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Suggest Treatment For Nagging Cough In Cancer Patient
my mother has been detected cancer of food pipe last week. She had nagging cough since last three months. i want to know how much is the growth in three months. what medication you advice She is 87 years old. All paremeters are very good except infection of the lung
ranjit
ranjit
Fri, 16 Jan 2015
The cough that your mother has had may have developed due to a abnormal communication between the foodpipe and windpipe. That makes it an advanced tumour. If there is increase in cough, you may have to show a gastroenterologist for stenting.As she is already 87 years old, any aggressive oncological management is not advised
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