 1. Velcade is NOT an ordinary chemo therapy agent. It interferes with the protein metabolism in the ...
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| lymph nodes | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I started having RUQ dull, mild abdominal pain a month ago. My AST and ALT were elevated and 2 ...
A: There is actually not much difference except in size. But also "normal" lymph nodes may be enlarged ...
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| Skin Cancer.. odd shaped freckle... | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I am 21 years old and am also 31 weeks pregnant. I was reading an article about the ABCDs of ...
A: If it has been there all your life and you are not aware of any change it is probably not dangerous. ...
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| Bone Cancer? | 6/17/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I consulted an Orthopedist for pain in my left lower leg. The pain seem to originate ...
A: The risk is not big since such tumors are rare but in order to be more sure at least an X-ray ...
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| enquiries on prostrate cancer | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I would like to ask the following if possible: Is testesterone linked with prostrate cancer? Is it ...
A: It seems so, so yes probably it will give you a smaller risk. As far as I know with a REASONABLE ...
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| Which country? Your informal advice please. | 6/17/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I am a USA citizen with no health insurance. I have a nodular basal cell carcinoma ...
A: You have really given me a tough question! I doubt that ANYONE can answer all parts of it without ...
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| enquiries on prostrate cancer | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I would like to ask the following if possible: Is testesterone linked with prostrate cancer? Is it ...
A: Yes testosterone is linked to prostate cancer. In cases where such a cancer has spread castration ...
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| Heterotopic ossification | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I had a hip revision done and now 3 months later have developed a 2 inch heterotopic ossification. ...
A: In spite of the possibility of radiation treatment (any growing tissue even if not malignant can be ...
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| cancer in the knee | 6/14/2008 |
Q: My friend was diagnosed with cancer in the knee. they told her that its in the bone marrow. what is ...
A: T be able to give a good answer to this I would need to know EXACTLY what kind of tumor she has. In ...
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| Elevated CA-125 | 6/12/2008 |
Q: Last Fall I had a company blood screening with an elevated bilirubin of 1.4 and an elevated Ca-125 ...
A: Yes this test IS unreliable but since you have been checked with it and these findings have been ...
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| Tumors on fallopian tube and ovary | 6/11/2008 |
Q: My mother has been having female issues and finally went to the Dr. He did a transvaginal ...
A: It may be but I can not give you any sure diagnosis at present nor any odds! An abdominal endoscopy ...
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| Lymph nodes | 6/10/2008 |
Q: About 7 months ago I noticed a lymph node in the back of my neck, it was really small, probably 0,5 ...
A: Blood tests do not show everything! And we know that your EBV was negative so it is NOT ...
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| Cancerous Rectum? | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I had my colon removed in Sept 07 and for the past few months i have had a few problems with my ...
A: If you had your whole colon removed (due to ulcerative colitis?) and you have this much problem from ...
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| marble sized lump | 6/7/2008 |
Q: I have a marble sized lump under the skin of my leg (in front, next to my shin, but its most visible ...
A: If it has not chnged much over a time of 18 months or so it is probably not a cancer but I can not ...
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| Thyroid tumor | 6/4/2008 |
Q: My wife had a large pituitary tumor removed in 1981 when she was 17. She has done fairly well since ...
A: Before we start discussing thyroid cancer I think it is best first to make sure what her thyroid ...
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| lung cancer | 6/3/2008 |
Q: 1.hello, my dad just recently diagnosed with nsclc last month. there's one on his right lower lobe ...
A: Well surgery, radiation therapy and chemo therapy may be possible but can probably only prolong his ...
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| high grade astrocytoma brain | 6/1/2008 |
Q: My mother has a GBM that was diagnosed in June 2007 with multiple surgical resection. Her first ...
A: No they will not. Too much time has passed and these new tumor tissues may not be sensitive. I see ...
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| lung tumor necrosis | 6/1/2008 |
Q: My father has stage IV small cell ca of the lung with mets to the brain. His cancer was originally ...
A: This is a rather common phenomenon in all sorts of cancer. The tumor by growing partly outgrows its ...
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| HRCT ground glass opacities | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I am a 49 year old, 18 month survivor of endometrial adenocarcinoa grade 1, stage 1 which was ...
A: Well it is never wrong to ask for a second opinion. I honestly do not understand why no biopsies ...
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| cell renewal | 5/31/2008 |
Q: I read the book 'One Renegade Cell', about the possible causes of cancer, by Robert Weinberg (1998). ...
A: I do agree with the notion that a multitude of mutations (due to different causes) cause cancer. But ...
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| left testicular tumor | 5/31/2008 |
Q: my problem is that my left testicular found in it a tumor and this is the result of Pathology lab ...
A: That will depend on which chemo therapy scheme your dr. will decide on. Only the dr. in charge of ...
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| Cervical cancer | 5/30/2008 |
Q: For over a year she underwent the treatment of chimotherapy radium etc. After the treatement she was ...
A: Well an x-ray shadow in her lung is something. If it is cancer and connected to her cervical cancer ...
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| left testicular tumor | 5/30/2008 |
Q: my problem is that my left testicular found in it a tumor and this is the result of Pathology lab ...
A: Yes unfortunately your removed testis included a testicular cancer. Surgery seems to have been very ...
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| Hgh CEA | 5/30/2008 |
Q: Good Day: I have a friend who had colon cancer 23 months ago. Following surgery, her CEA was 1.9. ...
A: Your description makes it most probable that her cancer has spread to her liver (may have happened ...
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| Treatment for melanoma 3.5 mm thickness mid upper arm | 5/28/2008 |
Q: Dr, Nordquist. Following is some long and detailed background and questions, undoubtedly of value ...
A: Yes I did notice your full name there. I myself have no control over such matters. The only thing I ...
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| nhl - what to expect | 5/27/2008 |
Q: My 77 yr. old husband has been diagnosed with Nhl in the thoracic cavity. A 4 cm. mass that is ...
A: Well it seems that this mass is close to engage his esophagus. So we can expect problems in ...
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| Metastic lung cancer with Cancer of unknown primary | 5/27/2008 |
Q: About March 20, my 20 year old son presented with dyspnea, coughing, fever. He is a diabetic since ...
A: Well this information still points in the direction of a primary lung cancer and not a thyroid ...
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| Bone cancer | 5/25/2008 |
Q: I had no idea sites like this existed ... Ok, here's the situation. My husband had a biopsy done ...
A: Without knowing exactly what kind of bone tumor he had it is difficult to comment on if there is any ...
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| chemo with 86 year old women | 5/25/2008 |
Q: my (86) mother was operated for colon cancer in sept 07. they thought they got it all. she had many ...
A: Well, only the patient can decide if there is going to be any treatment! If she does not want any, ...
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| Liver Cancer | 5/24/2008 |
Q: i'm 17 and my dad has liver cancer. It has spread to his lungs. After some research over the ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems. I'm a Swede, living in Sweden so unfortunately I ...
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| Treatment for melanoma 3.5 mm thickness mid upper arm | 5/24/2008 |
Q: Dr, Nordquist. Following is some long and detailed background and questions, undoubtedly of value ...
A: First, statistics and probabilities are completely ok when dealing with vast numbers of cases. It is ...
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| Metastic lung cancer with Cancer of unknown primary | 5/24/2008 |
Q: About March 20, my 20 year old son presented with dyspnea, coughing, fever. He is a diabetic since ...
A: I do understand your concern! However since you are thinking a lot of thyroid cancers I have to ...
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| Metastic lung cancer with Cancer of unknown primary | 5/23/2008 |
Q: About March 20, my 20 year old son presented with dyspnea, coughing, fever. He is a diabetic since ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your son's case! I agree with his oncologist that in this situation his ...
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| high CA 19-9 scores | 5/23/2008 |
Q: My doctor ordered testing of CA 19-9 because my mother died of lung cancer (although neither she nor ...
A: Well it looks to me as if you have gone through the whole catalogue without any cancer found at all. ...
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| nhl - what to expect | 5/23/2008 |
Q: My 77 yr. old husband has been diagnosed with Nhl in the thoracic cavity. A 4 cm. mass that is ...
A: Well the choice is your husband's! NO ONE can force any therapy on him he does not want. However ...
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| bladder cancer | 5/23/2008 |
Q: My brother's bladder was removed and the cancer had spread to lymph nodes and chemo was necessary ...
A: Well, I do not know exactly what kind of chemo therapy your brother received or what is intended for ...
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| Lung nodule | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I can't seem to find an answer to thisWhat is a focal pulley parenchymal nodule. I recently had a CT ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden and English is not my first language. This terminology is unknown to me ...
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| MELANOMA STAGE III CANCER | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I HAD 4 BRAIN MENIGIOMAS IN 2005 AND HAD A COMPLETE CRANITOMY, THESE CAME BACK BENIGN, IN 2006, I ...
A: Your melanoma & meningiomas are not connected in any way! You have been diagnosed with a. malignant ...
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| PROSTATE CANCER | 5/22/2008 |
Q: My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer in June or july of 2007, and he undewent surgery to remove ...
A: If his prostate and prostate cancer were totally removed there should not be any PSA at all after a ...
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| unknown pain | 5/20/2008 |
Q: I have had a pain in my right lower pelvic area. It has moved to my back, still on the right side, ...
A: 1. Often but certainly NOT always. 2. Not often. Pain is certainly not an early symptom and at late ...
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| nodules on a chest xray | 5/19/2008 |
Q: I had two nodules found on a chest xray in my lower right quadrant. Would you be able to tell me ...
A: Most nodules seen - at least on CT, in ordinary x-rays it is more uncertain - are non cancerous and ...
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| Pawpaw | 5/18/2008 |
Q: I have read on several sites on the internet recently that extracts from the pawpaw twigs can help ...
A: While it is true that most cancer cells consume a lot of sugar (by fermentation) I have to tell you ...
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| pancreatic tumour | 5/15/2008 |
Q: why would a surgeon postpone resection of a localized pancreatic tumor for 6-8 weeks, preferring to ...
A: There are many possible reasons. Besides I'm not a surgeon but a medical oncologist and a radiation ...
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| Prognosis?? | 5/15/2008 |
Q: My dad was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in his vocal cords about 8 yrs. ago. About 3yrs ...
A: Unfortunately your father has a stage 4 cancer. Such a cancer is at present incurable. It will also ...
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| Please read this. mestastized cancer | 5/13/2008 |
Q: My mother, suffered from breast cancer in her right breast. She went through a mastectomy. ...
A: Unfortunately with a stage 4 breast cancer any cure is at present impossible. Hormonal and chemo ...
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| Hypo-echoic nodules and complex echo nodule on thyroid | 5/13/2008 |
Q: I just got back my thyroid ultrasound results, and received a call from my doctor saying I should ...
A: Ultrasound works like radar - except that it uses sound waves instead of radio waves - so it sends ...
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| Alternative Cancer Therapies | 5/11/2008 |
Q: I have stage 3 Seminoma and am looking for alternative cancer treatment centers in Europe or the ...
A: There is NO useful alternative treatment for a stage 3 seminoma anywhere! You have a potentially ...
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| chemotherapy@ | 5/11/2008 |
Q: my mum had lung cancer which spread to secondary bone cancer. she had chemotherapy and radiotherapy ...
A: Her drugs definitely do NOT stay in her body from March to September. We are talking of an ...
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| Lymphoma | 5/10/2008 |
Q: My friend's mother has developed lymphoma from radiation treatment of the groin area. Her leg in the ...
A: Why was radiation therapy given? for what? Are you sure you mean lymphoma? is it not lymphedema you ...
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| My friend Anne | 5/9/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, My friend Anne has a similar story to the person asking about her friend with the spinal ...
A: Breast cancer metastases to the lungs have nothing to do with smoking. With regards to her cancer ...
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| Small Nodules - Follow Up in One Year?? | 5/8/2008 |
Q: a friend of mine was just getting over bronchitis. She felt fine but her doctor kept hearing a ...
A: About 90% of all lung cancers are associated with smoking - which of course also means that about ...
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| lung cancer treatment in 1967 | 5/6/2008 |
Q: I am playing a part of a woman who is dying of lung cancer in 1967. She has been told she a has "a ...
A: The biological behaviour of a lung cancer was the same in 1967 as it is today. The difference was ...
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| Lung cancer | 5/3/2008 |
Q: My husband had the middle lobe of his right lung removed on 3/31/08. He had/has large cell ...
A: Ok thanks! To be able to give you a good answer I would need to read the full pathology report. Can ...
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| Lung cancer | 4/30/2008 |
Q: My husband had the middle lobe of his right lung removed on 3/31/08. He had/has large cell ...
A: You are right, this is a rare type of cancer - even more so here. No one can guarantee that all of a ...
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| CA breast , Bone & lung | 4/30/2008 |
Q: CA breast stage IV now.. In 1994 operated for CA breast now secondary in bones and lungs. had the ...
A: Prognosis is of course not good in the long run unfortunately. But if your cancer was hormone ...
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| thyroid | 4/27/2008 |
Q: My biopsy on my thyroid came back suspicious of papillary carcinoma and I as told I will need to ...
A: The only indications to the nature and behaviour of your thyroid cancer that we have are from the ...
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| cancer | 4/27/2008 |
Q: I am a 7yr survivor of non hodgkins lymphoma and am currently being tested for bladder cancer. Last ...
A: Whatever it is it MUST be checked out soonest! To make it quickly I suggest that your dr. arranges ...
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| thyroid | 4/27/2008 |
Q: My biopsy on my thyroid came back suspicious of papillary carcinoma and I as told I will need to ...
A: So my doubts about the precise cancer diagnosis proved to be correct. The presence of colloid fits ...
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| Colorectal cancer | 4/24/2008 |
Q: My mom was diagonized for colorectal cancer during 09/07 She had a partial colostomy done during ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about her case. Her CEA values are unfortunately very high. The normal values ...
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| CA Breast, Secondary Bone Cancer | 4/18/2008 |
Q: My mom is 58 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer 13 years ago, she had her breast removed ...
A: Usually the bone marrow starts working again after some time. More blood transfusions may be ...
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| CA Breast, Secondary Bone Cancer | 4/18/2008 |
Q: My mom is 58 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer 13 years ago, she had her breast removed ...
A: Chemo therapy is toxic to cancer cells but unfortunately also to some extent to normal cells, ...
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| lung cancer | 4/18/2008 |
Q: we have been to 2 specialists and they only reccommend chemo to improve his quality of life. do you ...
A: Since he has cancer in BOTH of his lungs it MUST be considered as widely spread. So it is not a ...
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| lung cancer | 4/17/2008 |
Q: we have been to 2 specialists and they only reccommend chemo to improve his quality of life. do you ...
A: Yes RFA is a possibility but it will most probably not change his prognosis. In this situation ...
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| cancer remission | 4/16/2008 |
Q: Can bone cancer go into remission? My ex-husband has had prostate cancer that has gone to his bones ...
A: With remission is usually meant a period of time when it at least appears that the cancer has gone ...
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| secondary bone cancer | 4/16/2008 |
Q: my sister in law is 37 years old and was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago,she had her breast ...
A: If her breast cancer has spread to her bones and to her liver (so she does NOT have bone cancer, she ...
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| cancer remission | 4/15/2008 |
Q: Can bone cancer go into remission? My ex-husband has had prostate cancer that has gone to his bones ...
A: He does NOT have "bone cancer". what he has is prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. If you ...
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| chemotherapy & itching | 4/13/2008 |
Q: I am a very active 53 year old woman who has been in remission from hodgkins lymphoma for the pst ...
A: Itching is a very common symptom and very non specific. In your case it seems to be associated with ...
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| Kidney Cancer | 4/11/2008 |
Q: Hey my name is don i'm a 21 year old college student and I work out a lot, non smoker, eat healthy ...
A: First of all, you are 21 years old. Kidney cancer at that age is EXTREMELY rare - almost unheard of! ...
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| bone cancer | 4/8/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I had a radical prostatectomy in 2002. My current (March 2008) PSA is 0.15. I started ...
A: Well normally you get quite enough of vitamin D through your food. I was not aware of this effect - ...
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| bone cancer | 4/7/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I had a radical prostatectomy in 2002. My current (March 2008) PSA is 0.15. I started ...
A: To find metastases in bones it would be better with MRI scans in combination with x-rays & PET scans ...
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| Prostate Cancer | 4/7/2008 |
Q: Have another question regarding "seeding" OR Brachytherapy--husband 63--gleason 6--T1--PSA 8.7 ...
A: I'm a Swede, living in Sweden and I'm not a surgeon but a medical oncologist & radiation therapist. ...
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| Prostate Cancer | 4/6/2008 |
Q: This is my 2nd question regarding prostate cancer--Husband has a gleason score 6 and location at ...
A: Well the negative effects of radiation are mainly related to that it may cause inflammation - like ...
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| Ovarian Cancer | 4/4/2008 |
Q: My aunt recently underwent surgery for a mass in her abdomen. The surgeon was unable to remove all ...
A: It will kill her. And the process will be very unpleasant. Her abdomen will be filled up with fluid ...
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| Cancer Terms | 4/3/2008 |
Q: Are the terms mass and tumor the same? What is the differentiation between the two? My friend has ...
A: A "mass" is an unspecified something that you may feel when you examine a patient or which is seen ...
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| Query and Advice Please | 4/1/2008 |
Q: I am nearly 36 years old. I have a persistant left ovarian cyst, it was 4.5 cm by 4cm at the last ...
A: If your gynecologist is not worried by your ovarian cyst - and that seems to be the case or more ...
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| lymphoma | 3/30/2008 |
Q: I have a lymph node that I can feel on the left side of my neck. It is about 0.5 to 1cm in size and ...
A: The easiest & simplest & quickest way of checking that out is by thin needle aspiration biopsy. ...
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| Lung cancer | 3/29/2008 |
Q: My father underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his left lung. This was his second ...
