My mum is diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, stage 1. I am looking for a hospital to send my mum for her treatment but i have no idea which hospital is good and credible at treating cancer.

Any recommendation for a hospital with good radiotherapy service or cancer treatment? Can also tell me how much does it actually cost? Btw im from selangor. My family is not rich but we will try to provide the best for our mum.

You are free to share me your experience about cancer (or person close to you), food to eat and avoid, or anything else related to cancer. I appreciate all the information you are willing to share with me. Thanks.

EDIT: My mum is now diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, WHO type III, T1, N2, MX, should be stage 3 or 4.

This post has been edited by Guitary: Aug 15 2014, 09:43 AM

actually my mum is not really diagnosed with this cancer yet, some tests have been done and the doctor says that the chances of this cancer is 75%, possibly higher because doctors always try to comfort patients. however, my mum does show a few symptoms of head and neck cancer. the final result will be concluded on monday.

so the outcome could be my mum is alright, or worse. i can only hope for the best for my mum.

thank you for all ur help.

my mum is now diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, WHO type III, T1, N2, MX, should be stage 3 or 4. will be doing a CT-PET scan on monday. will still need recommendation from all of u..

im sorry my friends. i dont need any supplement for my mum at this moment. will be sending my mum for proper treatment, follow doctor's advice.

btw beacon hospital and SJMC, which one is better? or any other hospitals.

thank you for ur suggestion. her neck lumps only appear about 1 month ago, took some time to do all the tests. i know it doesnt look good but hopefully she will be fine.

thank you. the reason i say not at this moment is we want to get approval from my mum's doctor first. taking supplement blindly now may not be the best idea yet.

Hello, I am sorry to hear that. I had not heard of the drug you mentioned so I went to search it online. If this drug is used to treat primarily only liver cancer, try to ask your doctor to ask if any of his/her patients need the drug at a lower price? Not sure if it is legal to resell the drug but there might be some people who need it but could not afford it at its normal price. All the best to you and your family.

Thank you for your concern. My mum was already ok after a few months of treatments (chemo + radio) previously, all her cancerous tumours were gone. Now, she only has to go back to hospital for follow-up medical check-ups regularly.

some side effects remained after the treatment. she never complained about dry mouth. what bother her the most are the weaker sense of taste and weaker hearing (ringing in her ears) but she has got used to all the side effects now.

Sorry for the late reply and sorry to hear that. Your mum's situation is quite similar to my mum last time, stage 3 and spread to both sides of lymph nodes in her neck (3 lumps if not mistaken). We also went to Beacon and SJMC, and yes both of the hospitals are very expensive. The doctors in SJMC and Columbia Asia were kind enough to write referral letters to refer us to IKN as we did not have the money for treatments. I personally think that IKN is ok as they specialise in treating cancers only if you cannot afford the treatment in the private hospitals. My mum did chemotherapy first then radiotherapy (all in IKN) because the doctor said that her tumor was too big to start with radiotherapy. I have no idea what kind of radiation it was though. The diagnosis and scanning of her full body to check if the cancer had spread to other parts of her body took about two weeks, then about another two weeks only she started her treatment. What I can tell you now is prepare for the side effects your mum may experience during and after the treatments because the treatments will not be easy on the patients although each person will have different experiences. Ask me anything that you need to know. Check your inbox for my phone number and you may contact me through whatsapp if you really need quick reply.

This post has been edited by Guitary: May 7 2018, 03:37 AM