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Dr. Jai Joshi, MD
Oncologist
Dr. Joshi is an experienced, board-certified medical oncologist. He has trained at the best institutions in the United States. Dr. Joshi was awarded the prestigious RO1 Grant Award from the NCI, NIH to study infections in patients with acute leukemia. He has authored Book Chapters and Editorials and published extensively in peer-reviewed journals; He has been awarded Excellence in Teaching Awards at Hopkins. He is the subject of a biographical record in Marquis Who's Who. Dr. Joshi has helped initiate new cancer programs and academic oncology practices in various small towns and hospitals (Jasper, IN, Laredo, and Eagle Pass, TX), with citywide hospital-based tumor boards and actively engaged in community seminars, and radio and television talk shows. He serves on the Editorial Board of two Journals. His patient philosophy: interactions between a good doctor and his patients always bring forth the physician's humanity in an amazing light.
53 years
Experience
Dr. Jai H. Joshi, MD
- Laredo, TX
- Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India
- Accepting new patients
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Do I have cancer?
Have a doctor examine you to reassure you
Oncology-Question
Accept the invitation for dinner if you consider him a friend. Inform the police of your concern
Swollen groin lymph nodes
Lymph nodes can "go back down". Have a doctor examine you
Probability of Cancer
It would be best if you had a biopsy
Breast Cancer?
It would help if you had a new breast biopsy
Right breast ache?
Have a doc examine your breasts- if nothing on exam don't worry about the ache
Ovarian cancer?
Fertility preservation is an acceptable option in young patients with ovarian tumors of low malignant potential or nonepithelial ovarian cancers and in patients with stage IA disease READ MORE
Fertility preservation is an acceptable option in young patients with ovarian tumors of low malignant potential or nonepithelial ovarian cancers and in patients with stage IA disease who prefer this approach.
Fertility-preserving surgery (i.e., unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy) is typically reserved for patients with stage IA or borderline ovarian tumors who desire future childbearing.
Open laparotomy is the standard approach for staging, but experienced gynecologic oncologists use laparoscopic or robot-assisted techniques for selected patients
UpToDate. Beyond the Basics topics (see "Patient education: Treatment of ovarian cancer (Beyond the Basics)")
Fertility-preserving surgery (i.e., unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy) is typically reserved for patients with stage IA or borderline ovarian tumors who desire future childbearing.
Open laparotomy is the standard approach for staging, but experienced gynecologic oncologists use laparoscopic or robot-assisted techniques for selected patients
UpToDate. Beyond the Basics topics (see "Patient education: Treatment of ovarian cancer (Beyond the Basics)")
Slow healing recurring sore?
Need this biopsied first of all
What could a bump under my breast be?
You should see an oncologist. Hard to tell from the photograph. Good signs are that you have had it for just 2 weeks. May need an imaging study and remember almost all early-stage READ MORE
You should see an oncologist. Hard to tell from the photograph. Good signs are that you have had it for just 2 weeks. May need an imaging study and remember almost all early-stage breast cancers (if that is what it is) are curable
Anal Cancer?
AFTER A NP/E AND SCANS
Steroids?
Hold personal steroids and chemo till resolution of pnemonia
Follicular non-hogkins?
If your oncologist said he was NOT concerned, neither should you be
After cure from immunotherapy
F/U with your oncologist. Congratulations.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Follicular lymphoma
Has the lymphoma in the pancreas been biopsied? Is it still FL? Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a rare extranodal manifestation of any histopathologic subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin's READ MORE
Has the lymphoma in the pancreas been biopsied? Is it still FL? Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a rare extranodal manifestation of any histopathologic subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, representing <2% of extranodal lymphomas and 0.5% of pancreatic tumors. Secondary lymphoma: found in 30% of non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients with widespread disease, it is the dominant form and is the result of direct extension from peripancreatic lymphadenopathy. Pancreatic lymphoma carries a better prognosis than adenocarcinoma because first-line treatment with chemotherapy is generally effective in producing long-term disease regression or remission. Surgery is not required in most cases. Using complex treatment approaches, cure rates of up to 30% are reported for patients with primary pancreatic lymphoma. This prognosis is much better than the dismal 5% 5-year survival rate in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Enlarged Lymph Node?
All your doctors are correct, but I understand that is no assurance to you. What to do with an enlarged lymph node is a fairly common problem that oncologists see. The only way READ MORE
All your doctors are correct, but I understand that is no assurance to you. What to do with an enlarged lymph node is a fairly common problem that oncologists see. The only way to know for sure is to biopsy the node.
The fact that it has not changed in size in 2 months is reassuring.
The fact that it has not changed in size in 2 months is reassuring.
If I do BRCA1/2 genes tests, will I get cancer that is more aggressive?
Not sure what you mean by "IBC." If you mean INFLAMMATORY BC, it is treatable. So also is INHERITED BC. We need to know a lot more - your age, receptor status, size of the tumor, READ MORE
Not sure what you mean by "IBC." If you mean INFLAMMATORY BC, it is treatable. So also is INHERITED BC. We need to know a lot more - your age, receptor status, size of the tumor, and what treatments you received for the previous two BC's.
i have stage four lung cancer i was diagnosed twelve months ago how long do I have to live?
Have you had testing for EGFR, ALK, etc, and have you received CPI?
