Mumbai, May 23: A 77 year old man from Zambia was given a new life by doctors here after suffering from cancers of the colon, metastatic prostate and thyroid. The patient George Namakando was presented to Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai with symptoms of rectal bleeding and constipation. He had, in 2015, under gone surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia, which revealed prostatic malignancy.
Evaluation by doctors at Jaslok revealed a growth in his large intestine that was diagnosed as a cancer of the sigmoid colon the S-shaped last part of the large intestine. In addition, an enlarged prostate with extensive osteosclerotic skeletal lesions indicative of metastasis (spread) was observed. Imaging studies, including a PET scan, revealed localised sigmoid colon tumour, localised thyroid cancer, and prostate cancer with extensive bone metastasis.
A multidisciplinary team comprising gastrointestinal surgeons, head and neck cancer surgeons, medical oncologists, urologists, and a nuclear medicine specialist decided on a surgical intervention for colon and thyroid cancer followed by Lutetium PSMA Radiation therapy for prostate cancer. On January 6, 2024, George under went two major surgeries simultaneously under single anaesthesia. Despite the lengthy duration of approximately 7 to 8 hours of surgery, he demonstrated remarkable tolerance to the procedures.
The patient had three malignancies of the colon, thyroid, and prostate at the same time. PET CT scans with different.
