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Are Carboplatin And Paclitaxel Right Medicine For 4th Stage Cancer?
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My Father Have 4th Stage Cancer in Liver Lung and Lymph node
Local Doctor give Chemotherapy treatment with medicine "carboplatin" and "paclitaxel"
is this the right drugs and how much my father live
after 3 chemotherapy cycle he is very weak.
My Father Have 4th Stage Cancer in Liver Lung and Lymph node
Local Doctor give Chemotherapy treatment with medicine "carboplatin" and "paclitaxel"
is this the right drugs and how much my father live
after 3 chemotherapy cycle he is very weak.
Sat, 17 May 2014
As your father is suffering from stage 4 cancer and if it is lung cancer that has spread to liver and lymph nodes then carboplatin and paclitaxel should work to keep the disease in control.
If cancer is of unknown origin that has spread to liver and other sites then also paclitaxel and carboplatin should work.
As his 3rd cycle is over i would suggest u do CT scan of chest and upper abdomen to see the tumour response to chemotherapy.
In average your father can live from 6 months to 1 year if it is already stage 4.
If cancer is of unknown origin that has spread to liver and other sites then also paclitaxel and carboplatin should work.
As his 3rd cycle is over i would suggest u do CT scan of chest and upper abdomen to see the tumour response to chemotherapy.
In average your father can live from 6 months to 1 year if it is already stage 4.
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