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One of my friends 21 yrs Male was diagoned with Tumor in the Trachea.it was non malignant.DR used Laser to burn it.
His blood reports suggest High WBC 12,5000,low platelet count,heam 10
and one blood report suggested abnoraml morphology of WBC
what does that mean.
his reports were seen by dotrocs from UK.They suggest it is similar to Myeloid.They r not sure.
THEY HAVE GIVEN HIME LIFE EXPECTENCY OF 3-4 YRS.
He is on chemotheraphy NOW.His had lot of side effects.like liver enlargment and kidney problems.
Doctors have stopped the treatment and liver enlargment and kidneys r ok.Even the Doctors r confused.
We live in India.and there is no good medical aid here.
Will he be ok ??

I'm sorry to hear about all that, but unfortunately nobody here can tell you whether or not he'll be ok.

Hi Anonymous. WBC means "white blood cells". I presume "Myeloid" is short for "myeloid leukaemia". Leukaemia (US spelling "leukemia") is a cancer of the white blood cells, where too many are produced. In myeloid leukaemia a lot of immature white blood cells are produced. These are too immature to do their normal job of fighting infection, and often, because of the burden of making too many white bllod cells, the bone marrow produces too few platelets and red blood cells.Treatment of leukaemia by chemotherapy nowadays is a lot more effective than it used to be, but if your friend has responded badly to chemotherapy and had to go off it, it doesn't look good at all. There is no surgical treatment. Radiation treatment may be a possibility, but requires a compatible bone marrow donor.See http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Cancertype/Leukaemiachronicmyeloid and http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Cancertype/Leukaemiaacutemyeloid.I'm sorry this isn't better news.

Thanks a Lot !!
But i just want to know why the Doctors r not sure ??
Can the chemotheraphy lead to secondray cancers of blood ??
The Symptoms which he showed were matching Myeloid type of cancer like nose bleed,High wbc count,gum bleeds ,liver enlargement etc...but once Chemotherapy was stopped all these symptoms have come down ??
He was just diagoned with Benig Tumor in Trachea.Later he showed these symptoms ...

Thanks, :frowning:

If the doctors aren't sure, it means there are some things that don't match the classical pattern of symptoms. I don't know what they might be, but WBC count going down after stopping chemotherapy certainly isn't usual for leukaemia (especially if it stays down).Many cancer chemotherapy drugs are themselves carcinogenic and carry a (small) risk of creating new cancers - that's part of the risk calculations that doctors make when they use them. Treatments for cancer are still very far from satisfactory.

Now the doctors r saying that he is coming back to normalcy ??hope he will be fine ....Can cancer patients get total remission ??can they be totally out of it ??

Total cures are possible for cancer, and for some types of cancer they are common (though for most types of cancer they are not common :frowning: ). Remember, too, that it's possible your friend may never have had anything dangerous [EDIT: that was badly put, because his symptoms were definitely serious. I meant, as dangerous as leukaemia]. The tumour in the trachea was benign (non-malignant) - that means it's not the sort that spreads, and is relatively easily treated. Leukaemia is serious, but there was doubt about the diagnosis - perhaps it was something else.