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Do We Have To Know What Type Of Cancer It Is Inorder To Treat It?

my mother has cancer in her liver,lungs, lymph nodes they have no idea what type of cancer it is so they are not sure how to treat it. they are pretty sure that its caused from being a diabetic do they really have to know what type it is prior to treating it?
Mon, 9 Jun 2014
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Since your mother is having cancer on her liver, lungs and lymph nodes i would suggest she does a whole body PET CT and then a biopsy from the most prominent space occupying lesion in the scan along with immunohistochemistry test to determine the primary site of cancer.
Then palliative chemotherapy needs to given to improve quality of life.

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DR DE
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Do We Have To Know What Type Of Cancer It Is Inorder To Treat It?

Since your mother is having cancer on her liver, lungs and lymph nodes i would suggest she does a whole body PET CT and then a biopsy from the most prominent space occupying lesion in the scan along with immunohistochemistry test to determine the primary site of cancer. Then palliative chemotherapy needs to given to improve quality of life. Regards DR DE