A: I'm sorry! This is a question for a cardio-vascular-pulmonary (thoracic) surgeon. I'm not a surgeon. ...
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| bone cancer ... life expectancy | 3/28/2008 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed with bone cancer. Her pelvic is broken because of it and is starting ...
A: So she has a lung cancer that has spread to her pleurae (lung sacs) and to some of her bones making ...
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| worried about my illness | 3/28/2008 |
Q: after a bad fall i end up in hospital with broken head after 2 days start with headache and vomit ...
A: I'm sorry. That is outside my field of expertise here. I'm a medical oncologist & radiation ...
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| lab results for blood work! | 3/27/2008 |
Q: i am b cancer survivor for 12 yrs and diagnosed w/lymphedema in 2006. I just recently had blood work ...
A: Without knowing what the actual results are it is hard for me to discuss this. I do not want to ...
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| Pepallary Ca Thyroid | 3/27/2008 |
Q: Subject: Pappillary Ca Thyroid Volunteer Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.My mother's total ...
A: Unfortunately different laboratories can have different standards for such tests so I need the ...
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| Lung cancer | 3/26/2008 |
Q: My father(80yoa) suffered a hemorragic stroke in 2002. He is left-side impaired. Additionally, at ...
A: I'm sorry to hear his story and I do find the hospital treatment of him dreadful! Without an MRI ...
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| hypoechoic thyroid nodules | 3/26/2008 |
Q: I had an ultrasound and found out that i have two hypoechoic nodules, and the doctor wants me to ...
A: Since they can be seen on ultrasound an ultrasound guided needle biopsy of each can be done. ...
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| autistic son | 3/26/2008 |
Q: I have been told all my life everyone in my family on my moms side has died of cancer. I have a 16 ...
A: It is sufficient if you explain your worries to the dr. and especially that you are worried about ...
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| Bladder Cancer Treatment | 3/21/2008 |
Q: In November 0f 2007 my 57 yrs of age was Dx with Stage iv Invasive over expressive bladder cancer ...
A: First of all, unfortunately you have to forget everything about raw broccoli, flax seeds etc.! If it ...
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| lung cancer,nodules | 3/19/2008 |
Q: I had my pet scan,still i am stable,thank the lord and modern medicine.but my question is this,they ...
A: Probably to make you aware of that it is there. Well if not active that is good, but I can not ...
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| Pappillary Ca Thyroid | 3/18/2008 |
Q: My mother's total thyroid removal was done on on 19.1.2008, after that she feel very week and ...
A: This radioactive isotope (iodine 131) clearly shows that not all of her cancer has been removed. ...
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| Radiation treatment: renal risk afer stage 1 seminoma | 3/17/2008 |
Q: My questions involves treatment for a Stage 1 seminoma for which a inguinal orchiectomy was ...
A: Shannon, seminoma is usually at present not a deadly disease provided treatment schedules based on ...
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| Pappillary Ca Thyroid | 3/17/2008 |
Q: My mother's total thyroid removal was done on on 19.1.2008, after that she feel very week and ...
A: Well it seems her parathyroid glands were removed together with her thyroid. They produce parathroid ...
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| 14yr old with lump on knee | 3/17/2008 |
Q: Dr. Norquist, I have a 14 yr old son who has recently noticed a hard lump about dime size on the ...
A: Without an examination I can not say what it is. I do understand your concern though! To KNOW what ...
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| Fould smell due to lung and kidney cancer | 3/16/2008 |
Q: My husband has had his lung and kidney removed in the last year due to cancer. He completed ...
A: It is quite possible that this has to do with his cancer, especially if he is in a bad general ...
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| Stage IV Lung Cancer | 3/11/2008 |
Q: My sister in Canada has been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer which has matastacised to her liver ...
A: Well, ufortunately the treatment results are the same all over the world and they are not very good. ...
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| oral cancer | 3/10/2008 |
Q: Sir, I just want to know more about oral cancer wheather it curable or not?what are its ...
A: Mouth cancer can show many different symptoms like a chronic ulcer or different mucosal changes. Let ...
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| metastic lung cancer | 3/8/2008 |
Q: I am 38yrs old,I was diagnosed with stage IV metastic lung cancer in april of 07.I have bone cancer ...
A: Spread is possible but not certain. To be certain MRI scans & X-rays and/or PET scans and other ...
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| metastic lung cancer | 3/8/2008 |
Q: I am 38yrs old,I was diagnosed with stage IV metastic lung cancer in april of 07.I have bone cancer ...
A: I'm sorry to read about your problems! brain metastases are rather common in cases of lung cancer ...
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| Can Fibroadipose tumors be dangerous? | 3/6/2008 |
Q: I had a large Fibroadipose tumor removed from my thigh muscle 6 years ago. The radiologist ...
A: Well, that is a hard question. If the tumor IS benign (non cancerous) then it should not come back. ...
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| Papellary Ca thyroid | 3/5/2008 |
Q: my mother's total thyroid removal was done on on 19.1.2008, after that she feel very week and some ...
A: I suppose she had to take some radioactive iodine before some time after surgery? If so that ...
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| followup on surgery | 3/2/2008 |
Q: Hejsam Herr Doktor, Since I wrote you last time I had a nuclear diagnosis of my Gall bladder ...
A: Well you do remember some Swedish! Though it is close to 40 years ago! It is quite obvious that ...
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| normal bloodwork, something on ct scan | 2/29/2008 |
Q: I had a ct scan of lower abdomen yesterday and something showed, they stated it could be the start ...
A: Arthritis - if that is what they think you have - is NOT cancer in any way. So I do not think you ...
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| adenocarcenoma | 2/29/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with a brain tumor on 2/21/08,per mri testing,brain surgery was done on ...
A: A stage 4 cancer is a cancer that has spread to another organ at a distance from its origin. Stages ...
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| adenocarcenoma | 2/28/2008 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with a brain tumor on 2/21/08,per mri testing,brain surgery was done on ...
A: Not necessarily, some cancers spread early. If not in his lung his gastrointestinal tract is a place ...
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| Father, brain and lung cancer | 2/27/2008 |
Q: My father has both brain and lung cancer. He was diagnosed with lung cancer 11/10/07 and diagnosed ...
A: To be precise, it is most probably his lung cancer that has spread to his brain. That is rather ...
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| Abdominal Issues | 2/26/2008 |
Q: Greetings. Thanks for this service. I'm 53 years old, w/male. Father died of pancreatic cancer at ...
A: It is impossible to make a diagnosis based on this. BUT I definitely think you need a thorough check ...
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| Is she alright? | 2/26/2008 |
Q: My dearest 57 years old friend had taken surgery (masectomy) and 5 chemotherapy. This is her latest ...
A: Your question is difficult to answer because different laboratories use different methods to ...
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| Thyroid Nodule | 2/26/2008 |
Q: I am posting on behalf of my wife, whe is 33 and has a nodule on her left thyroid. We have visited ...
A: The best procedure is to find out what this really is! To do that I suggest the following! Let an ...
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| cancer | 2/25/2008 |
Q: My co-worker is beginning to stress out because of a medical problem with her 35 yr-old son. During ...
A: well with so little information I can only offer an educated guess. Some bone marrow malignancies ...
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| ovarian cancer | 2/23/2008 |
Q: I'm 63 and started menopause in my late 40's. I recently found that I have an enlarged left ovary. ...
A: You are welcome! I'm a Swede living in Sweden, so I'm not familiar with your local conditions. So ...
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| ovarian cancer | 2/23/2008 |
Q: I'm 63 and started menopause in my late 40's. I recently found that I have an enlarged left ovary. ...
A: I do not understand why you should wait! You are postmenopausal. You do not need your ovaries any ...
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| Malignant Melanoma | 2/22/2008 |
Q: Doctor. My sister-in-law was diagnosed with metastatic malignant melanoma the day after ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your situation! First of all, in most cancer cases it IS important to ...
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| What is the best way? | 2/17/2008 |
Q: What is the best way with the least amount of scarring to remove a BCC which is located 1-1/2" below ...
A: Well it may be possible to do it with surgery but for that you need to talk to a surgeon, which I'm ...
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| thyroid | 2/15/2008 |
Q: My biopsy on my thyroid came back suspicious of papillary carcinoma and I as told I will need to ...
A: Life is not always so clearcut! Sometimes a diagnosis is uncertain! Yes I agree, your thyroid should ...
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| Positive CEA Test Value 4.5 (<2.5 normal for non-smoker) | 2/12/2008 |
Q: I have many illnesses including, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, High Blood ...
A: I would call CEA a malignant tumor MARKER - and I DO NOT like to use it as a primary diagnostic tool ...
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| Positive CEA Test Value 4.5 (<2.5 normal for non-smoker) | 2/12/2008 |
Q: I have many illnesses including, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, High Blood ...
A: This was an extremely complicated question and due to your complex medical situation largely outside ...
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| secondry breast cancer | 2/9/2008 |
Q: my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 and a year later with secondries of the bones. she ...
A: I suppose radiation therapy was used against painful bone lesions. Cancer markers are proteins in ...
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| low platelet count and extremely large tonsil | 2/5/2008 |
Q: I am 31 year old male and police officer who was diagnosed by lab prep prior to an emergency ...
A: No not normally unless you have some general lymphoma with bone marrow involvement but the ...
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| Lymphoma and ESRD in frail elderly | 2/4/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, My 82 year old mother in law has been on Hemodialysis for ESRD for about 4 months now. ...
A: Well, your confidence in me is flattering, BUT I'm only an expert on malignancies here! And this ...
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| Cancer Survival | 2/3/2008 |
Q: My husband initially developed right shoulder pain some three years ago which has attributed to ...
A: You should continue for as long as the therapy shows any positive effects and as long as it is ...
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| recurrent ovca & colonic stent | 2/3/2008 |
Q: my mother has recurring ovarian cancer and is undergoing her third round of chemotherapy. She also ...
A: Well food can be processed to be like baby food and mashes. In that form it should not be a problem ...
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| Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma...chemo | 2/3/2008 |
Q: My uncle has non-hodgkins lymphoma type B. He was been in remission but has come back and has ...
A: To enhance his immunity may be difficult even if certain possibilities may exist. But your mother ...
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| Brain tumor. | 2/2/2008 |
Q: I am a 15 year old girl and: I have extremely bad migraines, dizziness, irregular menstrual ...
A: Anything (almost) is possible, but if this has been a constant phenomenon for several years it is ...
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| Small Cell Lung Cancer | 2/1/2008 |
Q: My Brother in law has SCLC he contracted the cancer 18 months ago and was given chemotherapy however ...
A: Yes you are correct! No curative therapy is possible so all therapy here aims at 1. trying to ...
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| 4x6x6 complex cyst on left ovary | 2/1/2008 |
Q: I recently had a abdominal and vaginal ultrasound done that revealed a 4x6x6 complex cyst on my left ...
A: It is certainly not sure that it is cancer at the moment but if you have it removed - as you seem to ...
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| how long approx | 1/30/2008 |
Q: my friend has a coloscopy bag and only one kidney and took ill Christmas eve he had a four inch ...
A: Well if he looks yellow it may have spread extensively to his liver. It sounds like a colon cancer ...
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| Metastatic Adenocarcenoma of unknown primary | 1/28/2008 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with this on Jan. 8, 007. Her catscan showed multiple nodules onthe right ...
A: Well I'm in about the same situation as her drs. - in fact with even less to go on! Due to what she ...
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| Fiberglass and cancer | 1/27/2008 |
Q: I was hoping maybe you could help me with this..My husband just installed a new dishwasher today. ...
A: As far as I know the jury is still out on this. That asbestos to some degree can cause cancer (even ...
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| my moms cancer | 1/27/2008 |
Q: Nordquist I am concerned about my mom. In 2006 she was diagnosed with lung canceer and they ...
A: This is something her drs. should have talked to you about. Unfortunately I do not have good news ...
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| Remission or cure | 1/26/2008 |
Q: I have stage 2 prostate cancer and my oncologist, the one that informed me I was in remission, had ...
A: In many cancers where so called radical surgery has been possible - many cases of colon cancer are ...
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| Prominent Lymph Nodes | 1/22/2008 |
Q: I am a 45 years old female. I have been suffering with asthma for about 7 years now. I am being ...
A: No also the radiologist does not know, that is why it is written that it is not possible to ...
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| Prominent Lymph Nodes | 1/22/2008 |
Q: I am a 45 years old female. I have been suffering with asthma for about 7 years now. I am being ...
A: Well also the radiologist can not say what it is only tell us that there is an enlargement there. ...
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| breast cancer and multiple lung nodules | 1/22/2008 |
Q: I am a 6 year breast cancer survivor. Had a recent CT due to abdominal problems, showed multiple ...
A: I can not exclude the possibility of malignancy there but most lung nodules normally found by lung ...
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| stomach pain | 1/21/2008 |
Q: I am a 22 yr old male. 6 ft tall and weight 180. I've been having these stomach problems for about 2 ...
A: I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist not a gastroenterologist. At your age the risks of ...
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| Treatment of breast cancer in 1967 | 1/19/2008 |
Q: A friend of mine is writing a book. One of the characters has breast cancer...the story takes place ...
A: No chemo therapy was NOT standard therapy for breast cancer in 1967 (I started in the business in ...
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| a recent MRI scan on my knee | 1/18/2008 |
Q: I am not even sure if you are the right kind of person to ask about this but I hope you can help. ...
A: This report is somewhat cryptic and unfortunately I'm NOT a diagnostic radiologist! I suggest that ...
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| kidney cancer | 1/18/2008 |
Q: MY BROTHER INLAW HAD HIS KIDNEY REMOVED TWO YEARS AGO DUE TO CANCER,IT MATASTASIZED TO HIS LOWER ...
A: With the information you have provided it is not possible to say much more than I have. The only ...
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| kidney cancer | 1/17/2008 |
Q: MY BROTHER INLAW HAD HIS KIDNEY REMOVED TWO YEARS AGO DUE TO CANCER,IT MATASTASIZED TO HIS LOWER ...
A: It is probable that his cancer has damaged his spinal cord down there which would explain his ...
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| pancreatic cancer | 1/12/2008 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August2007. Inoperable (blood vessel ...
A: Well we have no CEA level from before to compare with. I can only speculate. His tumor may have been ...
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| stage IV esophogeal cancer | 1/12/2008 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer 7 months ago. She had been receiving ...
A: Probably - but this is a question that only her drs. can answer - she receives about as much chemo ...
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| flying with low WBC | 1/10/2008 |
Q: My husband has RCC,stage 4,is currently taking Sutent which has rendered him with a very low WBC ...
A: A patient with very low WBC like here is very infection sensitive and should be rather isolated from ...
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| post surgical treatment of colorectal cancer | 1/4/2008 |
Q: Nordquist, I recently had trans anal excision of a invasive moderately differentiated ...
A: This is a rather small cancer and it SEEMS to have been radically removed. However I can not ...
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| breast cancer chemotherapy | 1/1/2008 |
Q: I have Stage IIa breast cancer. I had lumpectomy and 12 nodes removed. Two nodes were positive. I ...
A: I agree with your oncologist! Your BIG worry is your cancer, not so much any side effects! (I'm ...
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| mass on the wall of the bladder | 12/31/2007 |
Q: I'm 46 just found out i have a mass on the wall of my bladder. I see urologist this thursday Dec 20 ...
A: Mine too is spinning! The way your question was formulated it is easy to assume that what is meant ...
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| stomach problems | 12/31/2007 |
Q: I'm a 56 year old male. About 3 months ago I had a terrible stomach ache which I thought was the ...
A: Varsågod! Well, unfortunately I'm not a fortune teller and I have no crystal ball to look into! I ...
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| Pain in lower back and lower left abdomen | 12/31/2007 |
Q: i am a 18yr old college freshman. I have been masturbating since i was 17 for 2-3 times a day. ...
A: I doubt very much that your masturbation has anything at all to do with your symptoms! BUT the fact ...
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| Laryngeal Cancer | 12/28/2007 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, My husband is suffering from a "right larynx - pyriform sinus mass, biopsy showing ...
A: You should start with the biopsy, but be prepared that you may have to follow his ENT dr.'s advice ...
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| Patch of hair growth on husband's back | 12/28/2007 |
Q: First off, my husband is going to see a doctor about this in a couple weeks. He has this patch of ...
A: Well, honestly this is a question for a dermatologist, really not for me and certainly not for a ...
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| Bevacizumab (avastin) | 12/28/2007 |
Q: i'm a medical student doing an intercalated degree in pharmacology and I need some help with my ...
A: First of all, I retired from working 5 years ago after a stroke. So I do not work now and have not ...
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| soft painless lump in armpit for 10 years | 12/27/2007 |
Q: I discovered soft painless lump in left armpit (closer to the muscle) 10-12 years ago. I went to ...
A: If this is more or less unchanged after 10-12 years it can hardly be anything dangerous. Well since ...
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| symptoms | 12/27/2007 |
Q: i have a question about a set of symptoms i have. for the past 3 weeks i have had a rash on my ...
A: Yes there are some skin changes that can be caused by immune reactions to cancer. Now I have not ...
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| lung cancer stage IV to bone cancer | 12/24/2007 |
Q: Sir, I am writing from India, and this is my situation. My father was diagnosed with ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately it is impossible to predict survival ...
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| cervical cancer | 12/22/2007 |
Q: I got my first ever abnormal pap at my six month pp checkup, After having a breeze with my ...
A: If both pap smears and biopsies say pre-cancerous it IS pre-cancerous not cancer! However if you ...
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| Lung Cancer Stage lllB | 12/21/2007 |
Q: What are the compared statistics, life expectancy with treatment compared to life expectancy without ...
A: Almost ALL primary lung cancers are fatal! This almost regardless of therapy! The only real ...
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| Persistent Lymphadenopathy | 12/21/2007 |
Q: "I am writing regarding my son who is almost 4 years old. He has had his share of illnesses. After ...
