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Suggest Medication For A Cyst In The Lung
My 85 year old grandfather recently went into hospital with stomach pains and was diagnosed with an appendix rupture. But prior to the diagnosis, a CT scan was done and a mass on his lung was visible. A biopsy was given, but they couldn't get to the spot, so now the doctors want to do another biopsy and go through his back. Should we get the biopsy given that my 85 year old grandfather probably wouldn't be able to handle any chemo or radiation if diagnosed?
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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* The decision to perform some procedure or decide for treatment aspects
in this regard depends upon many factors as
- symptoms of the patient - associated co morbid conditions -
concern of the patient to get willingness of the needed medications
- reports indicating the severity , site , extent of the lesion -
calculations or advantages and disadvantages of both treating
and not treating the current condition .
* Now you can understand with how much details one can comment
precisely on such critical query .
* But in a nut shell , if not much large in size , not giving much annoying
symptoms ; can keep a watch on the progress of the size .
Hope this clears your query .
Regards .
Warm welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have evaluated your query in depth .
* The decision to perform some procedure or decide for treatment aspects
in this regard depends upon many factors as
- symptoms of the patient - associated co morbid conditions -
concern of the patient to get willingness of the needed medications
- reports indicating the severity , site , extent of the lesion -
calculations or advantages and disadvantages of both treating
and not treating the current condition .
* Now you can understand with how much details one can comment
precisely on such critical query .
* But in a nut shell , if not much large in size , not giving much annoying
symptoms ; can keep a watch on the progress of the size .
Hope this clears your query .
Regards .
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