My father is 60 years old. In August 2012, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of upper alviolous. He was successfully operated upon with clear margins. Doctor said no follow up therapy was required, still we went ahead with full 30 cycles on Radiotherapy which got completed on 2nd nov 2012. my father was recovering well when the disease relapsed in May 2013. we had limited options and doctor suggested 6 cycles of chemo consisting Paclitaxel and carboplatin which ended in sep 2013. now he is on geftifib (500 mg daily), but a white spot in upper part of his mouth is spreading and he feels acute pain which get relieves only after he takes tydol. Taking 3-4 tydol 100mg daily is making him slip into depression. please suggest what treatments we have for him. according to doctors surgery is ruled out.
HIT hank for asking to ChatDoctorI really appreciate your concern for your father, for the malignancy the line of treatment mainly decided by the oncologist and the oncosurgeon this is team work, and this team taking all the possible aspects into consideration right from the clinical condition of the patient to the test reports, side effect of chemotherapy, prognosis, so this decision can only be taken by the medical team, so in my opinion it would be better to have a word with them, hope this information helps you, have nice day.