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Is Any Treatment Possible For Fourth Stage Lung Cancer Patient?
My father got fourth stage of lung cancer, because the left lung was totally disable in the scanning, and regular doctor says this is the fourth stage, we cannot treat him more, please advice shall we go for CMC vellore at this stage please advice, is it worthable for us to visit vellore CMC.
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Treatment of stage 4 lung cancer consist of palliative chemotherapy along with basic supportive care.
Your father needs to do EGFR and ALK mutation test in his biopsy sample and if found to be positive then oral chemotherapy with erlotinib and crizotinib with lesser side effects are suggested to keep his disease under control and improve his quality of life.
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DR De
Treatment of stage 4 lung cancer consist of palliative chemotherapy along with basic supportive care.
Your father needs to do EGFR and ALK mutation test in his biopsy sample and if found to be positive then oral chemotherapy with erlotinib and crizotinib with lesser side effects are suggested to keep his disease under control and improve his quality of life.
Regards
DR De
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