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Suggest Treatment For Stomach Cancer In The Elderly
MY FATHER-INLAW IS 92 AND RECENTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT STOMACH PAIN. HE WAS SEND HOME BY DOC AFTER LAYING UP IN. THE HOSPITAL RAN TEST BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. HE CONTINUED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PAIN AND WAS IMMOBILE WHEN HE RETURN HOME. WE DEMANDED THAT HE RETURN BACK TO YTHE HOSPITAL AND THIS THEY SAID HE WAS DYING OF STOMACH CANCER. THEY HAVE SINCE PLACE HIM IN HOSPICE WHERE HIS HEALTH CONTINUE TO DECLINE. HE DOESNOT EAT AND HAVE FALLEN SINCE PLACE IN NURSING HOME. THE ENTIRE MEDICAL PROFESSION IS VERY DISAPPOINTING . OH YEH HE A VETERAN.
Fri, 5 Jan 2018
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Due to improved postoperative care, gastrectomy of gastric cancer is the treatment of choice in very elderly patients. Therefore, early diagnosis through regular medical screening and curative gastrectomy with lymph node dissection should be performed in very elderly gastric cancer patients.
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DR DE
Due to improved postoperative care, gastrectomy of gastric cancer is the treatment of choice in very elderly patients. Therefore, early diagnosis through regular medical screening and curative gastrectomy with lymph node dissection should be performed in very elderly gastric cancer patients.
Regards
DR DE
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Due to improved postoperative care, gastrectomy of gastric cancer is the treatment of choice in very elderly patients. Therefore, early diagnosis through regular medical screening and curative gastrectomy with lymph node dissection should be performed in very elderly gastric cancer patients.
Regards
DR DE
Due to improved postoperative care, gastrectomy of gastric cancer is the treatment of choice in very elderly patients. Therefore, early diagnosis through regular medical screening and curative gastrectomy with lymph node dissection should be performed in very elderly gastric cancer patients.
Regards
DR DE
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