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Diagnosed With Stage 4 Cancer Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma Of Stomach
my brother has been diagnosed stage 4 of cancer Signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach as he very week and loosing weight doctor don't want to treat him with chemotherapy as being too week is their any other form of medicine that may help him to gain strength and then be able to receive treatment
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There is no medicine that can improve his general condition to an extent where he can tolerate chemotherapy, but improving his calorie intake by parentral nutrition can improve his generel condition.
You can consider radiotherapy to control his disease locally and palliate any symptoms he has. There are Biological drugs used in cancer treatment, please enquire the same with your oncologist.
You can consider radiotherapy to control his disease locally and palliate any symptoms he has. There are Biological drugs used in cancer treatment, please enquire the same with your oncologist.
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