He Traveled from Bangladesh for Cancer Treatment

Source

Source channel

HCG Manavata Cancer Centre

Published

2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Duration

180 seconds

Evidence type

hospital_education

Review status

approved

Reviewed

2026-08-14T23:38:22.956271+00:00

Reviewer role

Not specified

Applicability

General education; individual applicability depends on the clinical situation.

Topics

• treatment decisions
• general oncology
• cancer education
• patient questions

Transcript

Our teachers taught us that blood has no religion. Similarly, it feels today that if the political scenario in Bangladesh had been better, perhaps Hassan's treatment could have started two months earlier. Hassan, this child, had a tumor that started as a mild pain but grew to almost 12 centimeters in size within a month and a half to two months. By September, the tumor emerged externally, spreading from the maxilla—the bone on the right side of the face—completely closing his eye, spreading into his mouth, into his nose, and reaching the lower part of the brain, known as the skull base. A biopsy was done for diagnosis, which revealed a very aggressive cancer called Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma. As a team, we, including cancer surgeons, plastic surgeons, chemotherapy specialists, and radiation oncologists, reviewed his old slides and biopsy reports together and decided to administer two cycles of chemotherapy. After two cycles, the tumor had definitely shrunk. When a PET scan was done again, it showed that while the tumor had reduced, removing it was still not going to be easy. Our effort was to see if we could operate while saving his eye, which would be ideal. After all those efforts, when everyone was happy, I decided to proceed with the operation. Along with Dr. Mohsina, Dr. Kaustubh, and Dr. Rajendra Dhonge, we performed the surgery and successfully removed 100% of the tumor. His eye was also saved. After saving the eye, plastic surgery was performed. Initially, there was some swelling, but now, more than a month and a half after the operation, the swelling on his entire face has subsided. The remaining slight swelling will also disappear in the next month or month and a half. One cycle of chemotherapy has been completed after the operation, and he is looking forward to returning to his country. His recovery has been very impressive. So, I think there is a message for the whole world that no religion is greater than peace and harmony.