CancerCompass message board discussion started by raaj_bon1234 on 7/13/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,14298,0.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Dear doctor,Praise the lord        i am ashish from india and please give me some advise related to cancer, doctor diagonsed larnyx/throat cancer to my father and told that it is in 4th stage and only 40% chance to recover please advise me that what can i do and and how we cure it. please advise me doctor told forhere we send some points doctor prescribe during laborotary test: # cerivical lymphadenopathy.# pyriform sinun(right)# supraglottic mass with possible glottic extension.# lymph nodal mass seen right jugular chain# level 2nd & 3rd /mildy streky densities.Please advise and suggest me to help my fahter mew life because i have enough money for treatment.Is the cancer transmitted by somone who have what precautions we have to do.please advise me.thank youashish raaj_bon1234 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT HiI can't really give any advise as I don't know what 'treatments' there are in your country, I live in the UK & have reacently lost my 20 year old son to cancer after battling for 4+  years. . . if I had money ...& I was you I would take my father to 1 of the cancer clinics in the USA...you need to research your fathers type of cancer, clinics that treat it & their success rates....its a long long way to go if the results are not favourable take care Alexis Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT It sounds like a like a T4 Squamous cell carcinoma.  It is not stage IV unless it has spread to other parts of the Body (although sometimes they call extensive Local diseasse stage IV A, I think this confuses patients AND clinicians)  He need Combined Chemo radiation plus/minus surgery depending on response.  He may require a neck dissection in any case, this should be done after the initial treatment.  He will need dental work if needed and a temporary feeding tube to get him thru treatment.  He should get a pretreatment PET / CT scan if available to r/o mets and synchronous primaries.You need a Radiation Oncology Center with Modern equipment and a well trained staff in Western Methods of treatment.  If you can afford it this would be worth the extra expense.  Based on the data you present I think with aggressive treatment the potential cure could be about 15 to 20 percent higher Witchdoctor Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT