FOR BREAST CANCER & ONE BREAST REMOVAL, I WAS GIVEN

Posted on Tue, 19 Mar 2019

Question: FOR BREAST CANCER & ONE BREAST REMOVAL, I WAS GIVEN I.V.'S OF HERCEPTION EVERY 3RD WEEK FOR ONE YEAR. COULD THIS HAVE TRIGGERED MY ORAL LICHEN PLANAS???? I AM 77 YEARS OLD FEMALE.

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Herceptin doesn’t trigger oral lichen planus

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service.
I have gone through your query.

Herceptin doesn’t trigger or aggravate oral lichen planus.
It's not related to lichen planus.

I hope to have answered your query.
I would be happy to answer any further queries.

Regards
Dr. Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (2 hours later)

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT ORAL LICHEN PLANUS WILL TURN TO CANCER?

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (6 hours later)

IS 18 MONTHS AVERAGE TIMME ORAL LICHEN PLANUS GOES AWAY?

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (9 minutes later)

FOR ORAL LICHEN PLANAS, IS LAZER OR PUVA TREATMENT EFFECTIVE?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Very uncommon for cancer to develop in oral lichen planus lesions

Detailed Answer:
It is very uncommon for a cancer to develop on oral lichen planus lesion but is a potential danger especially with ulcerated lesions.
The chances are less than 0.1 percent.
Oral lichen planus lesions clear slowly taking more than 18 months.
Only 10-20 percent patients of oral lichen planus under follow up went into complete remission.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (2 days later)

PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION"""IS LAZER OR PUVA LIGHT TREATMENT GOOD FOR ORAL LICHEN PLANUS?????????

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Not very effective treatment options

Detailed Answer:
I don’t have much experience in the use of laser light and PUVA therapy for treating oral lichen planus. However the studies have shown that they are not very effective treatment options.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad