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[My_Mom]

19/08/2015 - Doctor said my Mon can't be cured....... Shock to hear that . She will be given chemo and after radiation....... Needed money..... Yearly total it will cost Rs. 120000. Now the think is that where should I get this money yearly to treat my mom. Why to much cost ? What should I do ? Even I couldn't....... Hope the medic was for free ......

[manish_vkg TeamBCI]

Dear sorry to you hear about your mom, but i would advice you please share your mom diagnosis and treatment details so may be someone from forum can suggest you..

Regards,

Manish

[My_Mom]

1.Specimen - Right modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection.

2.Carcinoma Right Breast.

3. Total mastectomy (including nipple and skin) specimen ms 28*17*8 cm with tumour in lower inner quadrant ms 6.0*5.0*5.0 cm.

4. Invasive ductal carcinoma.

5. Glandular ( Acinar) / Tabular Diffentiation : score 2: 10 to 75% of timer area forming glandular/tabular structure.

Nuclear pleomorphism : score 2 : cells larger than normal with open vesicular nuclei, visible nucleole and modrete variability in both size and shape.

Mitotic Rate : Score 3(>=8mitoses per mm2)

Overall Grade : Grade 2 : score of 7.

6. Lymp vascular Invasion : Present.

7. Micro/Macro Metastases : Present.

8. Number of lymp nodes with macro metastases(>2mm) : 34 (34/37)

9.pT3 tumor>50 mm in greatest dimension.

10. PN3a metastases in 10 or more axillary lymph nodes( at least 1 tumor deposit greater than 2.0 mm)

11. ER positive & PR positive tumors 78%

ER positive & PR negative tumors 34%

ER negative & PR positive tumors 45%

ER negative & PR positive tumors 10%.

[roxboxfox RadiationOncologist]

You may avail treatment under the Rajiv Gandhi Yojna Scheme. You ll have to find about this a bit more, and see who is eligible and whos not.

Your mom would need a CT scan Chest Abdoment & pelvis first to rule out any further spread of cancer.

If that is all clear, she may benefit from Adjuvant chemotherapy ( 6-8 cycles)

She would need Adjuvant radiotherapy to the Chest wall + Neck

She will also benefit from Hormone Therapy treatment, advocated for 5 years

In addition, she will also benefit from 6 monthly injection of Zoledronic Acid for at least 3 years.

Try to find out about other centres, where treatment could be done a bit cheaper.

Any Government Hospitals around in your area !

Dr Rohit Malde MD, DNB, FRCR (UK)

Consultant Clinical + Radiation Oncologist

[many]

She can be cured as she is still treated with curative intent

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