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Does Radiation Help Control Cancer?
My brother in law has brain cancer , they gave him radition plus kemo about 3months ago.. It didnt help it spread to his lung, eye.... He went blind and lost his hearing.... They want to give him more radition... Is the radition going to be helpful knowing that it didnt work the first time? As we speak he is flipping out tearing things up losing control.... He is also aking for his grandmother who has past!!! Whats that mean also? Does he have a chance at all?
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
Since your brother got back the disease just in 3months of completion of RT it is a very bad disease. Also your description is suggestive of disease spread to other parts of the body. The only thing that can be done now is pain relief and palliation. Maybe RT is planned for palliation. RT now doesn't cure the disease but provides symptomatic relief depending on site of RT.
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