by Dr Suvadip Chakrabarti | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog
A major vein in a person’s body is the superior vena cava. Blood passes from the head, neck, upper chest and arms to the heart through this vein. If a person’s superior vena cava is partially blocked or compressed, superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) occurs. The main...
by Dr Suvadip Chakrabarti | Aug 16, 2019 | Blog
Cancer cells release substances into the blood when they break down and die. Sometimes, the kidneys cannot remove these substances from the blood due to the cancer cells breaking down at a very fast rate. This leads to tumour lysis syndrome (TLS). A number of problems...
by Dr Suvadip Chakrabarti | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog
Oncologists associate three AIDS-defining malignancies with HIV infection. They are Kaposi’s sarcoma, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and invasive cervical cancer. Kaposi sarcoma The chance of developing Kaposi sarcoma, a type of blood vessel cancer, is much more in the people...
by Dr Suvadip Chakrabarti | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog
The patients with cancer suffer from a common complication, which is Venous Thromboembolism (VTE). A lot of studies have increased the knowledge of cancer-associated thrombosis, which indicates that the risk of developing serious blood clots in cancer patients is four...
by Dr Suvadip Chakrabarti | Jul 25, 2019 | Blog
An oncologist uses a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and/or surgery to treat cancer. These therapies have some adverse side effects. One of them is the development of painful mouth sores, known as oral mucositis. This has emerged as one of the most debilitating...
