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Doctor insights on: Which One Is The Best Treatments For Anaplastic Throat Cancer

Anaplastic thyroid: Anaplastic thyroid cancer is rare however it is a very agressive type of thyroid cancer. The best treatment is surgery- with total removal of the thyroid gland and resection of the lymph gland on the neck around it. Radiation therapy following surgery is given for local control.For advance stage- chemo vs. Clinical trials using medicine eg- sorafenib/tyrosine kinase inhibitor or m-tor inhibitor ...Read more

Consultation: Low grade tumors are generally removed surgically, but the head/neck area is very tricky. Generally a multi-specialty conference between surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, medical oncologists is necessary to determine the optimum sequence/combination of treatments. ...Read more

Wrong Forum: That answer, to give it justice, would require a forum much larger than this simple application. We only have 400 characters to answer your question. Can you be more specific with us with one concern? Or you may want to consider webmd.com or the NIH website to start in learning about lung cancer. ...Read more

Larynx, also called: The voice box, comprises true vocal cords (the glottis), a short subglottis before the trachea and a supraglottis up to the epi-glottis and its functional parts. Treat ranges from laryngectomy (surgery), to radiotherapy alone for glottic, or chemoradiotherapy for supraglottic disease. It is highly curable in most stages. ...Read more

2 Different Issues: Mastectomy or Lump-x + Radiation RX are LOCAL treatments of breast cancer, with EQUAL survival rates. One or the other is necessary for all breast CA pt's. CHEMOTHERAPY ("drugs") are SYSTEMIC (whole body) RX's for certain breast cancers. Her2Neu (+) cancers are particularly sensitive to Herceptin (trastuzumab). Please meet with your oncologist to understand the different options you have. Good luck. ...Read more

Depends: There are many kinds of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. Each is treated differently depending on specific type and stage. Commonly some sort of chemotherapy is best, but occasionally radiation therapy alone or in combination with chemo, antibody therapy, antibiotics, or even doing nothing right away and closely monitoring the disease may be the preferred course. A good oncologist can guide the way. ...Read more

Surgery,XRad,Chemo.: The three consistent modalities of treatment for these tumors are surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. These can be given alone or in combination. Surgery and chemotherapy, like Cisplatin or 5-fluorouracil or surgery and radiation are given for locally advanced disease, while local disease gets surgery and radiation. Advanced/metastatic disease is treated by palliative chemo. Like paclitaxel. ...Read more

Removal of cancer: Resection of tumor followed by intravesicle (in the bladder) medication is standard if care. If its in the muscle removing the bladder or chemo/radiation to try for cure. For more: www.Peedoc.Com @thepeedoc. ...Read more

Depends: We have squamous cells on our skin and in linings of our mouth to anus as well as the lung. So it depends where the squamous cell cancer is and what stage it is that determines the best treatment choice. ...Read more

Depends on the stage: Treatment would depend on the stage. Parotid cancer, in general, as much as possible-( if possible) -surgical resection for curative intent would be the best modality. Other modalities used include chemotherapy and radiation therapy. However, need to be aware that parotid cancer is not a very sensitive cancer to chemotherapy nor to radiation therapy. Discuss further with your oncologist. H. ...Read more

Not usually: Myofibrosarcoma are usually removed in the operating room, with frozen and permanent sections checked. This is not usually done via the mohs technique. ...Read more

Yes: It is possible but statistically low. The benefits for the cancer you are treating will far outweigh this risk. However any unnecessary risk should not be taken if for example radiation has no known benefit for the condition being treated. ...Read more

Surgery,XRad,Chemo.: The three consistent modalities of treatment for these tumors are surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. These can be given alone or in combination. Surgery and chemotherapy, like Cisplatin or 5-fluorouracil or surgery and radiation are given for locally advanced disease, while local disease gets surgery and radiation. Advanced/metastatic disease is treated by palliative chemo. Like paclitaxel. ...Read more

Medications: There are many medications that help with nausea and work in different ways. For chemotherapy-associated nausea some of the best medications are the 5ht3 antagonists such as ondansetron. Other types of nausea medications can be used alone or in combination with the 5ht3 drugs for optimal nausea control. ...Read more

Surgery: The treatment for. Ready cancer is usually surgery. Breast conservation or mastectomy. Sometimes may need chotherapy and or radiation therapy. See a doctor for specific. It is different for every pt. www.drlugo.com. ...Read more

Stage for Stage in : Disease confined to prostate, "cure" is similar; side effects very different: surgery v. Radiotherapy. Subtypes of each and claims of superiority more likely due to cherry picking. Get honest facts for sexual function, continence, bladder and rectal injury. ...Read more

It depends.: It depends on how extensive and how invasive the cancer is. The most aggressive treatment is surgical excision with a narrow rim of normal skin. For slow growing tumors in cosmetically sensitive areas, other non-surgical methods are available; talk with your doctor. ...Read more

Depends on its stage: Treatments are based on the stage of cancer. For stage 1 or 2 it is often radiotherapy. Surgery to rmeove the tumor may also be an option. Chemotherapy is often used if the voice can be saved but it takes combined use of chemo and radiotherapy(chemoradiation) which is the most commonly used approach for bigger tumors(stage 3 and 4). ...Read more

Excission: Excission when possible is both diagnostic and therapeutic. ...Read more

Depends: Several factors: 1) resectability 2) comorbidities of the patient 3) stage. So depends on the stage. If metastatic, surgery not indicated. If not metastatic, is it resectable? Hope this helps. ...Read more