A: There are many possible reasons for this, so it does not have to be a tumor and your description of ...
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| lymph node cancer | 12/20/2007 |
Q: my dearest friend found a large lump by his groin which was about the size of a tennis ball removed ...
A: Well there are MANY types of lymph node malignancies! First of all there are many different types of ...
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| lymph node cancer | 12/20/2007 |
Q: my dearest friend found a large lump by his groin which was about the size of a tennis ball removed ...
A: Your description of his problem does not sound good unfortunately. However in order to be able to ...
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| Chemo - Ovarian Cancer | 12/14/2007 |
Q: My mom is 63 years old and diagnosed ovarian/primary peritoneal cancer stage 3c and went for a ...
A: 1. Your mother is in a bad condition in spite of previous therapy - and where, I suppose, she was ...
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| pancreatitis | 12/13/2007 |
Q: MY WIFE IS 54 YRS OLD. RECENTLY SHE HAS BECOME DIABETIC AND TREATED WITH INSULIN.She was found to ...
A: I'm happy surgery was successful! I usually do not want to interfere with direct medical prescribing ...
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| low white blood count/well maybe?????? | 12/13/2007 |
Q: My sister is 49yrs.She has rhuematoid arthritis and now female problems.At least 1 ovary is ...
A: unfortunately your sister's case is extremely complicated. It is impossible to make any kind of ...
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| prostate cancer | 12/11/2007 |
Q: I am 55 and completed radiation therapy for prostate cancer about a month ago. I now experience a ...
A: Radiation causes a swelling and inflammation in exposed tissues, in this case in your prostate. When ...
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| Growing Armpit Lump | 12/4/2007 |
Q: I noticed a grape size lump under my left armpit about 4 months ago. As I have been dealing ...
A: Not necessarily. It may not be within the picture frames. You SHOULD point it out to your dr. ASAP! ...
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| breast cancer now in the bone, rib and brain stage 4 | 12/3/2007 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed a year ago with breast cancer. She was just about finished with herceptin when ...
A: Since her cancer has spread it is now a stage 4 cancer unfortunately. I'm sorry to read about her ...
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| Angionesis | 12/1/2007 |
Q: Given that angionesis is necessary for tiny tumors to develop; and given that tissue damage, ...
A: Dere kan meget godt skrive til mig på dansk eller norsk fordi jeg aer svensk. Jeg vill dock svare på ...
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| lymphoma | 11/30/2007 |
Q: I wrote to you many times since my husband was told he had lymphoma. They were always taking out ...
A: The spleen is not a lymph node but it is part of his lymphatic system. I suppose he meant that he ...
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| life expectancy | 11/30/2007 |
Q: Seven weeks ago my mother was diagnosed with gall bladder symptoms. Over the next two weeks she was ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her - and your - problems! Obviously her cancer (regardless of where it ...
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| Patient missed his chemotherapy after Radical Orchiectomy | 11/27/2007 |
Q: On the 8th of August my brother had a Radical Orchiectomy surgery (removed right testicle)and he was ...
A: Without an examination it is impossible to give you a precise answer, BUT it is very probable that ...
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| pancreatitis | 11/23/2007 |
Q: MY WIFE IS 54 YRS OLD. RECENTLY SHE HAS BECOME DIABETIC AND TREATED WITH INSULIN.She was found to ...
A: I'm not a CT or MRI diagnostic radiologist. From your description it is probably a pancreas cancer. ...
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| sore throat | 11/22/2007 |
Q: I sent you a question before..female, age 27, don't smoke don't drink..I have had a sore throat for ...
A: The risk for anything like that in your case is not zero (0) but extremely small! To calm you down ...
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| cancer and siezures | 11/20/2007 |
Q: My mother, 70 has lung cancer that has spread to the abdomen, liver and clavicle/shoulder area. She ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problem! When I started this service around the year 2000 or so ...
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| lymphoma | 11/17/2007 |
Q: I wrote to you many times since my husband was told he had lymphoma. They were always taking out ...
A: It is possible that it is the Bendryl. But I can not a priori rule out the chemo therapy since it ...
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| sore throat | 11/13/2007 |
Q: I am female, age 27, 120 pounds, don't smoke, don't drink..I asked you a question about an ongoing ...
A: First of all throat cancers at your age are extremely rare - especially in someone who does not ...
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| After CA 72-4 | 11/12/2007 |
Q: This is my reply after your answer to my question on 9/29/07 where a routine physical exam found a ...
A: Small bowel malignant tumors are rare. The isotope uptake in this polyp is low so it is unlikely ...
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| I really could use some advice. | 11/11/2007 |
Q: 27 yr old female asthma, migraines, ocd, anxiety, over weight 1 surgery- I have had my tubes tied ...
A: Those things you have felt can be many things. Among them real fat tumors (lipomas) which are not ...
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| lymphoma | 11/10/2007 |
Q: , I wrote to you a couple of weeks ago regarding lymphoma and some painful cyst-like thing in my ...
A: Most of us have enlarged lymph nodes somewhere most of the time. To make sure what this is your dr. ...
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| cancer of the blood vs. leukemia | 11/9/2007 |
Q: is cancer of the blood the same as leukemia? if now how do they differ?
A: In popular talking leukemia is often called blood cancer (though it is not really strictly speaking ...
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| leukemia | 11/7/2007 |
Q: my brother is69 and he had a heart attack,then they took marrow from him and said he has ...
A: It is never wrong to ask for a second opinion! However chemo therapy for leukemia is TOUGH! So if ...
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| CA 19-9 80U/ml after subtotal gastrotomy | 11/2/2007 |
Q: My wife underwent a subtotal gastrotomy last September because of an early stage of stomach cancer. ...
A: Yes there may be reasons to worry. Also if you consider the general bad prognosis of stomach cancer ...
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| lymphoma | 11/2/2007 |
Q: im sorry if this is lenthy. for 3 months i have had a cold type infection. after several docs and a ...
A: It sounds as a rather severe mononucleosis infection. But if you are worried demand thin needle ...
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| bladder cancer | 11/1/2007 |
Q: My 86yr old father has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of bladder cancer. He has not seen an ...
A: Without knowing the state of his bladder cancer it is impossible to answer this. It is possible that ...
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| sore throat | 11/1/2007 |
Q: I have a question regarding a sore throat that i have been having for a month now...It just doesnt ...
A: I have checked your second question. At your age and being a non smoker and non drinker a throat ...
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| armpit lumps | 10/31/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure whether I should be asking you or a dermatologist, but I've been concerned about some ...
A: 1. NONE of your symptoms described makes me think of lymphoma or cancer in any form. What I think of ...
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| Njurcancer | 10/28/2007 |
Q: Hej. En nära släkting har nyligen blivit opererat för njurcancer . Njure+tumör avlägsnades och det ...
A: Ja en så stor och dessutom snabbväxande tumör av grad 3 är ju inte så roligt att råka ut för och det ...
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| Does it make sense? | 10/28/2007 |
Q: My sister (Age 73) has Stage 3B Large Cell Lung Cancer and in addition has Stage 3 Breast Cancer. ...
A: Breast surgery may be a necessity in order to avoid rather nasty local complications. But in view of ...
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| lymphoma | 10/27/2007 |
Q: I just wanted to leave you know as I said I would about my husbands lymphoma. Last time I wrote I ...
A: I have answered every one of your questions! Also your previous one! I do not understand why you ...
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| question | 10/25/2007 |
Q: my grandmother is 56 yrs old and has been diagnosed with lung cancer that has spread to her brain. ...
A: The thyroid is NOT a common place for cancers to spread to. This case is somewhat confusing and ...
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| Dad | 10/24/2007 |
Q: My Dad has developped 2 large swellings in his neck ( 1 at the right side the other at the front ...
A: Without knowing precisely what kind of cancer we are talking about it is impossible to give you an ...
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| Njurcancer | 10/23/2007 |
Q: Hej. En nära släkting har nyligen blivit opererat för njurcancer . Njure+tumör avlägsnades och det ...
A: Jag tror inte det går att köpa ännu, det är så vitt jag förstår fortfarande på experimentstadiet och ...
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| Adenocarcinoma in situ | 10/23/2007 |
Q: I recently was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in situ. I go in a week to have a cone biopsy. The ...
A: That means that the cancer is well within these margins and does not reach them so that we can be ...
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| lump on 5 year old | 10/23/2007 |
Q: my son is 5 years old, and I found a small "bump" on his upper right arm about 2 months ago, it has ...
A: It is impossible to tell you what this is without an examination. Maybe even then without a biopsy ...
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| Chemo for Stage 1a adenocarcinoma? | 10/21/2007 |
Q: My father is 59 years old, has had four heart stents, two heart attacks and was diagnosed with stage ...
A: You are both right and wrong! Yes if this was my father I would also recommend him to accept chemo ...
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| skin cancer or just a blood blister | 10/21/2007 |
Q: I just discovered a small (~1.5mm) black bump on my abdomen yesterday. It is slightly raised and ...
A: Unfortunately it is not a good idea to diagnose anything like this by description and photos alone. ...
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| Possible Lung Cancer | 10/20/2007 |
Q: My mother is 53 and just received these CT results. Report as follows: L paramedian lung apex shows ...
A: No this could be many things - including signs of infection. At the moment there is not much reason ...
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| Breat cancer of the BONE | 10/18/2007 |
Q: I was dx in 2001 breat cancer stage 1 - 4 1/2 years later it came back in the sternum. I am on ...
A: For the time being it seems so. Well it must be considered a stage 4 now so in principle incurable. ...
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| question | 10/18/2007 |
Q: my grandmother is 56 yrs old and has been diagnosed with lung cancer that has spread to her brain. ...
A: Well if she was going on regular check ups after her first breast cancer - when presumably her ...
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| Swollen Tonsil | 10/17/2007 |
Q: I am a 24 yo male. For the past year I have had a slightly enlarged left tonsil. It causes no pain ...
A: Blood tests will not necessarily show anything! Most people are not fully symmetrical but in order ...
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| question | 10/15/2007 |
Q: my grandmother is 56 yrs old and has been diagnosed with lung cancer that has spread to her brain. ...
A: It is rather common that lung cancer spreads to the brain. From your question I suppose that her ...
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| survival statistics | 10/15/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, Six weeks ago my 7 month old grandson was diagnosed with a pineoblastoma. So far he has ...
A: I have actually no personal experience of this tumor. It is also quite rare. However all agree that ...
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| Lungcancer - when surgery is not an option | 10/14/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, I am Swedish like you, but I will write in English so that everybody can understand. My ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! If it has spread to her liver it is MOST likely ...
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| stomach abrasions | 10/12/2007 |
Q: Last October in Tx I went to the emergency room 5 times with severe vomiting, stomach pain,& ...
A: If you have only done gastroscopy a colonoscopy should also be done! And a camera inspection of your ...
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| is it skin cancer? | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I'm 12 years old and I'm really worried that I might have basal cell carcinoma.I have this wierd ...
A: You are FAR too young to consider basal cell cancer or any skin cancer, even with a lot of sun ...
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| Lymph Cancel | 10/10/2007 |
Q: My brother-in-law recently had 27 lymph nodes removed from his neck. The cancer was only in 1 node, ...
A: This is just a technicality. It is defined as an N2 here only because of its size otherwise it would ...
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| Metastatic melanoma | 10/9/2007 |
Q: My daughter, 44 years old, was just diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. We are still in the staging ...
A: I'm a Swede living in Sweden so it is hard for me to recommend anything in the U.S. However I do ...
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| Preservation of the Larynx in my mom | 10/8/2007 |
Q: My mom was diagnosed less than 2 weeks ago with very advanced cancer of the larynx with some ...
A: I agree that both chemo therapy and radiation therapy are options apart from surgery. Since my ...
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| Painful Lumps | 10/8/2007 |
Q: I am a 24 yo male. For the past month now I keep getting painful small lumps under my skin in my ...
A: These are NOT symptoms & signs I associate with any lymphoma or any other tumor disease! You do seem ...
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| Does Calcification in a Thyroid Tumor dramatically increase probability of malignancy? | 10/7/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, I recently found out from a endocrinologist (after an ultrasound) that a bump on my neck ...
A: There is a positive correlation (= association) between thyroid cancer and microcalcifications. The ...
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| Spindle cell tumor (cancer) | 10/7/2007 |
Q: My friend was just told that the tumor that was removed from his hand about 5 months ago is spindle ...
A: Spindle cell tumors are usually sarcomas, so malignant (cancer like) tumors. What has his dr. ...
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| Lump under armpit | 10/6/2007 |
Q: I have had a small lump under my right armpit for probably about 8 years taht I remember.I am 28 ...
A: SMALL lumps (lymph nodes) in different places are normal. If you have noticed this one for several ...
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| precancerous cells | 10/3/2007 |
Q: i have recently had an operation removing an object from my uterus, i also had a D&C, some lazer ...
A: I would actually need more information to be sure but they are obviously looking for more signs and ...
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| Do I have a Brain Tumor..... | 10/2/2007 |
Q: Your question was about me: 21 , heterosexual male, and i have bad health. About a Month ago i ...
A: None of what you have told me so far really seems to indicate any brain tumor. But since this ...
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| 45 yr old husband stage iv colon ca | 9/30/2007 |
Q: My husband was just diagnosed with stage uv colon ca. The md's are being very vague so i got the op ...
A: I'm sorry, this is indeed very bad - especially at his age! This is most probably a very aggressive ...
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| Cancer Marker CA 72.4 | 9/29/2007 |
Q: I would like your advice. Iam a 47 yr old male. A few months ago I took a very comprehensive ...
A: First of all I have to tell you that I do not like the use of tumour markers in this way, due to ...
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| NSCLC | 9/29/2007 |
Q: My 'fit' 73 year old Dad was up and sailing the coast from Mass to Fl until recently. He went to the ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his - and your - problems. Any lung cancer patient rarely lives more than a ...
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| nodol marginal zone lymphoma B cell | 9/27/2007 |
Q: My husband was swelling under his arm and it was hurting him so we went back to the doctor that did ...
A: Well even if "slowly" - a relative term, slowly compared to faster growing tumors - his lesions are ...
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| high WBC | 9/25/2007 |
Q: I was detected to have low platelet count(34,000) on aug 8 and it went on decreasing in spite of ...
A: While I find your hematological levels both intriguing and mysterious any cancer disease is not what ...
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| nodol marginal zone lymphoma B cell | 9/24/2007 |
Q: My husband was swelling under his arm and it was hurting him so we went back to the doctor that did ...
A: To be able to evaluate this I would need to know a lot more about his case. What was found in ...
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| Multiple post radiation problems, left ankle | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I underwent wide excision and split thickness graft of the left achilles tendon and ankle following ...
A: Your question made me understand how old I have become! When I started in medical oncology and ...
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| morphine | 9/21/2007 |
Q: my mother went into a hospice facility two days ago. she is in stage 4 with non small cell lung ...
A: Has her lung cancer spread to her brain? That is very common in lung cancers and will if it has ...
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| Emphysema and now a small nodule | 9/20/2007 |
Q: My mother has been coughing for about a year now, horrible hacking cough that she has insisted was ...
A: If her lesion can be reached with a needle biopsy in a reasonably safe manner I see no reason ...
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| Lymphoma, Lupus, Thyroid, or in my head? | 9/19/2007 |
Q: I apologize for the long post, I will try to get in as much info over the last 5 years... 36 yo ...
A: this is unfortunately far too complicated to be solved from far away (I'm in Stockholm Sweden) ...
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| Pankreatic Cancer | 9/19/2007 |
Q: My father has recently been diagnosed with a pancreatic cancer with meta deposits on the liver. he ...
A: Normally during chemo therapy you are more concerned with LOW levels of white blood cells, not high ...
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| my brother | 9/18/2007 |
Q: my brother has been diagnosed with squamous cell esophageal cancer. Ct scan shows a 4" tumor that ...
A: Unfortunately this is not a good situation. Radiation therapy and chemo therapy can be given and ...
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| Very Worried About A Painful Hard Bump | 9/18/2007 |
Q: I recently developed a hard painful lump on the back of my head it is about 1 1/2 inches long and 1 ...
A: Anything like that that appears overnight and is painful and tender is MOST probably associated with ...
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| Sino nasal Carcinoma. Squamous Cell | 9/18/2007 |
Q: My brother was diagnosed a year ago in October with advanced inoperable sinonasal cancer with a skin ...
A: You are welcome! Well nothing wrong with presurgical radiation therapy and chemo therapy to shrink ...
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| Stage 4 Lung Cancer | 9/17/2007 |
Q: My husband is 45 years old and was diagnosed with lung cancer March 27, 2007 - left upper lobe ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately I agree with his drs. He will become ...
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| spinal cord mass/tumour in an infant | 9/17/2007 |
Q: if a small piece of skin was introduced into the spinal cord could it be possible for this piece of ...
A: I think you have asked me this once before. Like then I have to answer that I do not think so but ...
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| Sino nasal Carcinoma. Squamous Cell | 9/17/2007 |
Q: My brother was diagnosed a year ago in October with advanced inoperable sinonasal cancer with a skin ...
A: Any cure - if at all possible - should probably have been based on EXTENSIVE surgery more or less ...
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| penile cancer | 9/16/2007 |
Q: Dr, I am concerned about this. I have a small but visible thing - I am not sure if it can be ...
A: At your age cancer of the penis is unheard of! So that is something you do not need to think of! On ...
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| Clinical Trial regarding the drug Rencarex, Study # WX-2003-07-HR | 9/16/2007 |
Q: I have clear cell renal carcinoma. I had a radical nephrectomy 3 weeks ago and the stage was T2 ...
A: I can not decide for you, only you can do that! However I do not think your fears about insurance ...
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| Multiple Myeloma | 9/14/2007 |
Q: mostly lower, but it radiates. THe pain is daily. It hurts to bend over and often just to sit, it ...
