Bone cancer treatment in India

 When a person has bone cancer , the pain that they are experiencing is not the cancer itself but it is from the treatment that they must endure in order to try and fight the invasion of cancer in their bones. Although many doctors will prescribe a variety of different kinds of pain killers for this pain, a patient may also want to try other ways to relieve or reduce the pain that is caused from the harsh medical treatments they receive on a regular basis. By trying to maintain a diet that is filled with nutritious foods as well as vitamin supplements can actually act as natural healers for your body. There are some foods like beets, onions, leafy green veggies and artichokes that will help the immune system and help to detoxify the body from the chemicals used to  Bone cancer treatment in India . These foods also have a high content of antioxidants that might help reduce the pain as well. Best Bone Cancer treatment You also will need to keep your heart in good shape because a...

What is biopsy? Biopsy is a medical test in which part of the abnormal tissue is taken out and is sent for analysis under microscope by a specialist (Pathologist) How is biopsy done? Biopsy can be either an open biopsy or a needle biopsy. In open biopsy, small incision is given over the abnormal area to obtain the material. However, in needle biopsy, the same material can be obtained by a needle without any need for an incision or suturing. Since, a needle biopsy doesn’t need any incision or suturing, the pain, surgical morbidity and hence the complications are much lesser with a needle biopsy. I’ve been told that needle biopsy may not yield a result, so shall I go for open biopsy? If done correctly, needle biopsy is able to give results in almost all the patients. Moreover, the tissue so obtained should be sent to specialist doctors (Pathologists) who are experienced to analyse the small amount of tissue obtained in needle biopsy and give a conclusive report. Open biopsy unnecessarily...

Chondroblastoma is a rare, benign (non cancerous) cartilaginous bone tumour of adolescents and young adults which typically occurs at end of long bones. It is more common in males and most commonly occurs in 2nd decade of life. It accounts for only 1-2% of benign bone tumours. Is Chondroblastoma a cancer? What are symptoms of chondroblastoma? Chondroblastoma is a benign, non- cancerous tumour. Pain in the involved bone is the most common symptom which gradually increases with time. Patient may initially attribute the pain to a trivial sports related trauma. It usually affects bones around the knee and hip joint. How is Chondroblastoma diagnosed? Patient is subjected to imaging studies in the form of X-rays and MRI to look for the local extent of lesion. Biopsy is gold standard for diagnosis of chondroblastoma. What is biopsy? Who should do the biopsy? In biopsy, some part of tumour tissue is removed and sent for examination under microscope. It can be open biopsy (in which a surgic...