What treatment are there for stage 4 non stem cell lung cancer? Do the chemo treatments exhaust the person?
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I think you mean Non-Small cell lung cancer. My brother in law was just diagnosed with it. The Dr. is giving him Docetaxel and Carboplatin. He has only had one treatment, but so far has not suffered bad side effects. His is also stage 4 and I think the median life expectancy is about a year.
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Unfortunately, a patient with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer is rarely cured. So treatment is aimed at improving the patient's quality of life and life expectancy. Treatment usually consists of a combination of 2 chemotherapeutic agents. The first is usually cisplatin however carboplatin is sometimes used. The second agent is commonly paclitaxel, doxetaxel or gemcitabine. Clinical research is also investigating the use of Bevacizumab in addition to the chemotherapeutic regime. Many cancer patients do become exhausted. Their bodies are fighting the cancer cells similar to the way it would fight any other infection. The drugs have side effects such as nausea and vomiting, which can be physically exhausting, as well as things like bone marrow suppression which affects blood cells. These things commonly leave the patient feeling tired and run down.
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If the person is stage 4 it is extremely bad im sorry to say. My Mum was diagnosed with kidney cancer in May this year by the time it was found it spread to the liver and lung. She was stage 4. The cancer was incurable. They tried treatment for a month it was the worst thing she could have done it made her sicker than the cancer itself and she died two weeks after. i guess you have to weigh up do you want to live for 6 months have the treatment and be sick constantly or live for 3 months and enjoy what time you have left??
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