A: Without having access to your MRI pictures it is impossible to answer completely. If ALL ...
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| Cervical Cancer | 9/12/2007 |
Q: My mother in law was diagnosed with stage 3 b cervical cancer about 7 months ago. She underwent ...
A: Yes it is very likely that her cancer has spread to those sites but a biopsy is needed to prove it. ...
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| throat | 9/11/2007 |
Q: for the past week and a half i have had huge tonsils only on the left side and pain when swallowing. ...
A: You are VERY young even for a smoker to think about throat cancer. Also with such a short case ...
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| Elevated CEA | 9/11/2007 |
Q: Staging laparotomy/six cycles chemo (carboplatin/taxol)2002. Preop CEA and Ca-125 ~6 and ~9+ ...
A: A slightly elevated CEA can have many causes (as can indeed any elevated CEA). I'm therefore not ...
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| Nasal cancer diagnosis | 9/10/2007 |
Q: My boyfriend has suffered from sinus sypmtoms for some months, headaches, runny nose, etc. Most ...
A: No a CT scan is not like a pathology report of a biopsy specimen! BUT 1. A CT scan may still give ...
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| Husband has Stage IV lung cancer w/mestasis | 9/10/2007 |
Q: In April 2007 my husband was diagnosed with stage IV Squamous Cell Lung cancer. He had lesions on ...
A: Unfortunately I have to tell you that with his situation as you describe it I do agree with his ...
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| Treatment decision - URGENT | 9/9/2007 |
Q: My mum was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks ago, due to painful arm (not moveable) - later on find ...
A: If it really is a lung cancer - we do not KNOW that yet - her survival time will probably be around ...
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| Treatment decision - URGENT | 9/6/2007 |
Q: My mum was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks ago, due to painful arm (not moveable) - later on find ...
A: The treatment may be necessary for the fracture to heal, so there is not much choice there. A stage ...
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| Bone Cancer | 9/5/2007 |
Q: My father has secondary bone cancer that metastasized from the prostate. The lesions are on his ...
A: Prostate cancer has so many individual variations in its behaviour that it is impossible to give you ...
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| Glioma Tumor vs Capillary Telangiectasia | 9/5/2007 |
Q: In June of 2006 I had an MRI scan done that showed a small 14mm lesion in my left temporal lobe. My ...
A: The only way you have to check this - apart from a biopsy, which you have to ask a neurosurgeon if ...
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| low grade neuroenocrine carcinoma of small interstine | 9/5/2007 |
Q: my dad is of 68years,he has been diagonised by above cancer,one month back, the doctor of tata ...
A: It is not possible to predict his survival time with any certainty since there are too many ...
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| low grade neuroenocrine carcinoma of small interstine | 9/4/2007 |
Q: my dad is of 68years,he has been diagonised by above cancer,one month back, the doctor of tata ...
A: In view of these findings - both the CT radiology picture and the pathology (biopsy) - I must ...
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| adrenal carcinoma | 9/2/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, A friends sister was admitted to the hospital recently for pneumonia. But Prior to being ...
A: An MRI study of the adrenal area is not likely to give any hints with regards to any lung pathology. ...
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| Hematology issues, being referred | 9/1/2007 |
Q: Okay, here's the thing. For years now I've had a high SED rate, 70-92 and until last year, it was ...
A: I'm a cancer expert. Bence Jones' protein in urine and blood is normally found in a malignant ...
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| kidney cancer path results | 8/31/2007 |
Q: My husband had left kidney removed due to RCC. These are the path results. can you explain them to ...
A: Actually impossible to say at present. Statistics is for vast numbers of cases not for a single case ...
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| kidney cancer path results | 8/31/2007 |
Q: My husband had left kidney removed due to RCC. These are the path results. can you explain them to ...
A: Not to go into technicalities, the basic message is that he had a rather big kidney cancer. However ...
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| Hi | 8/29/2007 |
Q: Over a year ago my son developed a swelling in his right cervical lymph node. About 6 months ago he ...
A: Clinically it does look like the result of an infection/inflammation hence a reactive picture. ...
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| throat cancer | 8/21/2007 |
Q: A very close friend has recently been diagnosed with throat cancer. He is only 38 and not a heavy ...
A: Well it is a question of sensitivity too! Obviously he was too sensitive in this regard for whatever ...
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| pancreatic cancer | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I know that Pancreatic has a very high morbidity rate. 99% to be exact. That means pancreatic cancer ...
A: We really do not know for any of these tumors. We used to say that it was because our diagnostic ...
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| cancrer cells in spinal fluid of lung cancer patient | 8/19/2007 |
Q: My friend has been fighting lung cancer since December of last year. Her cancer was discovered ...
A: About 10% of all primary lung cancers (mainly adenocarcinomas) are not associated with smoking. It ...
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| CA 199 test report | 8/18/2007 |
Q: I did a complete master check up last week and got the results few days ago. The clinic doctor ...
A: Since I have suggested abdominal endoscopies including colonoscopy only a specialist in ...
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| CA 199 test report | 8/17/2007 |
Q: I did a complete master check up last week and got the results few days ago. The clinic doctor ...
A: Not necessarily. But with this high level (especially as it has been checked repeatedly) it should ...
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| Melanoma | 8/15/2007 |
Q: My Dad had melanoma of the eye 23 yrs ago and has been in remission all this time. He now has a ...
A: Like breast cancer malignant melanoma has the nasty ability to reappear after very long periods of ...
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| prostate cancer spread to the bone | 8/15/2007 |
Q: my father was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in feb this year and has been on hormonal ...
A: Well it is not a good sign but it is not as bad as it would have been had his primary cancer been ...
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| Hematology issues, being referred | 8/15/2007 |
Q: Okay, here's the thing. For years now I've had a high SED rate, 70-92 and until last year, it was ...
A: Probably not BUT I can NOT promise that! That is why you need a check up there! If I could promise ...
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| Lung & Spine Cancer | 8/15/2007 |
Q: My sister in-law has adeno cancer of the lung. They believe she might have it on her spine. They ...
A: If indeed it has spread to her spine then by definition her case is indeed a stage 4. There may be ...
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| Ovarian Cancer | 8/12/2007 |
Q: My Neighbor and friend 49 yrs old was diagnosed six weeks ago with Ovarian Cancer and a secondary ...
A: Well you are quite right in that her tumour will not be washed out by her bleedings! That is ...
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| Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Screenings | 8/9/2007 |
Q: My wife was Dx with Stage 3c High Grade Poorly Def. Ovarian Carcinosarcoma. It has also invade her ...
A: If indeed it had invaded her colon it should by definition since that is another organ be called a ...
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| Ovarian Carcinosarcoma Screenings | 8/9/2007 |
Q: My wife was Dx with Stage 3c High Grade Poorly Def. Ovarian Carcinosarcoma. It has also invade her ...
A: Since if it had already invaded her colon they may feel that as she is already a stage 4 malignant ...
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| Leukemia | 8/9/2007 |
Q: I am curious doctor, I understand there are many blood tests for Leukemia in general. I am curious ...
A: Well ordinary blood tests like white blood cell counts and differential counts etc. indeed do give a ...
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| Life expectancy | 8/8/2007 |
Q: M.D., First of all, I would like to thank you in advance for your time. My mother has been ...
A: I have to differ in opinion, it is very likely that it is cancer in her brain that will kill her. ...
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| Neuroendocrine Cancer | 8/8/2007 |
Q: A month ago my father was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer on the liver. He had diahrea for ...
A: Well with these findings his tumor must unfortunately most probably be considered a stage 4 cancer ...
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| bone cancer | 8/6/2007 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with breat cancer 5 years ago.After treatment(without removal of the ...
A: Well her secondary cancer in her bones does after all consist of cancer cells from her breast cancer ...
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| bone cancer | 8/6/2007 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with breat cancer 5 years ago.After treatment(without removal of the ...
A: Mehdi, I'm sorry to read about your mother's and your problems! Yes Metastron is normally used in ...
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| melanoma | 8/5/2007 |
Q: My husband had melanoma on the shoulder in 1996 and it was in stage l and the surgeon said he was ...
A: Yes, if he had one on his shoulder and another now in his groin (should be confirmed by at least a ...
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| skin condition | 8/3/2007 |
Q: I have had what I thought to be a boil,6 months ago,it has been treated twice with antibiotics ...
A: Well, I have not examined you so I can not guarantee anything but I doubt very much that your dr. ...
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| Taxotere | 8/3/2007 |
Q: My mother is 67 and a breast cancer survivor of 18 years. At the time she was treated with chemo, ...
A: Like all chemo therapy drugs used against cancer this too has a certain risk (though low) of ...
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| prostate cancer | 8/2/2007 |
Q: Prostate removed 10 years ago. PSA = .08 after surgery. Has risen slowly to 5. One urologist says ...
A: Psa levels are so uncertain so the only sure thing here is that there has been an increase! If I ...
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| plz diagnose this > Up normal tissue growth on the breast | 8/2/2007 |
Q: ...... i am mohamed ...cardiology pharmD wana to ask u Q > my sister have an upnormal tissue ...
A: What she has seems to be a fibroadenosis of her left breast. That is a very common condition in ...
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| (bone)cancer | 8/2/2007 |
Q: i'm a 35 year old female and i'm wondering what the symptomes of bonecancer or cancer of the soft ...
A: The most common symptom of a bone or soft tissue tumor (sarcoma) is a mass of unclear nature. The ...
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| questions on thyroid | 7/30/2007 |
Q: I just had an ultrasound of my thyroid done. The 'impression' is as follows: Multiple small sub ...
A: The hypoechoic nodes are probably cysts (fluid filled spaces). To be sure of that needle biopsies ...
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| nodules in the anus | 7/28/2007 |
Q: Good Day !!! I am very glad to have found this site. I would like to seek any information concerning ...
A: Well just by your description it is unfortunately impossible, for me, for anyone and everyone to ...
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| Stage3b Large Cell/adenocarcinoma | 7/28/2007 |
Q: My mother has been diagnosed with stage III non-small cell lung cancer. Inoperable. She was just ...
A: You are welcome! Well not necessarily. It is unfortunately more or less impossible to predict how ...
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| Stage3b Large Cell/adenocarcinoma | 7/27/2007 |
Q: My mother has been diagnosed with stage III non-small cell lung cancer. Inoperable. She was just ...
A: Well if not operable it can still be treated with both chemo therapy and radiation therapy. The ...
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| hypoechoic nodule | 7/24/2007 |
Q: I received the results of my thyroid ultrasound, my right lobe measures 5.6 x 1.1 x cm. with a 7mm ...
A: Well the hypoechoic one on the right side is probably a cyst. The one on the left side is solid and ...
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| doctors doing nothing for my painful enchondroma | 7/20/2007 |
Q: I am a 22 year old male and I was diagnosed with an enchondroma in my right femur 4 months ago that ...
A: First of all an enchondroma (and also your bone cyst and your lipoma) are all benign non cancerous ...
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| CEA and CA 19-9 value | 7/20/2007 |
Q: Hey! My grandmother has colon cancer. Her blood test result was: CEA - 981 ng/ml (normal to 5 ), CA ...
A: The diagnosis means that she had cancer of her rectum and that it has spread both to lymph nodes and ...
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| Ewing's Sacoma | 7/18/2007 |
Q: My 33 year old boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 3 Ewing's in his thigh about 6 months ago. Since ...
A: All such percentage estimates are ESTIMATES. So there is always a certain degree of uncertainty. ...
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| My Mother's Cancer | 7/17/2007 |
Q: Claes_Gustaf, My mother originally started complaining of a cold about 5 months ago and has been ...
A: Almost anything is possible. 90% of all primary lung cancers are related to smoking but 10% are not. ...
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| Treatment - Malignant Lesions | 7/17/2007 |
Q: I have a 73 year old uncle who is dying of cancer. He has two major, solid lumps approximately 8cm ...
A: this is nothing new and to some extent it is already used in diagnostics (in MRI scanning). ...
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| Papillary Thyroid cancer | 7/16/2007 |
Q: I had papillary thyroid cancer 13 years ago, which reappeared 3 years later. My 27 year old daughter ...
A: This is a field that is rather unexplored. I can not exclude the possibility that you and your ...
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| Question about a Skin Cancer | 7/14/2007 |
Q: Good Afternoon, I have a question about a mole (1/5 size of pencil eraser) that I have on my inner ...
A: Well, for obvious reasons I can not examine it myself and any lesion of this kind - even if it has ...
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| melanoma | 7/14/2007 |
Q: My husband had melanoma on the shoulder in 1996 and it was in stage l and the surgeon said he was ...
A: Yes a bone marrow biopsy is probably - as I stated before - needed. If it is a stage 3 or 4 case ...
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| very scared. | 7/11/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are SERIOUS illnesses with blood mixed diarrheas! No ...
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| very scared. | 7/11/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: Yes that your great grandfather had it while your grandparents and parents do not have had or have ...
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| very scared. | 7/11/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: While I can not understand why you should try to do such a thing - it has to come out anyway sooner ...
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| very scared. | 7/10/2007 |
Q: im horrified about colon cancer. im an 18 year old female. i have been to doctor after doctor, even ...
A: At the age of 18 a colon cancer is EXTREMELY RARE, almost unheard of! Furthermore you have been ...
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| Cancer and Itching | 7/10/2007 |
Q: I have been itching like mad, all over and have become terrified I have cancer, since when I look ...
A: 1. Not very, itching is such an unspecified symptom (= can have so many different causes) that for ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 7/9/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: These pain symptoms MAY be side effects of his chemo therapy but I'm not sure. His extended sleeping ...
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| Pheochromocytoma and lipoma | 7/7/2007 |
Q: First I want to thank you for your time in answering questions this way. I am a 39 year old woman ...
A: A very interesting question, thanks! Your symptoms and signs definitely do suggest this diagnosis ...
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| Pancreatic tumour | 7/6/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, My dad underwent a CT scan a few weeks ago. There, they found a tumor like mass at the ...
A: ALL pancreatic tumors are surgically difficult due to the anatomical position of the pancreas. That ...
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| secondary malignancies | 7/1/2007 |
Q: I have a history of ganglioneuroblastoma at age 3. It was treated with surgery and high dose ...
A: After a period of +30 years it is extremely unlikely that these findings are due to your ...
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| Dad's colon cancer mets to omentum, mesentary, liver, outside of stomach | 7/1/2007 |
Q: I was hoping you could give me a rough estimate of my father's life expectancy. Our oncologist ...
A: It is very hard or impossible to answer such a question because 1 there are big individual ...
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| Dad's Colon Cancer | 6/29/2007 |
Q: My Dad was dx w/Stage IV Colon Cancer about 4mths ago. He had no symptoms until liquid was leaking ...
A: Oh, you are a Canadian, sorry! In the past I have visited both Toronto & Montreal (where I was ...
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| Dad's Colon Cancer | 6/27/2007 |
Q: My Dad was dx w/Stage IV Colon Cancer about 4mths ago. He had no symptoms until liquid was leaking ...
A: Americans are always so fond of acronyms that drive the rest of us crazy! I'm a Swede, living in ...
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| Dad's Colon Cancer | 6/27/2007 |
Q: My Dad was dx w/Stage IV Colon Cancer about 4mths ago. He had no symptoms until liquid was leaking ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! As far as I can understand from your question - please ...
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| melanoma | 6/24/2007 |
Q: My husband had melanoma on the shoulder in 1996 and it was in stage l and the surgeon said he was ...
A: I see. Thanks! Well it is more complicated than a Hodgkin's lymphoma. But at his age both are quite ...
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| Breast cancer metastized to colon | 6/24/2007 |
Q: The doctors have told us that my 75 year old grandmother's breast cancer has metastized to her colon ...
A: This is indeed not a common way of a breast cancer to spread. I'm particularly concerned with the ...
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| melanoma | 6/23/2007 |
Q: My husband had melanoma on the shoulder in 1996 and it was in stage l and the surgeon said he was ...
A: Aha, so he actually is dealing with 2 malignant tumor diseases not 1! This should be taken care of ...
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| cancer | 6/23/2007 |
Q: My brother age 48 has ewings sarcoma of the right pelvic area.It appears to have started in his ...
A: If his radiation therapy & chemo therapy was aggressive and up to date and properly done, his ...
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| life expectaion for prostate cancer | 6/22/2007 |
Q: IN 1998 My friends was diagnose with prostate cancer,psa over 2000,cancer has spread to bones and ...
A: Cancers like patients are individuals not identical copies, so unfortunately it is not possible to ...
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| Swolen lympnodes | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I've had large lymnodes in my neck and behind my ear sense I was a teenager, but they have not ...
A: I agree with your dr. Those you have had for a long time without any change are not a cause for ...
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| Cancer scared! | 6/20/2007 |
Q: I have a few questions for you. But first off THANK YOU for being a part of this site..There are so ...
A: It is bad enough to be checked by your dr and maybe medicated for (iron for example). Yes anemia may ...
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| Cancer scared! | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I have a few questions for you. But first off THANK YOU for being a part of this site..There are so ...
A: Your problems with your lymph nodes seem to have lasted only a rather short time and also seem to be ...
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| chemo induced pneumonitis | 6/18/2007 |
Q: My father (a 55 yr old man) is in the hospital in Intensive Care being treated for bleomycin-induced ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about his & your problems! Unfortunately this problem is not very uncommon in ...
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| my dad met to bone | 6/17/2007 |
Q: my dad had throat cancer treated with radiotheraphy and kidney cancer (whole kidney removed). we ...
A: It is almost impossible to give you any kind of time schedule here with any precision, because ...
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| SCARED | 6/16/2007 |
Q: Brief history in a nutshell, I had a tick bite on my bum, followed by rash and swollen lymph node ...
A: Without an examination it is impossible for anyone and everyone to tell you what this is or what to ...
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| Mother has endometrial cancer | 6/15/2007 |
Q: My 82 year old mother was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. She has been in remission from ...
