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Is There Any Alternate Treatment For Adrenocortical Tumor Other Than Chemotherapy?
Hello,
I am writing on my father's behalf. He's 55 yrs old. He was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis 3 yrs back, and underwent treatment for the same, which left his liver very weak. Now he's been diagnosed with adrenocortical tumour, and the malignancy has started to spread in his lungs. Our doctor said that surgery is not an option in his case and started chemotherapy. He's still very weak, after 1 session of chemo, has high fever and cough almost alternate day. I want to know whether any other form of treatment is available.
Thank You.
I am writing on my father's behalf. He's 55 yrs old. He was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis 3 yrs back, and underwent treatment for the same, which left his liver very weak. Now he's been diagnosed with adrenocortical tumour, and the malignancy has started to spread in his lungs. Our doctor said that surgery is not an option in his case and started chemotherapy. He's still very weak, after 1 session of chemo, has high fever and cough almost alternate day. I want to know whether any other form of treatment is available.
Thank You.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Your father has got a complicated medical condition due to the pre existing liver cirrhosis and a adrenocortical tumor which has spread to the lungs. In this situation it is important to take care and maintain his liver functions on one side and also attend to the adrenocortical tumor which has spread to the lungs.
It is true that chemotherapy makes the patient weak and your father is having high fever and cough regularly probably because his immunity is low after chemotherapy. In this situation a calculated risk is to be taken to extend the survival of the patient. If the benefits are higher then the patient is to be given chemotherapy with regular monitoring of liver function.
Right now your father has limited treatment options other than aggressive chemotherapy. If his doctors find him unfit then they will stop treatment with chemotherapy for a short duration and start it after few weeks. Stopping any treatment will cause disease progress. Please do not worry.
Thanks for writing in.
Your father has got a complicated medical condition due to the pre existing liver cirrhosis and a adrenocortical tumor which has spread to the lungs. In this situation it is important to take care and maintain his liver functions on one side and also attend to the adrenocortical tumor which has spread to the lungs.
It is true that chemotherapy makes the patient weak and your father is having high fever and cough regularly probably because his immunity is low after chemotherapy. In this situation a calculated risk is to be taken to extend the survival of the patient. If the benefits are higher then the patient is to be given chemotherapy with regular monitoring of liver function.
Right now your father has limited treatment options other than aggressive chemotherapy. If his doctors find him unfit then they will stop treatment with chemotherapy for a short duration and start it after few weeks. Stopping any treatment will cause disease progress. Please do not worry.
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