Question 1

I'm really worried about my 67-year-old mom, who used to smoke back in her teens but quit ages ago. She had a tough bout with Covid pneumonia in December 2020 and thankfully recovered. Still, a CT scan afterward showed some scattered ground glass opacities in her upper right lung, but they didn't give her any treatment then. She had this dry cough hanging around for over a year, but nothing serious came of it until we did another CT scan after a year and a couple of months. This scan showed a soft tissue mass around 3 cm in her upper right lung with surrounding interlobular septal thickening, ground glass opacities, and bronchiectatic changes. A PET scan said it's metabolically active, and a biopsy showed it's small cell carcinoma. They've started treatment now. I'm just trying to understand, could the post-Covid fibrosis and ground glass opacities have caused this small cell carcinoma? It's really concerning since the lung mass was found surrounded by those ground glass opacities. Any insights would really help me.

Accepted Answer

no covid doesn't cause small cell carcinoma

Question 2

My 58-year-old relative had stage 4 peritoneal metastatic cancer from the colon removed with robotic surgery can they still get HIPEC chemo for the peritoneal spread? Worried about whether it's an option at this stage

Accepted Answer

yes,surgery opinion is advised to the patient.

Question 3

My mother is 42 and has a uterine tumor that doctors say is cancerous. They want to wait 6 weeks to dry the wound before considering surgery. Is this the right approach or should surgery be done sooner?

Accepted Answer

oncologist opinion.

I'm really worried because my doctor said I have stage 3 lung cancer, but they didn't explain if it's 3A, 3B, or 3C. I have the PET scan and biopsy reports, which mention Moderately Differentiated Adenocarcinoma. Could you help me understand what this all means?

Pulmonologist opinion is advised to the patient.

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My 58-year-old relative had stage 4 peritoneal metastatic cancer from the colon removed with robotic surgery can they still get HIPEC chemo for the peritoneal spread? Worried about whether it's an option at this stage

My mother is 42 and has a uterine tumor that doctors say is cancerous. They want to wait 6 weeks to dry the wound before considering surgery. Is this the right approach or should surgery be done sooner?

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