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Breast Cancer from Singapore

Dear Dr Chris Teo,
 
My name is Mr L from Singapore. I was referred to by a friend to seek advice & also the necessary treatment about breast cancer. Recently, my wife of 61 years of age, was diagnosed with cancer of the breast. Urgent surgery was done to remove the left side of the breast as lumps began growing very quickly in the area. It is mentioned by the doctors that it is in stage 3C. She is due to start radio/chemotherapy in 2 weeks time. I would thus like to seek your advice and maybe seek treatment from you. 

Anal Tumour from Hong Kong: Chemo Helped Initially But Started To Grow Again

I am a radiographer working at Nuclear Medicine Dept in Hong Kong. I had PR bleeding around end of April 2009, staff clinic said that it was hemorrhoids. Colonoscopy done 28 August 09 confirmed anal cancer (SqCC). PET scan September 09 showed involvement of post- wall of vagina, perirectal,anorectal, Lt and Rt inguinal LN, clinical T4N3M0.

I refused chemo and radiotherapy, opt to try TCM, qigong, foot message (3 hrs each day),change diet to vegetarian, exercise and stop working. Repeat PET scan 1 October, tumour with interval growth and involving both lobes of liver. I felt so painful that I could not sleep and eat well. On 6 October I decided to received colostomy, so that I feel better if I start the chemo on 7/10.

PET scan was done on 28/6/10 before chemo. The result was deterioration of metastatic cancer. Multiple hypermetabolic bilobed liver, multiple intraabdominal/pelvic and left SCF lymph node secondaries. Hypermetabolic anal/lower rectal tumor mass.

Chemo started on 6/7/10 using Fluorouracil 1300mg and Carboplatin 420mg for 3 nights 4 days at the hospital and 6 treatment cycle every 3 weeks. I start eating a little bit of fish and meat. After the first treatment I felt no more pain and can eat well. I felt the tumor lump almost disappeared at the anus area.

After the #3 treatment another PET scan was done on 9/9/10, big improvement on the anal tumour, lymph nodes and liver region. I have finished my #6 chemo on 15/11 and shall see the doctor on 2/12. I start not eating meat again. A lump at area of anus starts growing on #5 chemo and it is getting bigger at almost size of peanut but with no pain. The doctor said that I may need a radiotherapy if the lump is still exist after #6 chemo.

I am seeking for your advice. I am planning to take a trip to China on 6/12 for 6 days on a cruise for relaxation. 

Thanks for your help! 

Pancreatic Cancer – 84-year-old. No Chemo For Her

Dear Professor Dr Chris,

My mon, 84, had stomachache (assumed gastric pains) since early 2008. 17 August .2010 detected pancreatic cancel stage 3 via CT scan. 4.11.2010 detected liver cancer via CT scan. No treatment recommended by medical doctor(s) attending to her.

I wonder if Dr Teo could kindly consider treatment for my mom as she is not recommended for surgery nor any chemo treatment due to her old age 84 and frail nature with diabetes and hypertension. 

I am in KL and she is in Sungei Petani. I was planning to fly to Pg, rent a car and fetch my mom to see you but she condition is not too good - she is in pain, vomiting and cannot take solid food. 

I pray that you can consider meeting up with you … my own daughter is just discharged from hospital for eating disorder but under observation in KL and taking her SPM next week so I need to be running all over but as you rightly said in your home page .. I am doing something and not looking on doing nothing. After praying to God, I found your website in an internet search. I am surprised that having discussed with so many of my friends and watch Astro and surfing the web for cancer info, I have never been told or seen on TV or about your website earlier.

Thanks & Regards

CA Rectum – Operation, Radio and Chemotherapy. Now Lung Cancer: Chemo Again But Failed. More Chemo But He Gave Up

Dear Prof Chris,

My name is D and I have a father, EG, who is currently 63 years old and diagnosed with a lung cancer and has undergone chemotherapy since March of this year.,  till two weeks ago which was the last one in Singapore . During around 7 months therapy he also suffered tuberculosis. In May which he has to stop the chemo for nearly two months. However, doctor claimed now that his TBC is already getting very well except that the chemo has not really came out with a satisfactory result which the cancer has getting slightly bigger than before the chemo was done.

My father also has a history of ca rectum; post radiotherapy (2007), chemotherapy ( from 2007 to 2008) and abdominoperitoneal resection ( December 2008) followed by chemotherapy for recurrence ( May 2010 to October 2010)

My father does not want to undergo the surgery and additional chemo as his body really cannot take in the chemo anymore. Other than that he is like a normal person who does not suffer any pain in chest or any parts of the body and looks like a normal guy.

Please kindly assist me on how to help my father. Really looking forward for the feedback soon from your side on this. I thank you very much on your help.

Lung Cancer from Hong Kong: Traceva and Alimta Failed – Declined Third Line Chemo

(1)I have been a Type II Diabetes Mellitus for over 10 years.

(2) Year end of 2009, felt like having a flu with shortness of breath.

(3) January 12, 2010, I have gone through a body check at hospital and realized that I had pleural effusion on my right lung and needed further check-up.

(4) January 14, 2010, I was at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong, and was diagnosed as 'Right pleural biopsy show atypical cells'. The exact diagnosis is: adenocarcinoma of lung with intrapulmonary and liver metastatses, stage 4.

(5) Tarceva treatment started from February 2010 to mid-June 2010. The treatment stopped due to ineffectiveness shown.

(6) March 2010, because of pleural effusion, led to shortness of breath, Pleurodesis was performed to drain the fluid and eliminate the accumulation of fluid.

(7) After Tarceva treatment failed, a second-line treatment of chemotherapy, Alimta started in July. The dosage was deduced according to my health condition. It was less effective due to small dosage.

(8) May, 2010, suddenly felt heat beat was racing, up to 180 per minute. Rushed to emergency. Diagonsed SVT.

(9) Late July, 2010, I found pain around the hip areas.

(10) Diagnosed metastasis to left & right hip bone in late August, 2010.

(11) Chemotherapy stopped.

(12) Radiotherapy started in early September, for 7 days.

(13) Mid-September, doctor suggested third line chemotherapy as 2nd-line was found ineffective.

(14) I turned down the third line treatment as I don't want to suffer from the side-effect of chemotherapy.

I started to look for Chinese medicine treatment.

(15) I started to take Chinese medicine to strengthen my body system from mid-Sept until now. But this is not intended to cure my cancer, whereas just to strengthen my immune system and energy.

(16) Late October, I got a flu, and felt exhausted all the time, now still the same.

Chemo Did Not Help With His Pancreatic Cancer

Dear Dr Chris

 Sometime ago I emailed you regarding my husband who was diagnosed with CA of the pancreas with  liver. metastasis.  He had underwent chemotherapy but stopped after finishing the 4th cycle as the CT scan showed no response.  He was recommeded to take another different course of chemotherapy but there were uncertainties to the effectiveness and also the risk involved.  My husband had already decided to discontinue the chemotherapy sometime ago.

Besides this, he has diabetes and high blood pressure.

Presently, his abdomen is rather large and so are his limbs. His eyes are slightly yellow and the color of his skin too. I've just started my husband on your herbs.