❓ Why does this happen? Hormone therapy (HT, endocrine therapy) lowers estrogen levels in your body. This directly affects how your body stays flexible and healthy: - Joint stiffness: Your joints become less "springy." - Cartilage wear: The protective cushion in your joints can thin out. - Inflammation: Your body may react with more swelling and soreness. 📌 How it feels: - You feel stiff, especially right after waking up. - Your hands, knees, or feet ache. - You might feel l

Lung cancer screening at out Oncology office includes: consultation with Medical oncologist, low-dose CT-scan chest Lung cancer is a growing problem around all the world and in Cambodia . Who has to come for Lung cancer screening? These are people from risk groups: smokers: tobacco, marijuana etc., people between 50 and 80 y.o., who quit smoking in the past 15 years, secondhand-smokers (ex., non-smoking wives of smokers), people after exposure to chemicals (at work, living p

From my "medical point of view", there is no universal "yes" or "no" answer. The decision is always personal and must be made together with your Medical oncologist and an Endocrinologist. ℹ️ Here is what we carefully consider: ➡️ Hormone Levels: Many weight loss medicines affect your hormones and metabolism. If you have hormone-positive Breast cancer, these medications could interact with your treatment and how the disease behaves. ➡️ Drug Interactions: If you are undergoing

Some ladies in the middle age / before menopause start 💊 hormone replacement therapy (HRT, menopausal hormone therapy) themselves to «look better», delay menopause and to prevent / reduce hot flashes, because they heard from relatives or friends that «hormones were helpful». ❌ If you don’t understand, what is it HRT and it's side effects and if you don’t know your body, you should NOT get «hormones» on your own, because «something» that your friend advised / worked for her,

#Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody medication used to treat some oncology diseases (B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia etc) and autoimmune disorders. It targets and helps the immune system destroy B-cells, which are a type of white blood cells. Rituximab is approved for several non-cancer conditions, primarily severe autoimmune diseases, where B-cells play a key role in causing inflammation and tissue damage. In these disorders, ri

Parenteral nutrition means feeding intravenously (through a vein). It includes ✔️amino acids, ✔️carbohydrates, ✔️fat / lipids (Omega 3, MCT, LCT), ✔️electrolytes (Na, Cl, K, Mg) and ✔️vitamin E. ℹ️ We provide 3️⃣-components parenteral nutrition for patients with: ✔️ cancer (after strong chemotherapy, during gastrointestinal bleedings, in the end stage of cancer, in a case of intestinal obstruction, during radiation enteritis etc.), ✔️ severe inflammatory bowel diseases, necro

🌺 All ladies BEFORE planning for pregnancy have to do some health examinations. ℹ️ One of them is the diagnosis and assessment of breasts' health (physical breasts' examination and breast US). ℹ️ Breast US is a safe, non-invasive and painless procedure, which allows doctors to see the structure and condition of breasts, to find or exclude cysts or tumors. It is important to: ✔️ ensure mother's health, because some of breast's diseases can affect the ability to breastfeed, ✔️

All doctors, who care pregnant ladies, have to remember about PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED breast cancer. Hormonal fluctuations during pregnancy can significantly impact breast tissue, potentially leading to changes such as tenderness, swelling, or the development of breast masses. These changes are often BENIGN and related to hormonal shifts, because during pregnancy, the breasts undergo significant changes in preparation for lactation. If a pregnant lady noticed any new or unusual

Dear friends, please , do not confuse between BI-RADS 4 breast imaging category and stage IV of cancer BI-RADS is NOT a stage of cancer; it is a BI-RADS category (Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System), indicating a suspicious finding during breasts' imaging (mammography, ultrasonography), those require a biopsy to determine if cancer is present. Unlike cancer stages (stages I, II, III, or IV), those describe the extent of cancer, that has already been diagnosed and confir

Dear ladies, before going to see a Breast disease specialist it is better to follow few easy rules: ⠀ 🌺 the optimal time to see your Breast disease specialist for non-menopausal women is from the 5th to the 12th day from beginning of the last period. Menopausal ladies can come to see a Breast doctor any day, 🔴 but, if you have breast pain, swelling, a lump, breast's deformation or discharge from nipples, you can see the specialist as soon as possible, 🚿 before visiting the