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Question: Hi doctors! I have an unusual question..Recently someone I know was diagnosed with cancer...she was 20 and had stage 4. She had no symptoms or anything, and she just passed away. I'm wondering if there was anything she could have done, or if there is anything anyone could have done to catch it sooner, or diagnosed it sooner with no symptoms ? Do regular blood tests help?
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Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
It depends what type of cancer it was. Generally any cancer in the age of 20 is very rare. So in such age there is no need to perform any special tests to rule out a cancer. It does not apply to someone who has family history of cancer as there may be hereditary cancer (like breast cancer when there is BRCA1/2 mutation).
But it is really hard to blame anyone for improper diagnostics in so young patient.
Cancer is treatable if detected in early stage. So if this cancer were detected earlier, there would be some chance to make it treatable.
But as you have mentioned that there was no symptoms, detection of such cancer in such young age is rather hardly possible.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
Detailed below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
It depends what type of cancer it was. Generally any cancer in the age of 20 is very rare. So in such age there is no need to perform any special tests to rule out a cancer. It does not apply to someone who has family history of cancer as there may be hereditary cancer (like breast cancer when there is BRCA1/2 mutation).
But it is really hard to blame anyone for improper diagnostics in so young patient.
Cancer is treatable if detected in early stage. So if this cancer were detected earlier, there would be some chance to make it treatable.
But as you have mentioned that there was no symptoms, detection of such cancer in such young age is rather hardly possible.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Some of sarcomas are really bad cancers and can be very malignant. Depending of the location, it can give elevated LDH level in blood. But this test is not a regular blood work so hard to diagnose it with blood work.
Regards.
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Detailed Answer:
Some of sarcomas are really bad cancers and can be very malignant. Depending of the location, it can give elevated LDH level in blood. But this test is not a regular blood work so hard to diagnose it with blood work.
Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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