Dr. Costantine Albany

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Short Bones: Breast cancer can spread to almost any bone, however, most common to short bones such as spine, ribs, pelvis and skull . Many medications has shown to... Read More

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A 50-year-old member asked:

Alternatives to casodex (bicalutamide)?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Multiple options: The choices are many and we choose based on the symptoms and aggressiveness of the disease. For example if severe pain or rapid disease progression th... Read More

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A 43-year-old member asked:

Is it possible that adrenal cancer (primary or metastic) cause addisons disease. can it also cause other adrenal problems?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Yes it is possible: Cancer that spread to both adrenal glands can cause adrenal insufficiency. For primary adrenal cancer treatment might cause adrenal insufficiency

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Please provide some do's and don'ts on dealing with pain from cancer.

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Ignore: Did you know that morphine that is used to treat cancer pain can actually make pain worse.

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A 23-year-old female asked:

What are the best antiemetics for cisplatin vomiting. would phenergan (promethazine) work at all? it's to my knowledge that cisplatin is the most emetogenic chemos.

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Prevention: The best treatment for cisplatin induced nausea and vomiting is to prevent in the first place. Before cisplatin is given you should get a lot of fluid... Read More

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A 36-year-old male asked:

Please share an interesting fact about palliative care.

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Ignore: Palliative Chemotherapy Worsens Quality of Life at End of Life.

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A 30-year-old male asked:

What to do in nonseminoma testis cancer with multiple enlage paln after orcheoctomy done..whats are the survival chance?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Depends: After orchiectomy we need to do CT scan to see if the cancer has spread to the retro peritoneum lymph nodes and also do blood test for tumor markers i... Read More

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A 42-year-old member asked:

Is there a treatment or cure for having adrenal cancer?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Depend on the stage: The main treatment for localized adrenal cancer is to remove the tumor. After surgery their might be a role for a treatment called mitotane that could... Read More

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A 17-year-old male asked:

My cousin was diagnose with testis cancer this year his doc said he is fine now how long can he live after cure of cancer?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Normal life: Testis cancer is curable, .meaning that patients will live their normal life if treated correctly. The treatment is based on the stage of disease. if... Read More

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A 38-year-old member asked:

How effective is the xelox chemotherapy regimen for treating colon cancer?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Relatively good: According to the Journal of Clinical Oncology XELOX is a highly effective first-line treatment for metastatic colon cancer. To be more accurate (55%) ... Read More

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A 57-year-old male asked:

Guided nfac on paratracheal mass...what is this... is it cancer?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Biopsy: I think you ment fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). This is procedure that is done to check if an enlarged lymph node is cancer or not. Not all p... Read More

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A 19-year-old male asked:

Testis cancer causes?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Not clear: We know there is increase risk of having testis cancer in boys born with undescended testis and if a father or brother had testis cancer. In Many cas... Read More

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A 38-year-old member asked:

What usually causes bladder cancer?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Many Risk Factors: There are many risk factors that can increase the risk of bladder cancer including smoking, radiation and chemical exposure

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A 26-year-old member asked:

What are the least toxic chemotherapeutic agents for treating bladder cancer?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Depends: There are many chemotherapy to treat bladder cancer all of them has side effects. The choice depends on the kidney function and the general health of ... Read More

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Ultrascan for testis cancer 18 months ago. showed nothing. sometimes worry it was wrong. but would i even be alive after almost 2 years, if it's tc?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Always check: Always check with your doctor if you feel lump or bump on self exam of the testis, ultrasound when normal is reassuring. I would seek the help of urol... Read More

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A 25-year-old female asked:

Weight gain after chemotherapy like from remission to 10 months after last treatment. still gaining. weight was never an issue for me before chemo?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Exercise: Weight gain is a common side effect of chemotherapy, Women who gain weight usually put on about 5 to 15 pounds -would recommend regular exercise and g... Read More

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A 24-year-old male asked:

My biopsy result shows that i have chronic superficial gastritis with comma-shaped organisms noted in gastic pits, what does this mean?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Stomach Ulcer: This is a specific bacteria that can cause infection of the stomach and can lead to ulcer in the stomach and pain. The most common bacteria that has ... Read More

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A 36-year-old male asked:

Echocardiography 2months ago. estimated lvef was 60%. the heart catheterization a month later estimated it at (about 50%).what does dr mean by (about 50) is it 49. and is the heart function impaired?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Normal: Echo and cardiac cath give an estimate of the ejection fraction and if you repeat the test 2 times you will get different readings. That is one reason... Read More

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A male asked:

I have a small lump just above my right testicle. it isn't painful and is squishy. only noticeable when my testicle is pushed up. any clue?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Have it checked: It is recommend to see your primary doctor or a urologist to have physical exam. Also testicular ultrasound would be the best test to make sure no tes... Read More

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A 78-year-old female asked:

Mom, 78 had larynx tumor stage 3-4 in 2013. chemo and rad completed aug 2013. started smoking again and refused follow up. now vomiting all the time. ?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Check with MD : She needs to get checked ASAP. The vomiting might or not be related to her cancer. She first of all needs hydration but if vomiting persisted then she... Read More

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A male asked:

Sir, my doc did gastroscopy and said it is normal and sent biopsy sample for anaylsis. so cancer possibility can b excluded frm results so far?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Yes: why did your doctor do gastroscopy? He might have been worried about inflammation in the stomach and the biopsy can show that. Normal gastroscopy mea... Read More

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A 31-year-old female asked:

My mom just got back her preliminary results from her biopsy which was taken from her adrenal gland. they have said that she has stage 4 adenocarcinoma that originated in her lungs. they have said that she has "spots" in lots of places in her body inclu

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

There are options: There are many options to treat lung cancer that has spread, this include chemotherapy, targeted therapy and clinical trials with the new immunotherap... Read More

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A 33-year-old female asked:

Is stage 4 breast cancer patient still have the chance to survive?

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Yes: There are many treatment options available for stage 4 breast cancer. Based on what type of breast cancer if ER/PR positive, HER2 positive or not. you... Read More

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A 37-year-old male asked:

Please share an interesting fact about dealing with pain from cancer.

Medical Oncology 21 years experience

Ignore: Clinical trial at Indiana university is adding trileptal to morphine in severe cancer pain.

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