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Suggest Treatment For Breast Cancer In An Elderly Person
Posted on
Fri, 6 Jan 2017
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Question : need a oncology
my mom is 55 yrs and diagnosis of FNAC with left breast mass and large left axillary lymph node mass Birds 4 lesion on mammography
high grade malignant neoplasms compatible with an invasive mammary to with metastasis to ipsileterak auxiliary lymph node
my mom is 55 yrs and diagnosis of FNAC with left breast mass and large left axillary lymph node mass Birds 4 lesion on mammography
high grade malignant neoplasms compatible with an invasive mammary to with metastasis to ipsileterak auxiliary lymph node
Brief Answer:
Will need surgery plus radiation and chemotherapy likely
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.
Your mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, the treatment depends on stage. As there are large armpit glands, stage may be locally advanced. So we should do CT scan chest and abdomen with whole body bone scan, to rule out any other spread.
If there is no spread elsewhere, consider surgery followed by Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy and targeted therapy, as required as per biopsy report. Else, if doctors feel it is quite large or advanced, then chemo followed by surgery and other treatment modalities.
If it has not spread elsewhere, cure is still possible.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Will need surgery plus radiation and chemotherapy likely
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.
Your mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, the treatment depends on stage. As there are large armpit glands, stage may be locally advanced. So we should do CT scan chest and abdomen with whole body bone scan, to rule out any other spread.
If there is no spread elsewhere, consider surgery followed by Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy and targeted therapy, as required as per biopsy report. Else, if doctors feel it is quite large or advanced, then chemo followed by surgery and other treatment modalities.
If it has not spread elsewhere, cure is still possible.
Hope this helps.
Regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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