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Vulvar cancer
My grandmother's age is 74.She had radiation therapy for vulvar cancer previous year during april-june. She is experiencing diarrhoea and weight loss.What are her chances of survival in years and the way to treat the after affects.
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If last follow up is normal except diarrhea then entofoam enema and pre and probiotics and occasionally antidiarrheals adequate in most cases.
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These may be side effects of radiation, what about the disease status. If it had responded well, these side effects can be managed symptomatically
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Dr. Gajanan A Kanitkar
Surgical Oncologist
22 yrs exp
Pune
The symptoms you mentioned are side effects of radiation. Regarding survival, if she has responded well to RT, she will have a meaningful life
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