A: She has probably (but I can not be sure since you did not give any detailed description of her ...
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| tonsil cancer | 6/15/2007 |
Q: my question is about throat tonsil cancer. im waiting to see my doctor because for the past 5 days i ...
A: At your age and with this short period of symptoms it is FAR more likely that your symptoms are due ...
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| melanoma | 6/12/2007 |
Q: My husband had melanoma on the shoulder in 1996 and it was in stage l and the surgeon said he was ...
A: This does not sound good! There should be a biopsy done of the lymph node and I would also suggest a ...
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| Synovial Sarcoma night sweats | 6/11/2007 |
Q: My husband had a 6cm tumor removed, along with part of his diaphragm and his last 2 ribs on the left ...
A: Yes these tumors are always tricky. I'm not happy with margins that are "clean but close"! The wider ...
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| Help my dad | 6/11/2007 |
Q: My dad had prostate cancer 7-8 yrs ago and he did the operation 2.5 yrs ago. 9 month ago he was ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems. It is most probably his bone cancer that has spread to ...
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| Yolk Sac Tumor | 6/8/2007 |
Q: My 17 month old was just diagnosed with a Yolk Sac Tumor after the removal of the tumor and testicle ...
A: In very young children and very early cases the recurrence rate is very low. In this particular ...
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| Going through chemo | 6/7/2007 |
Q: A close family friend was diagnosed with cancer and is now undergoing chemotherapy. Many years ago ...
A: Without knowing what kind of cancer she has and its condition it is actually impossible for me to ...
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| Sinonasal Cancer. Chemo second course | 6/7/2007 |
Q: My brother is 62. Dx with Stage 4 advanced sinonasal cancer basal cell.as well as in his jaw and ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about his case! A basal cell cancer is normally very easy to CURE! It very ...
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| kidney cancer and arthritis pain management | 6/7/2007 |
Q: I'm a 56 year old female. I had a partial nephrectomy last Oct. for kidney cancer. The tumor was ...
A: There is no sure evidence that connects aspirin with kidney cancer. Nor am I aware of any evidence ...
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| Cancer in the abdominal area | 6/6/2007 |
Q: Mother's 19-9 test came out 331. She is in the hospital. She is 85 and done living mentally. No ...
A: If indeed there are signs that some sort of cancer has spread to her liver and she has this lab test ...
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| cancer,endometrial | 6/5/2007 |
Q: My Mother was diagnosed with Endometrial cancer grade 3A. She had a hysterectomy which was followed ...
A: I'm also very disturbed by this description. Normally endometrial cancers respond very well to this ...
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| healing of incision | 6/5/2007 |
Q: I am currently on Doxil and had a port put in my upper arm. However, the incision would not heal ...
A: This is actually a question that should be directed to an expert of surgery not to an expert of ...
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| lung malignancy/radiation | 6/5/2007 |
Q: My Mother is 63, she has emphysema, C.O.P.D.,coughing blood for 2 months. She had several tests done ...
A: This IS a HARD question! Yes there is obviously a grave risk of a pneumothorax with a lung needle ...
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| My sister | 6/4/2007 |
Q: My sister was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer. Her cancer has spread to her spine, lung, and ...
A: If this is indeed the case, she may have fluid in her lung sac because of cancer involvement there. ...
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| prostate cancer | 6/4/2007 |
Q: Claes, My 52 year old Brother was recently diagnosed with Metastasized Prostate Cancer. His initial ...
A: First of all, he has got this cancer very early! Since you are brothers you should get checked too ...
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| Worried - awaiting tests and diagnosis | 6/3/2007 |
Q: I (28y/o male) went to see my General Practitioner for a condition that sounds like gallbladder ...
A: I understand that you are worried but at the moment we are not even sure anything is there at all. ...
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| Strong Enough fo Chemo | 5/31/2007 |
Q: I keep hearing the phrase "strong enough for chemo." Aside from WBC count, what does this mean? As a ...
A: It is to some extent a part but not enough! It includes also many hematological variables including ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 5/31/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: Things are obviously going downhill unfortunately and I think you should call his dr. He should NOT ...
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| lung cancer | 5/30/2007 |
Q: Is there a way to determine a survival rate for my father. He has just been diagnosed w/lung cancer ...
A: The survival rate for this type of cancer is unfortunately 0 (zero). The best radiation & chemo ...
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| lung ca | 5/27/2007 |
Q: My sister age 44 just diagnoised with lung cancer with mets to liver, bone, kidney, and brain. The ...
A: 90% or so of all lung cancers are caused by smoking, but that means that 10% or so are not. ...
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| 9mm lung tumor | 5/26/2007 |
Q: My 61 year old mom (non smoker)went for a chest xray yesterday after having difficulty breathing and ...
A: Without knowing MUCH more about her case it is impossible for me at present to know if her tumor is ...
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| Neuroendocrine Carcinoma | 5/25/2007 |
Q: My 18 yr old daughter went to the dr.'s last summer complaining of back pain. I believed and so did ...
A: These tumors are very rare, so many things about them are really not very well known. Normally when ...
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| Patient having Blood Cancer and chest infection | 5/22/2007 |
Q: my brother is suffering from blood cancer in one of the top hospitals of italy ... he had chest ...
A: I suppose he has a leukemia. In such cases, especially when treated with chemo therapy infections ...
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| What is in TABACCO | 5/15/2007 |
Q: Does the tobacco company add in all the additives in it like the nicotine etc..... Does the tobacco ...
A: The tobacco plant naturally has nicotine in it so that is NOT an additive, but different kinds of ...
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| Melanoma | 5/15/2007 |
Q: My mom is 76 years old diabetic. She has lost one eye to diabetes and now has cancer. The cancer was ...
A: Malignant melanoma can certainly kill you if you have it. Mortality rate depends on many things, ...
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| Low Platelets | 5/13/2007 |
Q: I went to the doctor and had a check up and all my blood tests came back normal except my platelet ...
A: No, not very much - at least not now. BUT you should have this followed up by more tests to see how ...
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| International Bio Care | 5/13/2007 |
Q: Are you familiar with the IBC Hospital in Tijuana, Mexico and Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez? My dad is very ...
A: I have no faith at all in anything like that offered in Tijuana! On the other hand I have to tell ...
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| Secondary Bone Cancer | 5/10/2007 |
Q: I hope I can get some information. My 39 year old Brother-in-law was recently diagnosed with ...
A: Well, in a case like this with a cancer of unknown origin which has spread to a large number of ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 5/10/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: At the moment these are positive signs! How long they will remain so is anybody's guess. An extra ...
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| CEA and CA 19-9 value | 5/9/2007 |
Q: Hey! My grandmother has colon cancer. Her blood test result was: CEA - 981 ng/ml (normal to 5 ), CA ...
A: Chemo therapy is TOUGH! Many bad side effects often happen! So her dr. had to ask her if she is ...
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| renal cell brain cancer | 5/7/2007 |
Q: Two years ago my husband had his kidney removed because of renal cell cancer. We were told that the ...
A: No, unfortunately his prognosis is probably not very good. The radiation effects should go away over ...
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| renal cell brain cancer | 5/7/2007 |
Q: Two years ago my husband had his kidney removed because of renal cell cancer. We were told that the ...
A: It is never possible to guarantee a good result when a cancer is involved. All you can discuss is ...
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| 2 lumps around ankle | 5/5/2007 |
Q: I a couple weeks ago I noticed a hard irregular shaped lump that wrapped around the back and right ...
A: From the description you have given it does seem rather probable that these 2 lesions are ganglion ...
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| melanoma skin cancer | 5/2/2007 |
Q: What is melanoma skin cancer, what does it look like/warning signs? in the United states are people ...
A: A malignant melanoma is USUALLY a skin cancer (but can sometimes appear in an eye or in mucosal ...
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| chemotherapy and sex | 5/1/2007 |
Q: I was told and read on the internet that I had to use a condom if I wanted to have sex during ...
A: To be honest I'm not sure you will have much appetite or energy for sex during chemo therapy. It is ...
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| Skin Cancer (Malignant Melanoma) | 4/30/2007 |
Q: Are teens and younger people at greater risk of getting malignant melanoma,if so what is the rate of ...
A: Malignant melanomas are almost always caused by ultraviolet light - from the sun or from tanning ...
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| history of chemotherapy | 4/30/2007 |
Q: We are writing a story and it takes place in 1953. We need to know what kinds of treatments were ...
A: In 1953 chemo therapy was very much in its infancy and hardly used at all for lung cancer. Only a ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 4/26/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: I too would be very happy if my predictions turned out to be wrong! Unfortunately I can not promise ...
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| Possible blood cancer? | 4/20/2007 |
Q: I am a very fit and active 21 year old male. Recently went to the doctors with unexplainible fever, ...
A: Unless your blood tests now are normal, I think you still should go through the investigations I ...
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| Melanoma Stage 4 | 4/18/2007 |
Q: My brother in law had a mole removed and was called into the doctor yesterday and told it was a ...
A: It is both possible and probable but it is difficult to use statistics on a single case like this. ...
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| fibrous histiotoma | 4/18/2007 |
Q: I recently had a surgical removal of a cyst. After surgery, the lab result showed that it's a ...
A: There are some difficulties sometimes in distinguishing between benign & malignant tumors of this ...
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| Melanoma Stage 4 | 4/18/2007 |
Q: My brother in law had a mole removed and was called into the doctor yesterday and told it was a ...
A: A stage 4 means that it has spread. I do not know if they have some knowledge of anything like that ...
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| Possible blood cancer? | 4/16/2007 |
Q: I am a very fit and active 21 year old male. Recently went to the doctors with unexplainible fever, ...
A: Your symptoms and signs are actually quite dramatic and alarming so your dr. did exactly the RIGHT ...
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| skin cancer | 4/15/2007 |
Q: Is it more likely to get skin cancer from tanning in a booth then going to a beech, or just doing ...
A: Depends to some extent on what type of tanning booth we are talking about. But I will not mince ...
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| Bladder Cancer | 4/14/2007 |
Q: aloha doctor, My father in law has recently had a re-occurence of bladder cancer. His Oncologist ...
A: I have never used this particular drug (after all this is an experimental treatment and I'm now ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 4/14/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: I'm sorry to read about all his and your problems. His mouth problem may very well be a fungus ...
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| prostate | 4/13/2007 |
Q: my step dad is going in surgery in june he had prostate problems for years his prostate is enlarge ...
A: Very much is possible, but I do not KNOW if it is in his case. The risk of prostate cancer in men ...
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| Alternative medicine for cancer treatment | 4/13/2007 |
Q: My dad had bladder cancer. I don't know what kind I just know that he gets growths in his bladder ...
A: Sorry, I have no knowledge of it at all and certainly no experience of it whatsoever. Cesium can be ...
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| Continuation | 4/12/2007 |
Q: The system wouldn't let me do a "follow-up" to your last message. Perhaps the string got too long. ...
A: Nice to hear from you again. You can reach me directly on nrdqst@aim.com. Yes all the SCANDINAVIAN ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 4/11/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: The peanut butter and jelly was a very good idea in fact! Chemo therapy is TOUGH so I'm not ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/10/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: Sir, even I a nominally Protestant Christian but rather sceptic agnostic Swede understand that much ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/9/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: Very interesting! Sunset laws are not used here. I agree it is good to compare notes between ...
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| Multiple lung nodules | 4/8/2007 |
Q: I underwent a CT scan of the chest due to rib pain that I had been having. Plain films were ...
A: The new CT scans are showing more pulmonary changes than it is possible to follow. Without knowing ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/8/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: Well Sweden is not a socialist state. The economy is an ordinary free market privately owned ...
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| High platelet counts | 4/8/2007 |
Q: am a 26 year old white female, graduate student. Currently under a lot of stress, studying for ...
A: My dear young lady, you put me in a difficult position since it is impossible to give you any ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/8/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: Here if you are bankrupt you ARE bankrupt! You will NOT be able to borrow money at all except MAYBE ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/8/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: Most interesting! I do hope nothing will happen in the coming 2 years! You are probably right the ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/7/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: Interesting! I had no idea of that. However I do fear that if you had a really SERIOUS illness your ...
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| Tobacco and Lung Cancer Risk | 4/6/2007 |
Q: I am a sixty-one-year-old male. I smoked approximately 24 cigarettes per day for 28 years, and I ...
A: This is a policy common to almost all insurance companies. It is based on available statistics and ...
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| husband's throat cancer | 4/6/2007 |
Q: After being treated 5 years ago with stage 4 throat cancer (Chen, radiation, art. radical neck ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! I'm sorry I have no faith whatsoever in any so called ...
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| Secondary Bone Cancer | 4/6/2007 |
Q: My sister had breast cancer 3 years ago and was just diagnosed with bone cancer. She has a 2cm ...
A: Absolutely! With your type of breasts and especially with your family history a combination of x-ray ...
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| Secondary Bone Cancer | 4/6/2007 |
Q: My sister had breast cancer 3 years ago and was just diagnosed with bone cancer. She has a 2cm ...
A: It is probably her breast cancer that has spread to her bones and therefore has returned in this ...
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| Advanced Gall bladder cancer | 4/4/2007 |
Q: My 87yr old grandmother was recently diagnosed with cancer. The Dr's have told us its in the bile ...
A: Even if her drs. express themselves somewhat differently their statements are not necessarily ...
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| metastized cancer? | 4/3/2007 |
Q: Guess I am a cat with 9 lives, going on 5 now. 42, female, numerous rare supposedly benign tumors ...
A: Well without a biopsy we do not know what we are dealing with at all - not even if it really is ...
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| met. melanoma | 4/1/2007 |
Q: you answered the question of the woman whose father has met. melanoma by mentioning a new factor at ...
A: I only know that there is a immuno therapy project going on at the National Cancer Institute on ...
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| stage IV nsclc squamous with brain mets | 4/1/2007 |
Q: On December 31, 2006, my husband came in after being outside and I thought he had had a stroke. I ...
A: I'm very sorry to read about his and your problems! Yes this is a stage 4 lung cancer that has ...
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| my doctor is at a loss | 3/31/2007 |
Q: I will not burden you with all the symptoms I have had in the last month but will boil it down to ...
A: First of all, get a needle biopsy of the lump ASAP so we will KNOW what that is! When we do know we ...
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| nutritional therapy | 3/30/2007 |
Q: I've heard of cancer being cured by nutritional therapy instead of the conventional radiantion or ...
A: There is NO clinical or scientific evidence of ANY cancer at ANY time ANYWHERE, NEITHER anatomically ...
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| Tarceva (erlotinib) and lung cancer | 3/29/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, I'd like your opinion on the recommendation of a family member's cancer treatment. She ...
A: Well, I retired after a stroke in early 2003 so I have actually no personal experience of Tarceva, ...
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| Thyroid Adenoma | 3/29/2007 |
Q: I'm a 28 yr. old female...I went to the doctor recently because I was having difficulty swallowing. ...
A: I really see no cause for alarm! I think your dr. should have ordered a thin needle aspiration ...
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| CEA and CA 19-9 value | 3/29/2007 |
Q: Hey! My grandmother has colon cancer. Her blood test result was: CEA - 981 ng/ml (normal to 5 ), CA ...
A: Oh you are from Slovenia. Sorry, I do not know Slovenian either. Anyway, while I can not completely ...
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| CEA and CA 19-9 value | 3/28/2007 |
Q: Hey! My grandmother has colon cancer. Her blood test result was: CEA - 981 ng/ml (normal to 5 ), CA ...
A: I suppose your language is Spanish. Unfortunately I do not speak Spanish. If her tumor is 8 cm. from ...
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| Cytoxan | 3/28/2007 |
Q: My question is regarding the drug cytoxan and its metobolites. I am wondering how long this drug ...
A: This should NOT be a problem at all for you! Thanks! You are welcome! Thanks again! Cleaning ...
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| Cytoxan | 3/27/2007 |
Q: My question is regarding the drug cytoxan and its metobolites. I am wondering how long this drug ...
A: The drug itself is not toxic it is a precursor of the toxic anti cancer product which is produced ...
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| fdg uptake | 3/27/2007 |
Q: had mailed you yesterday to enquire about the fdg uptake.i found out that my mother is suffering ...
A: If you had told me that she has been treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma yesterday I would have been able ...
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| fdg uptake | 3/26/2007 |
Q: my mom had been suffering from cancer(dont know the kind)and was under chemotherapy for the past 6 ...
A: An increased PET scan uptake MAY show an icreased metabolic rate there which in turn MAY indicate ...
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| Squamous cell carcinoma | 3/24/2007 |
Q: 81 yr. old Mother diagonozed with squamous cell in entire nasal cavity, around eye, around brain in ...
A: Yes, I completely agree with her drs. that radiation therapy most probably at present is the only ...
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| questioning validity of radiology scans | 3/24/2007 |
Q: My wife was diagnosed with primary mediastinal difuse large b cell aggressive non hodgins lymphoma ...
A: I find some merit in both ways of reasoning. However a PET scan is NOT a biopsy result! It is a way ...
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| lycopene | 3/24/2007 |
Q: is lycopene the best supplement to protect the body against various cancers?
A: It is claimed (probably with some reason) to be a VERY potent antioxidant and to be a good protector ...
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| Small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV | 3/23/2007 |
Q: My sister's cancer has metastasized and is on her two lungs, adrenal and thyroid, and the latest MRI ...
A: With so much involvement of different structures and tissues there are a vast number of different ...
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| Small Cell Lung Cancer Stage IV | 3/23/2007 |
Q: My sister's cancer has metastasized and is on her two lungs, adrenal and thyroid, and the latest MRI ...
A: Well, it unfortunately seems her cancer is spreading rapidly. From what you describe it is also ...
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| Cervical Cancer | 3/22/2007 |
Q: My mother was dianosed with stage 3 b cervical cancer. I know this could have been prevented with ...
