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The liver, which is the largest organ inside the abdomen, aids in processing other foreign substances, employing medications, and filtering hazardous or poisonous compounds out of the blood. The liver also aids in food digestion. It produces proteins to build the body's cells and tissues, stores, and releases energy and enables blood clotting.

People who have been recently diagnosed with cancer or are on treatment have concerns regarding the continuing treatment of cancer and balancing the risk of getting covid infection versus delay in treatment. We present some of the frequently asked questions related to cancer treatment in Covid times.

Recently, Mucormycosis has caught attention due to a spike in its incidence in post covid cases, however, for Oncologists and cancer patients, the risk has always been there. Among cancer patients, the most commonly affected are hematological cancer or more commonly known as ‘blood cancer patients, and the bone marrow transplant recipients. Patients receiving chemotherapy and advanced-stage cancer patients are also at risk for mucormycosis.

Treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) depends on the magnitude of the curve and the risk of curve progression. Curve with a magnitude less than 20 degrees do not require any treatment and are followed up regularly every 6 months till skeletal maturity. Curves with a magnitude between 20-40 degrees are treated with a brace. Those with curves larger than 40 degrees are surgical candidates. A most common presentation of scoliosis is a right-sided Thoracic curve with a Rib hump and higher right shoulder. A few patients develop additional lumbar curves that might be rigid or flexible. These are known as Double curves.