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What Causes Rise In Sugar Level During Chemotherapy?
I have prostate canzer and make periodically 6 chemo with docetaxel and mitoksantron every three weeks. PSA= 335. The sugar-level remained before normal. In the end of the last serie -125. In the pause - again normal. Now 135 already after the 3th chemo. What does it mean and what to do ? Vladlen Yablonsky, 77, Koeln.
Thu, 21 Aug 2014
Dear sir i can understand your concern
i would like to explain you about the chemo therapy.
the medication given in chemotherapy will damage different kinds of cells in body along with cancer cells but cancer cells will not recover and other cells recover with time.
there will be slight disturbance of blood sugars also during chemotherapy so its always advisable to switch over for insulin during chemotherapy and also for few days after that until you get complete recovery.
kindly speak with your treating doc to start insulin
regards
Dr vamsi
i would like to explain you about the chemo therapy.
the medication given in chemotherapy will damage different kinds of cells in body along with cancer cells but cancer cells will not recover and other cells recover with time.
there will be slight disturbance of blood sugars also during chemotherapy so its always advisable to switch over for insulin during chemotherapy and also for few days after that until you get complete recovery.
kindly speak with your treating doc to start insulin
regards
Dr vamsi
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