A: I think we have better to discuss this one piece at a time. I do not think she is close to death ...
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| melanoma | 3/21/2007 |
Q: My husband has stage 4 melanoma with a 2 to 3 inch tumor in his lung. After 15 days of dacarbozine ...
A: Not in itself but a stage 4 malignant melanoma is of course always something of great concern since ...
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| Bone marrow biopsy | 3/21/2007 |
Q: I have an appointment next month for a bone marrow biopsy. Is this biopsy test similar to a blood ...
A: The biopsy is taken from your bone marrow which means that the needle used for sampling the marrow ...
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| Adenocarcinoma | 3/21/2007 |
Q: I am a 44 year old female that was diagnosed with Stage IV Adenocarcinoma with an Unknown Primary in ...
A: I'm happy it seems to be working. The statistics - if I have understood you correctly - describes ...
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| IV metastic melanoma | 3/20/2007 |
Q: I originally was diagnosed with III melanoma w/lymph node involvement in 2002. I had a left ear ...
A: Neither radiation therapy nor chemo therapy are having much effect against malignant melanoma so you ...
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| Chemotherapy | 3/19/2007 |
Q: I am a student at Columbia Montour AVTS in Health Occupations. We are supposed to write up a paper ...
A: I write here usually for patients and their families & friends. I write here in my spare time & free ...
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| cancer | 3/16/2007 |
Q: I am a 36 year old female in good health. My doctor sent me for an ultrasound of my thyroid because ...
A: I do not quite understand why you find false positives so frightening?! I would think that false ...
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| Congenital fibrosarcoma | 3/16/2007 |
Q: when she was 10 days old in 1981 my mother noticed a lump in back of her calf. she was taken to ...
A: I do not believe in a fibrosarcoma in this case for the simple reason that she is still alive after ...
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| pancreas and stomach cancer | 3/9/2007 |
Q: ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ... Thankyou so much ...
A: I do understand your position! However you must also understand that I'm doing this as an unpaid ...
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| thyroid cancer | 3/7/2007 |
Q: My husband just got some test results back.the went over somethings with us,but on the way home, I ...
A: Well that it is hypofunctioning means that it takes up less of the radioactive isotope used in an ...
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| ovarian cancer survival | 3/7/2007 |
Q: you said in another response to someone else that ovarian cancer outcome is almost always bad. is ...
A: It very often is but not always. However no one can guarantee or promise success when dealing with ...
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| stageIIB ovarian cancer survival | 3/6/2007 |
Q: my mother is beginning treatment for stage IIB ovarian cancer. she has had a hysterectomy already, ...
A: Ovarian cancers often spread by shedding cancer cells into the abdominal cavity pelvic area as is ...
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| Surgery to remove bladder | 3/3/2007 |
Q: Good evening, My grandfather recently found out he had a tumor on his bladder which ate a hole in ...
A: It is NOT common to die from the surgery itself! If it was it could hardly be offered as a help! ...
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| Low white blood cell count | 3/3/2007 |
Q: I am 53 years old and always been healthy. I do my check ups every year and the last one the doctor ...
A: There are several haematological conditions that at present are possible. But without knowing MUCH ...
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| Low white blood cell count | 3/2/2007 |
Q: I am 53 years old and always been healthy. I do my check ups every year and the last one the doctor ...
A: This is odd! If your blood tests have been ok one year ago it is even more odd. I do suggest that ...
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| High prostate levels | 3/2/2007 |
Q: My dad just went to the doctor today and he said that his prostate levels went from very low to over ...
A: I may be a sign of it! It can also be a sign of a big prostate. But with this fast increase in his ...
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| CAT scan | 2/27/2007 |
Q: I could get NO ONE else to tell me what the fluid was for. Thanks again!! Just wanted your opinion ...
A: Well your question this time is somewhat outside my area of expertise here (cancer). However I was ...
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| cervical cancer | 2/25/2007 |
Q: i am a middle aged woman diagnosed with stage 2b cervical cancer in oct 2004. had combination ...
A: Generally speaking once a cancer has spread in any way it is MUCH harder to keep it under control. ...
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| cancer treatment - replacement joint surgery | 2/23/2007 |
Q: my mother may need treatment for a cancerous cyst that was removed from her ovary. her concern with ...
A: I doubt very much that any such treatment will affect her knees in any way. Furthermore given the ...
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| stomach cancer | 2/22/2007 |
Q: My Mother recently had a biopsy done to determine if tumors in her stomach were malignate or benign. ...
A: Stomach cancer - especially if it has spread in any way for example to lymph nodes - has a very bad ...
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| Ovarian Cancer Spread to Intestines | 2/22/2007 |
Q: My mother had been diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer in July 06. She went in with symptoms of ...
A: I'm sorry to be the messenger of bad news but ovarian cancer almost always has a very bad prognosis. ...
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| Pre ejaculate or (pre cum) | 2/22/2007 |
Q: I know you are not a urologist but I have a question for you anyway since you answer questions on a ...
A: Sir, as you yourself point out I'm not a urologist. Your question is actually the first time in my ...
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| Stage 3 B Cervical Cancer | 2/22/2007 |
Q: My mother-in-law was diagnosed with this stage of cancer recently. We did not know anything was ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! It is possible that it can be taken care of but I can ...
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| Testing for Cancer | 2/20/2007 |
Q: I have a question about testing for cancer, about six months ago, i began to feel ill, with swollen ...
A: The easiest and best way to find out if indeed you do have a lymphoma - Hodgkin's or non Hodgkin - ...
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| Extensive stage small cell lung cancer | 2/20/2007 |
Q: my mother was just diagnosed with extensive stage 4 small cell lung cancer,also found in her liver, ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! You are asking me some straight questions and such ...
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| Lymphs-low; Neutrophils high cea 28 | 2/16/2007 |
Q: I had colon cancer (05); thyroid (06) and now have a recurrence somewhere (I believe it's in the ...
A: Yes with the way your CEA values have been increasing it is unfortunately very probable that you ...
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| squamish cell throat cancer stage 4b | 2/14/2007 |
Q: my husband was diagnosed with squamish cell throat cancer and it was a stage 4b to 4c. what does ...
A: to answer this fully I would need A LOT more information about his case. A stage 4 cancer of any ...
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| Blood tests and cancer | 2/14/2007 |
Q: I just had a complete medical check-up which included blood work, urine sample, breast exam, pap. I ...
A: the only thing any dr. can guarantee in a situation like this is that no sign of any illness has ...
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| tumors/cancer | 2/14/2007 |
Q: I have a friend who lives in a house where 4 cases of cancer have occurred in the past couple ...
A: When you consider how often cancer actually does happen both in humans and in our pets (my own cat ...
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| Stage IV neuroendocrine prostate cancer | 2/13/2007 |
Q: My 66-yr.old father was recently diagnosed with stage IV neuroendocrine prostate cancer that has ...
A: Unfortunately the long time prognosis in this situation is very bad. The best this therapy probably ...
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| Stage 4 Cancer | 2/12/2007 |
Q: My grandmother recently had a PET with contrast done from skull to thigh. She was told 2 years ago ...
A: Well if indeed it has spread like this it is very much a stage 4 cancer and by now her prognosis - ...
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| Vincristine | 2/12/2007 |
Q: How long would it take to excrete 2mg dose of Vincristine.
A: Depends on the patient. There are individual variations here so each patient would have to be ...
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| ovarian cancer | 2/10/2007 |
Q: My sister was just diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer. She had a hysterectomy and a few days ...
A: Ovarian cancers generally have a very bad prognosis because they are mostly found far too late. They ...
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| Kidney/Bladder Cancer | 2/9/2007 |
Q: My 59 year old mom recently had an extremely bad lower back ache on one sad (i dont think it was her ...
A: Itis possible that she has a cancer somewhere in her urinary system. In a case like this it is ...
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| stage iv metastatic melanoma | 2/7/2007 |
Q: I have read your previous responses and I am writing to you because of your frankness, and ...
A: Malignant melanoma is generally not very sensitive to radiation therapy or chemo therapy. So I see ...
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| Switching to Femara after 1 year of Tamoxifen | 2/7/2007 |
Q: I had breast cancer,stage I, lymph nodes negative, HERB2 negative, ER+, PR+.I had lumpectomy in ...
A: Tamoxifen & Femara both do the same thing but in different ways. Tamoxifen is a receptor inhibitor. ...
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| Bone/spine cancer | 2/7/2007 |
Q: I need to know a little more about what to expect with my wifes mother so that I know how to support ...
A: No one can guarantee that "you get everything out" by cancer surgery. That is why radiation therapy, ...
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| small cell carsonoma | 2/6/2007 |
Q: My mother just found out she has small cell carsonoma.She also has cerosis of the liver and ...
A: I suppose her small cell carcinoma is in her lung and in lymph nodes in her neck and armpit. ...
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| Immuno Therapy in Kidney Cancer | 1/30/2007 |
Q: My 64-yr old father was diagnosed with kidney cancer. His right kidney was removed. The biopsy ...
A: Immuno therapy is a kind of vaccination against his own tumour. Since his cancer cells evolved from ...
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| small cell carcinoma of maxillary sinus | 1/28/2007 |
Q: Nordquist, Thank you for volunteering your valuable time to help out people affected by cancer. My ...
A: This is not a common form of cancer so experience is somewhat limited. However based on available ...
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| CAT scan | 1/28/2007 |
Q: My primary care doctor sent me to a cancer institute. I am 54 and she felt it was good to have ...
A: The fluid was one x-ray contrast dye used to fill up your stomach, intestines etc. in order to make ...
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| Small Cell Carcinoma | 1/25/2007 |
Q: My mother 73 years old was told she has small cell carcinoma (Cancer) for a tissue biospy of lt. ...
A: Not all small cell cancers are related to smoking. There is always a risk that a mistake is made in ...
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| Facial Tumor | 1/24/2007 |
Q: My brother was diagnosed with a facial tumor September 2006 and had surgery followed by chemo and ...
A: That depends on what type of tumour he now has. The type etc. dictate what is best or even possible. ...
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| Aunt-Ovarian Cancer | 1/22/2007 |
Q: My aunt just turned 76 years old. She looks and acts like she is 60. Earlier this year, she lost ...
A: Ovarian cancers generally have very bad prognosis even with extensive surgery and chemotherapy. I do ...
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| hypoechoic nodule | 1/19/2007 |
Q: and thanks for responding to my question. I am assuming in your answer that the nodule being only ...
A: A 3 mm nodule is almost 1/2 cm (1 cm = 10mm, 1 inch 25.4 mm = 2.54 cm) or more exact 0.3 cm, so it ...
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| hypoechoic nodule | 1/18/2007 |
Q: I have a hypoechoic nodule 3mm in the midportion of the left lobe of the thyroid. My thyroid isthmus ...
A: I suppose that your question concerns your thyroid dodule - as your pituitary will have to wait for ...
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| brain mets | 1/17/2007 |
Q: sister 40yrs breast cacer to lung skull and brain had herceptin wbr gammaknife taxotere just ...
A: If I have understood your question correctly your sister, 40 years old, has been treated for breast ...
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| my father | 1/13/2007 |
Q: hello the reason why I'm asking this question is because i lost my father through this type of tumor ...
A: You probably mean Kaposi's sarcoma. This is a blood vessel related tumour disease that can happen in ...
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| IMRT treatment / sciatic nerve | 1/12/2007 |
Q: I had 8 weks of IMRT for prostate cancer this summer. During the middle of the treatment I pinched a ...
A: It is possible but not usual! The radiation can irritate the bladder ("internal sunburn"). Usually ...
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| rate of clearance | 1/11/2007 |
Q: I was curious about excretion rates and formulas and not sure if you could help If an 18 pound cat ...
A: Sorry, you need a veterinarian to help you with this. First of all you have told me only the weight ...
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| chemo drugs excretion | 1/10/2007 |
Q: My question is regarding chemo therapy drugs. Most guidelines suggest that the urine and feces of a ...
A: Yes that is a general advice. The drugs are eliminated in 2 different ways (both are different in ...
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| is it cancer? | 1/8/2007 |
Q: Can you offer any advice based on the following facts. Male, 79, had elevated liver enzymes. MRI ...
A: I think some relative of yours asked about this some time - a week maybe - ago. All the details are ...
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| Omentum cancer | 1/8/2007 |
Q: My 72 year old mother in law was recently diagnosed with omentum cancer. This was after a biopsy of ...
A: Her cancer could come from her ovaries (a very common source in cases like this) unless they were ...
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| Cancer | 1/8/2007 |
Q: Is advanced locally recurrent low grade stromal sarcoma curable?Could it transform into other types ...
A: It MAY be - but I can offer no guarantees unfortunately - but if so it usually requires VERY ...
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| NCI Bethesda experimental immuno therapy | 1/8/2007 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, Thank you for your answer to my previous question (see below). I appreciate the time ...
A: I am sorry, I'm a Swede living in Sweden and I have never been in direct contact with them. You can ...
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| Recurrence of Cancer | 1/8/2007 |
Q: I had colon cancer in 4/05, thyroid in 5/06. I was stage 3b on the colon and the thyroid was just a ...
A: Thyroid cancers are often - though not always - rather "nice" cancers. If it was a stage 1 when you ...
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| Itchy moles | 1/5/2007 |
Q: Firstly, I see that you do not state skin cancer as one of your specialised areas and I suppose this ...
A: Fair skinned people (especially blondes and red heads) have an increased risk of ultraviolet light ...
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| Liver cancer life expectancy | 1/5/2007 |
Q: My mother was diagnosed with liver and colon cancer about 6 months ago. She is 56 years old. She ...
A: So this is a case of colon cancer that has spread to her liver. I'm sorry to read about her and your ...
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| pap smear results | 1/4/2007 |
Q: I received the results of a pap test and was told I have endometrial cells present but benign for ...
A: It only means just what it says that among the cells from your uterine cervix (from the cervix of ...
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| adenocarcinoma in-situ | 12/30/2006 |
Q: After having a pap smear at my local medical centre, here i Australia,The results i got was my ...
A: while I can not give you any promises or guarantees, the fact remains that if the report you quote ...
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| Non Small Cell Cancer | 12/30/2006 |
Q: Rich started his chem and radiation treatments on the 26th. He will be having a series of 28-33 ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his & your problems! Both chemo therapy & radiation therapy are TOUGH ...
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| Thyroid Cancer | 12/29/2006 |
Q: So when is an oncologist needed?I have had a scan, ultra sound biopsy (FNA), and the findings were ...
A: Not in your case with this kind of tumour. You have already an endocrinologist and a surgeon. What ...
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| Thyroid Cancer | 12/28/2006 |
Q: I have had a scan, ultra sound biopsy (FNA), and the findings were most consistent with a Hurthle ...
A: In this case a medical oncologist is not needed, though a radiation therapist or a therapeutic ...
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| prostate cancer | 12/27/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, My husband had a prostate biopsy which came back positive for cancer, the urologist had ...
A: Yes a pathologist will always grade and put a Gleason score on a prostate cancer. It is never wrong ...
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| Non Small Cell Cancer | 12/18/2006 |
Q: I am so sorry to bother you again but I wanted to ask if you yet another question. A lady told me ...
A: With regards to the herb, I will only say that if it really did cure this kind of cancer it would be ...
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| Non Small Cell Cancer | 12/18/2006 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed in 1985 w/Rheumatoid Arthritis and then in 1993 w/Rheumatoid Lung Disease. ...
A: As far as I know there is no connection between rheumatoid diseases and lung cancer, so if that is ...
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| BRAIN CANCER STAGE 4 | 12/16/2006 |
Q: MY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS JUST DIAGISOSED TODAY WITH BRAIN CANCER PRIMARY SITE WAS THE LUNGS. THEY ...
A: Radiation (and everything and anything else) is unfortunately unable to cure her but it can 1. ...
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| bumps | 12/15/2006 |
Q: i was sittin in class one day and my face starting knottin up . and i got these two big bumps on my ...
A: If it comes on so suddenly as this I do not think it has anything to do with lymph nodes. It sounds ...
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| Prostate Cancer | 12/13/2006 |
Q: I recently went to the doctor (I'm 41) and they did my blood work and said everything was normal but ...
A: Early prostate cancers have NO urinary symptoms! So even though you have had a somewhat high PSA for ...
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| Breast cancer | 12/13/2006 |
Q: Why is breast cancer that is estrogen receptor negative more aggressive?
A: Breast tissue is normally regulated by among other things estrogen, so it has estrogen receptors. ...
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| chemo options | 12/12/2006 |
Q: The tumor did rupture the colon and I had appendicitis. It was in the ascending colon,the tumor was ...
A: Ok, thanks! Well , there were no signs of lymphatic or blood born tumour spread but since the tumour ...
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| chemo options | 12/11/2006 |
Q: I have had surgery to remove colon cancer that ruptured the colon. All lyphnodes came back negative ...
A: The answer depends on the following: Did the tumour rupture your colon or was it done during ...
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| Ovarian Cancer Concern | 12/9/2006 |
Q: I'll try and keep it brief but give you as much detail as possible. A yr ago my gyn drained a fluid ...
A: Bone metastasies can come from anywhere even if certain tumours are more common. With regards to ...
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| NHL follicular | 12/8/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, Thank you for a previous answer you provided on the same topic. My new question ...
A: You are right in the assumption that if you were anemic it would be easy to account for your ...
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| HIGH PLATELET COUNT | 12/8/2006 |
Q: Within range on white and red cell count except white was on the low "in range value" and red was in ...
A: So both reds & whites were within normal range though the reds on the high end while the whites were ...
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| His condition is common or unfavourable | 12/7/2006 |
Q: Down below are the exams taken in the past few months (my husband).: Semen analysis in Oct : Vol ...
A: Sorry, most of your question is outside my area of expertise here (cancer). So for contract reasons ...
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| chondromatoid on nose | 12/6/2006 |
Q: I had a 5mm benign chondromatoid nodule, favor chondroma removed from the tip of my nose 8 weeks ago ...
