My mom is 80 years of age and is 42kg now. she was diagnosed with voice box cancer 6 months ago. she did 20 times of radiation and completed end of march 2011. She has been recovering. 3 weeks ago she started to have breathing difficulties, earache and cannot swallow. dr did a scope and found her throat is inflamed and have white patches at the cartilage. he gave antibiotics and painkillers for ten days. she is breathing thru stoma since february 2011. Is the cancer still present in her throat?
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. I can understand your mothers situation and problem. Vocal cord cancer is curable only in early stage where unblock resection is done. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy suppress the growth of tumor cells, but they can not cure the cancer. So she is still having the cancer. And possibility of worsening of growth is more in her case. Growth causes obstruction in the lumen, so patient feels difficulty in swallowing, breathing difficulty etc. White thing might be due to fungal infection. So she may need antifungal Chat Doctor.  Hope I have solved your query. Wishing good health to your mother. Thanks.