Healthcare & Treatments

Hello Mr Malay, According to your condition, you will need a medical or surgical oncologist. So, we have attached our page which lists numerous surgical oncologists who are promising - Surgical Oncologists in India. We wish that you heal soon.

Hello, It is completely fine if you chose Bangalore for cancer treatment. It has some of the hospitals for cancer treatment. There are Government/Charitable Hospitals and Private Hospitals:

1. Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (charitable),
2. Manipal Hospital (private),

For more hospitals, you can refer to the page - Cancer Hospitals in West Bengal. All the information along with the hospitals and doctors is mentioned above. Hope my answer helps you.

Hello Sarita, We would advise you to wait till all the test results come. After the result, the Doctor can confirm whether it is cancer or not and then he shall further proceed with the treatment. As AIIMS Bhubaneswar is a reputed hospital, they will give you the best test results and treatment. So, kindly wait for the Doctor's recommendation. Hope our answer helps

The treatments for stage 4 of Stomach Cancer would be:

• Radiation Therapy: People with stomach cancer usually receive external-beam radiation therapy, Radiation therapy may be used to shrink the size of the tumour or to destroy any remaining cancer cells.
   
• Chemotherapy: Your sister in law may receive 1 drug at a time, or a combination of different drugs given at the same time.
  They MAY use the following drugs (which shall be taken only on Doctor's prescription):

1. Cisplatin (available as a generic drug),
2. Oxaliplatin (Eloxatin),
3. Fluorouracil (5-FU, Efudex),

And there may be other drugs apart from the ones given above that the doctor may prescribe.
 

• Targeted Therapy: Not all tumors have the same targets. To find the most effective treatment, your doctor may run tests to identify the genes, proteins, and other factors in your tumor.
   
• Immunotherapy: It uses materials made either by the body or in a laboratory to improve, target, or restore immune system function. For patients with advanced stomach cancer that has PD-L1 or is MSI-H, pembrolizumab (Keytruda) may be an option for patients when chemotherapy does not work.

Hope this information helps you. You can also avail consultation services from following doctors - Oncologist In India.

Hello Anupam, The Best Cancer Hospitals in Bangalore are as mentioned in the below:

1. KIDWAI Memorial Institute of Oncology (Government Hospital).
2. Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (Charitable Hospital).
3. Rangadore Memorial Hospital (Charitable Hospital).
4. Sparsh Hospital (Charitable Hospital).

In case of urgency we would suggest you go to private hospitals because there is a long queue for getting treated as far as government and charitable hospitals are concerned. You can find more hospitals on our page - Cancer Hospitals in Bangalore.

Hello, In the early stages of breast cancer surgery, treatment is followed up by radiation. The breast cancer treatments can be influenced by the physical nature of your breast cancer like if the cancer cells are reacting to the hormones or the grade of cancer etc. If the surgery is done for your friend's cancer treatment, and still there is suspect of cancer symptoms you can visit these hospitals for the second opinion:

• Government/ Charitable Hospitals in Bangalore (if you have money constraints and can afford to wait):

1. KIDWAI Memorial Institute of Oncology
2. Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
    

To give you further specific treatment suggestions we will require more information about your previous treatment and reports to take a decisive conclusion. You can send these reports to us by clicking on the WhatsApp icon on the bottom left corner of the desktop. I hope this answers your query. You can also visit our page to find more oncologist - Oncologists in Bangalore.

Hello, our following link can help you with that - Blood Cancer Treatment Hospitals in Rajkot. I hope my answer has solved your query.

As per my understanding, your father is suffering from carcinoma of the right colon with metastasis to lymph node and treated surgically and chemotherapy. Once any cancer which has spread to the lymph nodes it means it is stage 3 where the prognosis is not so good. But still consult an oncologist. Hope our answer helps you. You can refer this page may be - Best Cancer Hospitals in Bangalore.

Hello, As for your query, we have listed down some of the best cancer hospitals in Bangalore: 1. Rangadore Memorial Hospital (Charitable Hospital). 2. KIDWAI Memorial Institute of Oncology (Government Hospital). 3. Sparsh Hospital (Charitable Hospital). Hope our answer helps. You will find more on our page - Best Cancer Hospital in India. These hospitals provide the best treatment with the help of the best ovarian cancer doctors. Let us know if you have any other query which needs our attention!

Hello Tulakar, The traditional methods to treat stage IV melanoma are surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Skin tumors or enlarged lymph nodes can be removed by surgery or treated with radiation therapy. Newer methods of treatment for stage IV melanoma are immunotherapy and targeted therapy. These treatments specifically target and destroy the cancer cells, avoiding damage to surrounding healthy cells and have promising results. Kindly consult an oncologist for clinical assessment and then plan treatment action, you can refer our page to find experts who will give additional information - Best Oncologist In India. Hope our answer helps you.

As per my understanding the patient is having severe back shoulder pain, legs pain, itching on the breast also the breast size has reduced. The patient feels it is because of cancer. Consult a physician, who on evaluating the reason and will guide you accordingly. The pain and the changes in the body can be due to various reasons it can be due to age related, deficiency of some vitamins and minerals, side effect of some medication if the patient is on medication, stress or some other Pathology. Lifestyle changes are also very important like eating right food, good and enough sleep, stress management, counselling. Consult a physician, refer this page if it helps - General Physicians in India. Hope our answer helps you.

Hello P Balakrishna, The cost will depend on your baldness level and the technique you choose. And as you have mentioned the percentage of your baldness, it clearly tells that the baldness level of yours is between level 4 and level 5. For this baldness level you require 2500 grafts to 4500 grafts and per graft cost for Rs. 30 to Rs. 120 Approx. You will require 1-2 sittings this might take 2 days. For clear idea about the treatment you need to visit Dermatologist in Ahmedabad. Hope our answer helps.

The requirement of grafts will depend on your baldness level. As you have mentioned the level of baldness, you and your friend might need 1000- 1500 grafts.

1. Now, the cost of hair transplant depends on various parameters which include:
   • Number of grafts required.
   • Experience of the surgeon.
   • Technique used.
   • Cost per session.
   • The technology used for the treatment.
   • Clinic.
      
2. For your reference, I have mentioned the per graft cost based on the techniques:
   • Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) - Rs.30 to Rs.45 per graft.
   • Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) - Rs.45 to Rs.50 per graft.
   • Robotic Hair Transplant - Rs.65 to Rs.100 per graft.
   • Direct Hair Implantation (DHI)- Rs.50- Rs.65 per graft.
   • Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) - Rs.3000 to Rs.15000 per session.
      
3. Generally, for 1000-1500 grafts, 1-2 sittings are needed. But for the safer side, we would like to suggest you, plan your trip for at least 10 days just because you might have to visit the doctor for further follow-ups post-surgery. Basically, every clinic does not avail the facility of online payment. Hence, you need to choose the clinic accordingly.

Hope our answer helps you. Our page will help you find relevant doctors & clinics to help with your concern - Hair Transplant Surgery doctors in Delhi.

Hi Antony, The cost usually depends on the clinic and also the experience of the hair transplant surgeon. We can tell you the per graft cost for FUE treatment which is around Rs.45 to Rs.50. It can increase or decrease depending upon the clinic (small clinic or high-end clinic). Hope our answer helps you. You can also refer our blog - Cost of Hair Transplant in India. For surgeons you can refer our page - Hair Transplant Surgeons in India.