A: While I can not guarantee that all has been removed, the symptoms and signs you describe are normal ...
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| subcutaneous metastases in nsclc IV | 12/3/2006 |
Q: I would be grateful for your advice. I have Stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer diagnosed in August. ...
A: You have asked a straight question and want a straight answer so that is what I will give you. Since ...
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| subcutaneous metastases in nsclc IV | 12/3/2006 |
Q: I would be grateful for your advice. I have nsclc Dx in August. Can't have chemo. Mets on adrenal ...
A: I'm a Swede, living in Sweden. English is not my first language! Americans are very fond of acronyms ...
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| cancer/osteoporosis | 12/2/2006 |
Q: I had breast cancer in the spring with successful lumpectomy, clean margins, no lymph node ...
A: In spite of this side effect I think you SHOULD continue with Arimidex - cancer is after all FAR ...
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| Adenocarcinoma of cervix/uterus | 12/1/2006 |
Q: Could you please tell me if adenocarcinoma is any more serious that other types of cancers. I'm a ...
A: Well prognosiswise etc. it depends mostly on in which organ it develops though in some cases it does ...
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| Stage IV breast cancer | 11/29/2006 |
Q: My grandmother was recently diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer. She had a benign tumor on her ...
A: Unless she has several cancers I suppose her tumours in her lungs, back bone and liver are all ...
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| aortic lymph gland | 11/28/2006 |
Q: My mother had a complete histerectomy last year June, and the surgeon also removed all surrounding ...
A: Because of side effects etc. the choice must be hers! based on the information given, as far as I ...
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| NHL follicular indolent | 11/23/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, I am recently diagnosed with NHL follicular type. I have been told by my oncologist that ...
A: No chemo therapy does not aggravate the cancer, but because it is not very efficient in treating the ...
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| lymph node removal | 11/22/2006 |
Q: I had a lump removed from my right knee on the 2nd of October 2005, it was diagnosed as a Melanoma ...
A: At the moment we do not know if your cancer has spread or not! If biopsy studies can not show any ...
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| Small Cell Carcinoma | 11/22/2006 |
Q: The text above is a follow-up to ... -----Question-----Dear Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, My father (72 ...
A: I suppose you mean the pleura. Well, yes in that case it has crossed an organ border. No, all I can ...
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| My father | 11/19/2006 |
Q: My father has been seeing a hematologist who has definitely diagnosed iron deficient anemia. I ...
A: If he is still anemic his sedimentation rate should be increased. However his hematologist should ...
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| Small Cell Carcinoma | 11/19/2006 |
Q: The text above is a follow-up to ... -----Question----- Dear Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, My father (72 ...
A: A stage 3 I can like you understand. A stage 4 requires that the cancer has spread! Demand a ...
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| My father | 11/19/2006 |
Q: What other medical conditions could cause weight loss with no signs of cancer? My dad had an ...
A: There are quite a few in fact. Gail, do you have any lab. test results supporting that it indeed is ...
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| A cure for cancer | 11/16/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, Thanks for your answer, it was very helpful. I have just one more question. If they ...
A: First of all, though cancer cells stick together rather loosely - that is one of the reasons cancer ...
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| esophagus cancer .. ct scan report | 11/15/2006 |
Q: i m typing the ct scan report of my relative. ...
A: Yes an endoscopy is very important and diagnosis must be verified by that method! However a 10 cm (4 ...
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| A cure for cancer | 11/15/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, Are there any substances that attract Cancer to a certain place? For example, would it ...
A: Not at the moment anyway. It is probably easier to go the other way around. For example using ...
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| Lung cancer | 11/14/2006 |
Q: My mother was just diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and large cell. It has spread to her liver, ...
A: Small cell & large cell cancer are just descriptions of how the cells of the cancer look in a ...
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| stage IV cancer | 11/14/2006 |
Q: My father-in-law has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. The primary cancer is in the bladder. It ...
A: Both patients and cancers are individuals not clones so his drs. are right. To predict survival time ...
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| question...petrified | 11/10/2006 |
Q: Had an enlarged axillary lymph node, and went to dr. CBC with diff all came back normal. today I ...
A: As far as I can understand you have no reason to think of Hodgkin at all at the moment! Ask for or ...
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| Cancer without any symptoms | 11/10/2006 |
Q: Doctor Nordquist, Hello, how are you? Well, my primary care Dr. just called me and told me that ...
A: In the lungs that is normally associated with a primary tuberculosis infection complex - which does ...
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| pancreas and stomach cancer | 11/9/2006 |
Q: My darling sister has been given terminal prognosis on the above found cancers just a week ago, she ...
A: I'm sorry to shatter your hopes but I have no faith in that substance at all! Well it will not harm ...
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| Almond nuts | 11/9/2006 |
Q: I can't find the right category and also I want the opinion of a qualified doctor. I hope you'll ...
A: I have to tell you that this is somewhat outside my real area of expertise. Like other vegetable & ...
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| Nanotechnology | 11/8/2006 |
Q: Do you know of any applications of nanotechnology in cancer treatment?
A: Not really yet. Magnetic particles have been moved by magnetic fields to block blood vessels, but ...
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| Large cell lung cancer | 11/7/2006 |
Q: OK I found out a little more information from my sister who is more familiar. It is called Non Small ...
A: To try to predict survival time with any accuracy is rather impossible - especially here with his ...
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| White Blood Count | 11/7/2006 |
Q: I'm 27 years old. I went for a physical for my jod and was informed that I have a high WBC and was ...
A: Well, what do we know: You have been told that you have a high white blood cell count. That can be ...
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| My father | 11/6/2006 |
Q: My 80 year old father has been sick for about 6 months. Never took medications in his life - very ...
A: Gail, I'm sorry but I'm living in Sweden probably very far away from you so it is extremely hard to ...
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| cancer cells in spinal fluid | 11/6/2006 |
Q: Pleas try give me some direction you see we live in a small city in south africa and the doctors ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her and your problems! Yes the situation you describe is very unusual. It ...
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| Ovarian Cancer | 11/3/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, You asked me to keep you posted on my sister's progress, so here is a little new info. ...
A: Even though it may be round, the fluid makes me think more along cancer lines unfortunately. Has any ...
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| brain cancer | 11/1/2006 |
Q: My husband is 24 and in stage 4 brain & spine cancer, with no feeling or movement below his abdomen. ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! Unfortunately it is impossible for me to predict his ...
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| Ovarian Cancer | 11/1/2006 |
Q: I'm not sure I understand what you said. Are you saying that a CT scan can diagnose cancer? What ...
A: What I said was that yes precise cancer diagnosis can only be made by microscopy just as you asked ...
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| Ovarian Cancer | 11/1/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, I would like to ask you some questions regarding my sister...but first a little ...
A: The precise cancer diagnosis can only be made by microscopy, that is correct! BUT a CT scan can show ...
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| Multi-mullerian tumor carcinosacrcoma | 10/31/2006 |
Q: I would like to know what options you find available for this cancer. Chemo seems to be my only ...
A: Chemo therapy is toxic for the bone marrow where blood cells are produced. There are some therapies ...
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| My Fathers Cancer | 10/27/2006 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer a couple of months ago. They did further testing to see ...
A: I'm sorry for what has happened to him, to you and your whole family! Radiation will help wih his ...
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| Mixed germ cell tumor | 10/26/2006 |
Q: Her BSA is 1.2 mt2 ------------------------------------------- The text above is a follow-up to ... ...
A: Here in Sweden only Bleomycin sulphate is available (from Baxter) and it is not measured in mg. but ...
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| Cancer Risk | 10/25/2006 |
Q: My uncle recently died from esophageal cancer. He was 46 and the cancer was not detected until it ...
A: The cancers you mention are not particularly known for genetic risk association. Liver cancer is ...
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| Stage 4 Cancer | 10/24/2006 |
Q: How long do treatments last for stage 4 cancer. Once he has chemo and radiation can he keep living a ...
A: Primary treatment will last a number of weeks, around 2 months or so. He may be given more chemo ...
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| Stage 4 Cancer | 10/24/2006 |
Q: My 63 year old uncle was having lower back pain for about a month. They discovered that he had ...
A: The prognosis of a stage 4 cancer is generally bad. Exactly how bad can not be evaluated without ...
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| treatment of testicular cancer | 10/19/2006 |
Q: hiya my dad is about due to start chemotherapy due to a bad case of testicular cancer i however have ...
A: Well I suppose he will be given chemotherapy. They can come and see him, but you must be sure they ...
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| Hormone cause be cancer cells. | 10/17/2006 |
Q: It's a poorly differentiated carcinoa, consistent with recurrent/matastatic squaumous carcinoma. ...
A: This type of cancer can sometimes produce many types of hormones that may disturb metabolism, ...
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| Hormone cause be cancer cells. | 10/13/2006 |
Q: What is the name of the hormone that is products by a the cancer cell what prevent a person from ...
A: A cancer anywhere can prevent a patient from gaining weight by many different processes, the most ...
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| This is actually a Lupus question | 10/12/2006 |
Q: I am looking for someone to answer a lupus question, but can not find anyone, and was hoping you may ...
A: I'm sorry, this is entirely outside my field of expertise! With lupus I assume that you mean SLE. ...
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| Malignant Melanoma and spinal metastises | 10/11/2006 |
Q: Wow, what an awesome site! Was wondering if you would help me. My father has had malignant melanoma ...
A: Well Katie, unfortunately I'm afraid you will not like my reply but you have asked a straight ...
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| Dexamethasone | 10/9/2006 |
Q: My father is in the final stages of non-small cell lung cancer. He is home with Hospice. Last ...
A: It is for his dr. to decide if dexamethasone should be recommended for use or not, hardly his nurse ...
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| colon cancer | 10/9/2006 |
Q: My mother has colon cancer. It was surgically removed, but the doctor felt thickness in the walls ...
A: It is possible but we do not KNOW yet, you have to wait for the pathology report to know her ...
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| difference between chemo and hormonal therapy | 10/6/2006 |
Q: my uncle who is 86 years old was diag. with metastatic prostast cancer. Dr suggested hormonal ...
A: Some consider ANY medical (drug) therapy of cancer a kind of chemo therapy wile others (including ...
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| Metastatic lung cancer | 10/6/2006 |
Q: My grandfather (age 82, 1 pack/day smoker for about 55 years) recently had a contrast CT of his ...
A: Adenomatous polyps are NOT cancer, so if that diagnosis is correct these suspected metastases can ...
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| lump on collar bone | 10/4/2006 |
Q: Ok, I will. I guess I just wondered if there was anything else it could be?I am a breast cancer ...
A: Almost anything & everything is possible! This is what I suggest you should do in order to find out, ...
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| large cell lung cancer | 10/3/2006 |
Q: My mother is 84 and has been diagnosed with large cell lung cancer. The lung specialist said we ...
A: NO! Unfortunately even if she had been only in her middle age and otherwise quite healthy her ...
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| Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus | 10/3/2006 |
Q: My 45 year old sister-in-law has a fast growing Squamous cell carcinoma of the Anus. she began chemo ...
A: I fully agree with her drs! Surgery may also be necessary though - if possible. Her attending drs. ...
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| swollen lymph nodes | 10/3/2006 |
Q: I have LOTS of swollen lymph nodes in my neck. One is very large - marble size. The others are ...
A: NO! It does not rule cancer out unfortunately! Let me suggest another simple, fast & CHEAP ...
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| Neck Tumors...CA | 10/1/2006 |
Q: I'm hoping you will be able to answer my question or show me where I can find info. My uncle has a ...
A: There are no available blood tests that can tell you if this is a cancer or not. Furthermore, a ...
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| Information | 9/30/2006 |
Q: My husband is suffering from a giant cell tumor in his hand and lungs. He has already had several ...
A: Has surgery been done? Surgery remains the primary kind of treatment for this kind of tumour. ...
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| Colon Cancer / Lung Cancer | 9/30/2006 |
Q: I apologize for not knowing many specifics to her condition. However, I believe the cancer has ...
A: Without knowing about her condition more specifically it is not possible to give you a good answer. ...
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| Colon Cancer / Lung Cancer | 9/29/2006 |
Q: My aunt was diagnosed with Cancer about a 1 1/2 ago. I'm not sure if she has Colon Cancer but she ...
A: Unfortunately your question does not give me much information. A colon cancer surgery may make a bag ...
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| thyroid nodules | 9/27/2006 |
Q: My 14yr old daughter have 3 thyroid nodules 2 in left and 1 in right the 2 in the left we found out ...
A: Only an isotope scan can show if a nodule is "hot" (increased isotope uptake indicating an increased ...
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| Stage IV Laryngeal Cancer (4a) | 9/25/2006 |
Q: What are the high level survival rates/prognosises for Stage IV Supraglottis Cancer? Supra plus ...
A: In general not good. A stage 4 (IV) cancer has by definition spread to other organs not just lymph ...
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| Prostate cancer | 9/25/2006 |
Q: Is the cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange any different than that which occurs naturally in ...
A: Not that I'm aware of, but I'm a Swede living in Sweden and have no experience with that type of ...
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| colon cancer spread to lung | 9/24/2006 |
Q: i live in USA but I have been told that my uncle has been suffering from colon cancer in India. It ...
A: If his cancer has spread to his lungs it has most probably also spread elsewhere - even if not ...
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| cancer | 9/20/2006 |
Q: I wanted to thank you for your response sorry it took so long. My mom just had her second ...
A: Breast cancer (like malignant melanoma) is known to have reappeared like this even after 30 years! ...
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| Cervical Cancer | 9/16/2006 |
Q: Sorry. I guess I was just after someone saying 'Abnormal smear results in someone previously ...
A: Actually it is rather clear cut and you had yourself stated all reasons for doing what I recommended ...
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| Cervical Cancer | 9/16/2006 |
Q: I am female, age 25, 2 children aged 8 & 6, both born by EMLSCS. I am sterilised by tubal ligation, ...
A: You absolutely do make sense! You do state your case clearly showing some clear thinking! It seems ...
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| Bladder cancer | 9/15/2006 |
Q: About 4 months ago I found some blood in my urine. Straight away I phoned my GP who told my to come ...
A: To my knowledge no one has so far been able to link bladder cancer to second hand smoking with any ...
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| THROAT CANCER | 9/13/2006 |
Q: i HAVE JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THROAT CANCER , BUT THE SURGEON SAYS THAT I HAVE HAD THIS FOR AWHILE ...
A: He is right, you can eat anything you want. He will need the CT to determine your stage! Well you ...
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| Amyloidosis and Sepsis | 9/11/2006 |
Q: Doctor: My mother in law recently died with the cause of death listed as Septic shock,sepsis, with ...
A: Sorry Sir! I'm a cancer specialist, not an expert on metabolic diseases which amyloidosis is. Nor am ...
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| Right Thyroid Cold Nodule | 9/11/2006 |
Q: I first discovered this nodule in 1997. The first FNA & ultrasound showed a hypoechoic nodule of 2.1 ...
A: This nodule should be cut out "in toto"! Then the pathologist can really determine what it is and ...
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| Melanoma | 9/10/2006 |
Q: My nephew, Scotty, who is 19 had a mole on his back that was melanoma. It was 7mm (off the ...
A: The National Cancer Institute has a new experimental immunotherapy treatment for malignant melanoma ...
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| pregnancy as a treatment for cancer | 9/8/2006 |
Q: Would pregnancy ever be suggested as a treatment for uterine cancer? Would you suggest that someone ...
A: No not for an existing cancer! NEVER! But uterine & breast cancers are more common in women without ...
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| Prostate Cancer | 9/6/2006 |
Q: My brother who is 60 and not talkative about health has told me at his latest exam the M.D. while ...
A: Whatever it was that was felt it should be examined by a biopsy (regardless of PSA) - very simple ...
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| larynx cancer? | 9/5/2006 |
Q: my father had larynx cancer about 10 years ago and was cured (he's 42yrs old now). ok... long story ...
A: These blood tests though they have to be investigated have nothing to do with any larynx cancer ...
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| radiology--the pros and cons | 9/5/2006 |
Q: My name is Courtney Wilson and I am a student in Florida. For a school project, I have to interview ...
A: I normally do not answer questions like these, but this time I'll make an exception since there are ...
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| cancer | 9/5/2006 |
Q: My mother who is 80 years old was just diagnosed with cancer after 6 weeks of tests.She went for her ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! I'm a Swede living in Sweden so I do not know your ...
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| radiotherapy | 9/2/2006 |
Q: what can i do or use to alleviate the pain of mouth ulcers due to radiotherapy treatment other then ...
A: This is something that your radiation therapy dr. SHOULD help you with! Help exists, just demand it! ...
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| purple urine | 8/31/2006 |
Q: My friend's grandma passed away yesterday and she asked me if i could find out why the last time she ...
A: There are certain metabolic diseases (porphyrineuriases) where you can have this type of strange ...
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| Cancer | 8/30/2006 |
Q: Well, this is a pretty long story. Here goes.... In July of 2004 my fiance's mother had a lump on ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her & your problems! I myself can not understand why no biopsy was done ...
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| How much time ?? | 8/22/2006 |
Q: My Mother is law has been in remission for 20 months and the luekemia is back. She says no modern ...
A: What kind of leukemia does she have? Without knowing that and her clinical & laboratory condition it ...
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| Sinus Cancer? | 8/19/2006 |
Q: "My husband had a mri with and without iv contrast and a ct scan. When I got these results I called ...
A: All data are not in yet. As you can read further CT studies would be helpful. It may very well be a ...
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| non hodgkins lymphoma | 8/17/2006 |
Q: Nordquist My aunt has been diagnosed with non hodgkins lymphoma. Her liver and spleen are enlarged. ...
A: If her diagnosis has been confirmed it is very probable that the enlargement of her liver and spleen ...
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| cause of lung cancer | 8/17/2006 |
Q: I heard from someone in my family that dogs living with humans and their hair is one of the causes ...
