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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

Why Steroids Before Chemo

Premium Questions

Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

Dear Sir, My wifes chemo and radium treatment to remove a tumour half way down my oesophagus has given very good results and her next appointment is in six months time. She has been off steroids for ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Saad Sultan MD

I am allergic to sulfites. I let my oncology doctor know that before I ever started chemo treatment. Since I was in stage III inflammatory breast cancer , he started the chemo anyway and didn't listen.... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saad Sultan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vaishalee Punj MD

My son developed fibrosis from the effects of bleomycin. He was treated with steroids which was no help.I know of may people that developed fibrosis and didn't make it.My son was being treated with chemo ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Indranil Ghosh MD

cycles of chemo My current oncologist is suggesting 3 more cycles of chemo. As the biopsy results shows 7% plasma cells. Do we need chemo or can we sustain on medication without chemo as we are... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indranil Ghosh ( Oncologist)
Dr.  Rakesh Madhyastha MD

better than before chemo(first few days she was having horrible pain and nausea ). She feel really good, less fatigued than before chemo. No pain, as opposed to the pain in her torso... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha ( Nephrologist)

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Dr. Sumanth Amperayani MD

steroids or maybe some of the chemo make her feet cold the rest of her body is warm. ...My 22month old daughter has acute lymphoblastic leukemia and she s been doing chemo and on she is ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumanth Amperayani ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Pranjal Kulshreshtha MD

January 2013. Chemo for the past 6 months. Steroids post chemo for 3 days. Chemo every week. New problem ... area bilaterally. raised about 1/2 inch or so. Can this be from chemo or... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pranjal Kulshreshtha ( Oncologist)
Dr. Manisha Auradkar MD

My friend was diagnosed with multiple myloma. She is going through chemo and steroids and other ... go for stem cell treatment at the hospital and will she have to have more steroids and higher dose of... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Manisha Auradkar ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh MD

feels worse. can you take steroids for the entire course of chemo. she is very depressed and anxious and ... mets. has had one chemo tx that did not work. moved her to a stronger chemo cocktail... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abubakar Siddiqh ( ENT Specialist)
Dr. Vivek Chail MD

from the chemo and steroids they gave last Monday... Is the pain caused by the constipation? ...I am currently going through chemo for breast cancer, the chemo drug I am taking is taxol... I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vivek Chail ( Radiologist)