A: This is a myth! There is NO connection between dogs and human lung cancer. 90% or so of all lung ...
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| side effects of IMRT | 8/16/2006 |
Q: I recently underwent a 9 week program of IMRT external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer. ...
A: No, most probably not. Nerve tissues are among the LEAST radiation sensitive tissues in the human ...
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| Hematuria | 8/12/2006 |
Q: I am a 52-year-old female, 10 years postmenopausal, non-smoker, and generally in good health. I ...
A: The cystoscopy involves only the bladder. That the blood is microscopic really does not tell us very ...
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| Hematuria | 8/11/2006 |
Q: I am a 52-year-old female, 10 years postmenopausal, non-smoker, and generally in good health. I ...
A: It is possible that this is a sign of a tumour somewhere in your urinary tract from your bladder to ...
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| Multiple types of cancer in one person? | 8/11/2006 |
Q: My name is Julia, I am writing to ask about my mother. In January, 1999 they discovered that she ...
A: We all - even if we never smoked - have a chance of around 20% of developing a life threatening ...
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| Peutz-Jehgers syndrome | 8/9/2006 |
Q: I am a 41 year old female just diagnosed with adult onset Peutz-Jehgers syndrome. I lost my mother ...
A: I think that colonoscopy rate seems rather reasonable though with increasing age maybe you should do ...
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| Blood in urine | 8/9/2006 |
Q: my question is regarding my husband. He is a 35yr old healthy man. For the past few days he has ...
A: 35 years old IS a little young for bladder cancer but not impossible. However also kidney stones can ...
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| Lumps in necks lymph nodes | 8/8/2006 |
Q: I have been reading lately about Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins lymphomas. In 1999 I was diagnosticed ...
A: This obviously worries you and your worries will probably not disappear on their own! So you need to ...
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| Prostate Biopsey | 8/8/2006 |
Q: I have an appointment for a prostate biopsey on 8/10/06 with a urologist. He informed me that he ...
A: I suspect that he will do a thin needle aspiration biopsy of your prostate. Here in Sweden where ...
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| metastatic malignant melanoma | 8/5/2006 |
Q: I am a doctor of medicine but little exposure to oncological cases. It would be kind of you if you ...
A: I'm sorry to have to tell you that this is a certain death verdict. With this advanced tumour spread ...
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| secondary bone cancer | 8/3/2006 |
Q: my mom age 59, was admitted to the hospital recently for severe bone and joint pain.(she's been ...
A: Well, honestly that depends on what you mean with beneficial. If you mean a cure that is ...
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| synovial sarcoma | 7/31/2006 |
Q: what is the best treatment and prevention of metastastic of synovial sarcoma?
A: This was a hard question! Primary treatment is surgical, supplemented with chemo & radiation ...
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| lung cancer | 7/31/2006 |
Q: i have been doing research on the internet i have had a chronic cough for over a month and has ...
A: First of all. We do not YET know what it is you suffer from! Before we can start to discuss what to ...
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| Carcinoid Syndrome | 7/31/2006 |
Q: My sister has recently been diagnoised with carcinoid syndrome. They have done MRI, CT Scan ...
A: I'm sorry! I'm a Swede, living in Sweden. I really do not know what is available to you - I do not ...
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| Stage 4 Tumor found on father's spine | 7/30/2006 |
Q: The later part of June of this year my father was to have a lung removed where a tumor had been ...
A: I'm sorry to read about his and your problems! You are unfortunately right, his prognosis is very ...
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| Swollen Lymph Node Under the Jaw | 7/30/2006 |
Q: I have had a swelling under the jaw for several months. During this time, the swelling gets worse ...
A: In a strict semantic sense it is a tumour already (Latin: tumor = swelling). But if it is a tumour ...
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| swollen lymph node in groin area? | 7/27/2006 |
Q: My husband developed a swollen (2.5cm) lymph node in his right inguinal area. It was also painful. ...
A: A blood test MAY NOT pick up athlete's foot but may explain - at least partly - his enlarged lymph ...
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| pulmonary nodules | 7/27/2006 |
Q: i recently had bilateral pnuemonia and when they did a ct of the thorax they found 3 7mm pulmonary ...
A: Well, with a history of pneumonia those nodules may very well be the visual evidence of your medical ...
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| prostate cancer | 7/26/2006 |
Q: My husband's father died of bladder cancer at age 75. They also found out he had prostate cancer ...
A: It is a biological fact that every male - if living long enough - will develop prostate cancer. It ...
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| Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma | 7/25/2006 |
Q: My FIL was recently diagnosed with Stage 1 or possibly Stage 2 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (only ...
A: Treatment of malignancies is always a balancing act between effects & side effects, between trying ...
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| Squameous cell carcinoma | 7/25/2006 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, My brother is 46 and currently undergoing treatment for squameous cell carcinoma. ...
A: I'm not so busy any more. I have suffered a stroke and have retired. Herbatux is a rather new ...
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| How do you know? | 7/23/2006 |
Q: "Hi Doc: I'm also an expert on this site in the legal advice category. I have heard about many ...
A: Well, that was a much harder question than you may realize. Though cancer on a molecular biology ...
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| Lung cancer that has metastatisized to the spine | 7/22/2006 |
Q: Dr. Nordquist, Thank you for your response. I had another question for you. My mom has decided to ...
A: It may very well prolong her survival time, though by how much is unfortunately impossible to say ...
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| dry mouth | 7/22/2006 |
Q: i have 4 days left of my radiation and i noticed there a thick white stuff on my gums.I can take my ...
A: I suppose that your mouth is within the field of treatment. Radiation has a negative effect on your ...
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| Lung cancer that has metastatisized to the spine | 7/22/2006 |
Q: My mom, age 61, has just been diagnosed with non-small adenocarcinoma, that has metastatisized to ...
A: Unfortunately this is a condition with a 100% mortality rate. If it is a primary lung cancer and an ...
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| cervical and brest cancer | 7/19/2006 |
Q: How would cervical and breast cancer affect reproducion if untreated?
A: Amanda, please! Both are VERY serious and if untreated deadly diseases (they can both kill even if ...
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| prostate and testicular cancer | 7/19/2006 |
Q: How would testicular and prostate cancer affect the male's ability to father children?
A: For the therapy of prostate cancer radiation, surgery and hormones are most often used and they all ...
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| what is stage 4 in spinal area cancer? | 7/18/2006 |
Q: My brother n law has been fighting cancer that started as a back ache.it got so painful that he ...
A: Since this is a tumour involving the central nervous system I have to ask you if indeed it is a ...
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| breast and testicular cancer | 7/17/2006 |
Q: Breast cancer research always gets the majority of money from charities, or have most charities, ...
A: 1. Breast cancer is a common female cancer, especially in North America, Western Europe, Israel, ...
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| regardless of colour? | 7/15/2006 |
Q: I was wondering if people of color have anything in their bodies that are diffrent than white ...
A: This is outside my field of expertise (cancer). But African Americans have a higher risk of prostate ...
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| Esophageal Cancer | 7/14/2006 |
Q: My dear friend was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in February and died four months later. He had ...
A: I do not know if this is a comfort to you but the prognosis of an esophageal cancer is always bad ...
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| swollen lymph node | 7/14/2006 |
Q: A month ago I had a dental abcess infection in the gum tissue behind my last molar which was treated ...
A: It is not certain that it ever will be going back to its original size! In your case we have a very ...
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| MASTESIZE | 7/13/2006 |
Q: What does the term mastesize refer to when people are talking about cancer? Thanks.
A: Sorry, I'm a Swede, living in Sweden and English is not my first language. I do not recognize the ...
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| Radiation Therapy | 7/13/2006 |
Q: Does radiation therapy to the head and neck area for six weeks have an affect on memory or brain ...
A: As long as the brain is within the treatment field there may be swelling of the brain (due to ...
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| Possible tumor or growth | 7/10/2006 |
Q: I am a 41 year old female who has been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. My Doctor prescribed ...
A: The only symptom I can adress is your shortness of breath! That may very well be due to your anxiety ...
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| weight loss | 7/10/2006 |
Q: My father was diagnosed with stage IIIb lung cancer on June 20, 2006. He just started chemo on July ...
A: This is a VERY SERIOUS disease, so I'm not surprised by his weight loss. That is more or less normal ...
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| lung cancer | 7/8/2006 |
Q: Just over a year ago, my 85 year old mother had top and middle lobes of right lung removed because ...
A: She has some (not much) fluid in her right pleura (lung sac), the amount has increased somewhat ...
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| Thyroid hypoechoic nodules | 7/6/2006 |
Q: I am a 32 year old female and I recently had a thyroid ultrasound which uncovered two hypoechic ...
A: These nodules are probably cysts - can be proved by needle biopsies - and if so are hardly ...
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| effects of cancer on memory and mentation | 6/27/2006 |
Q: how does cancer itself effect ones memory, mentation and the brains function?
A: Like any severe illness, if it is far gone, it will also have a bad effect on your mental capacity, ...
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| Lung Cancer | 6/25/2006 |
Q: What kind of rate - 50:1 or less?The mother of a friend has been diagnosed with lung cancer. She has ...
A: Almost impossible to estimate a probability in a single case, I know too little about her and ...
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| Ovarian Cancer Stage 3-4 | 6/23/2006 |
Q: Nordquist, My mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer earlier this year. After receiving second ...
A: She may be in remission, but how long it will last is unfortunately impossible to say. I do not know ...
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| enlarged heart due to chemotherapy | 6/23/2006 |
Q: My niece is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy, the BFM regimin, for Burkitt's Lymphoma. She is ...
A: Unfortunately this is a risk with this kind of chemotherapy. The therapy can harm her heart, that is ...
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| Uterine Cells in Pap Smear? | 6/21/2006 |
Q: What is the significance of uterine cells detected in a pap smear? My mother (49 years old, still ...
A: How are the uterine cells? A cytologist should be able to see if they are abnormal (could indicate a ...
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| Scan results | 6/20/2006 |
Q: I am after some information. I have just had an ultrasound because of suspected hyperthyroidism. ...
A: Hypoechoic means that there is LESS ultrasound echo coming from that area - most often due to a ...
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| Prostate cancer | 6/20/2006 |
Q: To follow this up; are you saying that 3.1 is too high a level not to follow up by just another ...
A: I'm taking your possible genetic burden into account. Of course, if no cancer is found also your PSA ...
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| Prostate cancer | 6/19/2006 |
Q: I have just had a general check up and upon physical examination it was found that my prostate was ...
A: Have your prostate checked with all possible methods: ultrasound, biopsies etc. If no cancer is ...
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| cancer and hair dye | 6/17/2006 |
Q: I use a temporary hair dye, and I am thinking of switching to a natural hair dye. My real question ...
A: Lauren, there is NO scientific or clinical evidence that any APPROVED hair dye product whether ...
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| Cervical Cancer | 6/16/2006 |
Q: My mother, grandmother, and 2 of my aunts have all had some form of cervical cancer in their ...
A: Regular & frequent gynecological check ups including colposcopy and Pap smears (cytological biopsies ...
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| Uterine Cancer | 6/14/2006 |
Q: My wife is having heavy bleeding more often than normal for the last six months. She has taken ...
A: My clinical experience tells me that it is always best to know what you are doing in order to do it ...
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| High Platelet Count | 6/9/2006 |
Q: my mom is being treated for high platelets and large red cells. they do blood work on her all the ...
A: To answer your question I do need mor information on your mother's illness. What do her blood tests ...
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| colon removal reply | 6/7/2006 |
Q: this is a reply to a question i sent in earlier today abought colon removal. thank you for ...
A: If you keep it, even with such controls there will always be a risk that something is missed. ...
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| nodular fasciitis | 6/6/2006 |
Q: My two and a half year son had a small mass removed from his lower back/ hip area 7 months ago. ...
A: Any diagnosis - even one from a pathologist - carries a certain, though small, risk of misdiagnosis. ...
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| night sweats | 6/4/2006 |
Q: Hey Dr. Nordquist it's me the 19 year old girl sorry to bother you again. It's just that i've been ...
A: I live in Stockholm, Sweden, and I would wish the night temperature here would be as high as 16 C! ...
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| dramatic weight loss | 6/3/2006 |
Q: My husband has lost about 30lbs in the last two months. He will be hungry and after 2 bites he has ...
A: I doubt that any serious dr. will disregard these symptoms! It is imperative that he visits his dr. ...
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| Chylous Fluid | 5/31/2006 |
Q: My 19 yr. old niece complained of chest pain and her mother took her to primary physician who said ...
A: I'm sorry to read about her, his & your problems! Sorry, you have given me a lot of information, but ...
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| Carcinoid Syndrome | 5/25/2006 |
Q: My husband has been diagnosed as having a carcinoid syndrome. Two tumours were found in his ...
A: Unfortunately there is no clinical evidence available that any of those have any positive effect on ...
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| Small Cell Carcinoma | 5/25/2006 |
Q: A friend of mine has the above, it started as Cervical Cancer, and is now in the lymph nodes in her ...
A: I'm a Swede, living in Sweden. So there are unfortunately some practical matters in your question I ...
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| occiputal neuralgia | 5/22/2006 |
Q: OK. Are tumours in this area typically malignant or benign? And what would the treatment/prognosis ...
A: Tumours precisely there are not common - in fact I can not remember one single patient of mine with ...
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| hodgkin's diease symptoms? | 5/22/2006 |
Q: I have a question about Hodgkin's disease. I recently heard that after drinking alchol people with ...
A: Increased bilirubine may indicate a LOWER liver function. Increased creatinine may indicate a lower ...
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| breast cancer | 5/15/2006 |
Q: what are tumor markers? my sister started out with a 10 as a number and now after chemo is over, ...
A: Tumour markers are substances that tumour cells produce and which can be detected in the blood of ...
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| Cyst on Kidney | 5/13/2006 |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi! I am a male, age 48, in great physical health. I got a call from the ...
A: Well, if you are right there is not much hope for a really Earth-like planet there. Sad! But reality ...
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| Cyst on Kidney | 5/13/2006 |
Q: I am a male, age 48, in great physical health. I got a call from the ER nurse (I was in for an ...
A: Alpha Centauri A & B are at least as distant as the sun & Neptune are from each other and I think ...
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| Cyst on Kidney | 5/12/2006 |
Q: I am a male, age 48, in great physical health. I got a call from the ER nurse (I was in for an ...
A: (Astronomy & classical music - especially Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi & Sibelius - are among my ...
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| Is biopsy necessary? or MRI will do? what's next? | 5/10/2006 |
Q: 61years old male. Done CT scan and a needle biopsy on the left side of the neck (details below). ...
A: BOTH an MRI scan & a surgical biopsy are most probably necessary in order to pin point your ...
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| non-hodgkins lymphoma | 5/8/2006 |
Q: , My husband died in January, three days after he had his first chemotherapy - he was due to come ...
A: I'm sorry to read about what happened to him, you and the rest of your family! No one knows the ...
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| normal pain after radiation | 5/5/2006 |
Q: I had ovarian cancer last year and it was stage 3. My count was only 72 at the highest. I had 6 ...
A: Radiation can cause an inflammation in the bowel (similar to a sunburn in the skin). Symptoms can be ...
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| Effects of Radiation on Brain | 4/29/2006 |
Q: An eighty-year-old friend has undergone chemo and radiation for small-cell lung cancer. The cancer ...
A: 1. Scans can ONLY show fully grown tumours, not their microscopic early stages! The brain IS ...
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| The benefit of post surgical chemotherapy, post mastectomy | 4/25/2006 |
Q: I am a registered nurse but specialise in cardiology. My grandmother has recently been given the ...
A: To evaluate her situation I would need to know her general clinical status, the stage of her tumour, ...
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| Lung cancer Mets | 4/20/2006 |
Q: I have stage 4 non-small cell cancer diagnosed in July 2005. I am 52 and was in excellent health ...
A: It is quite possible - but not certain - that your cancer has spread there. Of course I can not rule ...
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| abdominal fullness | 4/20/2006 |
Q: My gynecologist and the dr. who did my gastric bypass surgery 4 years ago told me that they feel a ...
A: If those scans all have come out negative I doubt very much that there is a cancer in that area. ...
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| general cancer | 4/19/2006 |
Q: My father has been told he has esophocal , liver and maybe lung cancer. He was getting prepared for ...
A: Before I can fully answer your question, I will have to ask you to clarify a few things. Is it the ...
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| gastrectomy | 4/19/2006 |
Q: I had gastrectomy 3 months ago. I'm now experiencing food obstruction whenever I eat, which is ...
A: Well since most of your stomach has been operated away this is unfortunately a most common side ...
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| Biopsy | 4/7/2006 |
Q: "Hi Doc, i'm also an expert on this site in the criminal law area, i'm an attorney... Anyway, my ...
A: Well, I hope I can be of help! Since I'm a Swede, living in Sweden it is not very likely that I will ...
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| Lung Cancer Susceptibility Runs in Families | 4/3/2006 |
Q: I read this study just released by MD Anderson, my mom was just diagnosed (54) with stage IV lung ...
A: I have not read this particular study yet, but I can tell you what was known even before it. Roughly ...
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| High Grade Carcinoma | 4/3/2006 |
Q: I was diagnosed with High Grade Carcinoma. What does High grade actually mean.
A: I have to ask you to specify your diagnosis in more detail in order to avoid mistakes and ...
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| KIDNEY CANCER | 3/28/2006 |
Q: My mother was in hospital about 4 weeks ago to remove a blockage from her Ureter.They put a stent in ...
A: Sorry about her sad case! So she had an advanced cancer AND a heart condition. That combination made ...
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| abouth anal | 3/27/2006 |
Q: would u like to tell me that if person has anal sphincer cancer so is he feel pain during bowel? or ...
A: Please see my other answer! A cancer is not the most probable cause of your trouble. Let a surgeo |
