Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Health Feed

Hi lybrate-user can you name the pain killer tablet he is using and the frequency. So that we can add another or change the frequency
as pain control is very important in malignancy.
Need to titrate the doses and add different groups of medicines for pain.

Hello.
Grade 4 tumor. I believe that you are talking about glioblastoma.
Opinion on this will need proper histopath report of initial specimen. As well as fresh scan report to be seen.
I would like to know only brand is changed or active medication is also changed for him.

आमतौर पर स्टेज 1 और स्टेज 2 में सर्जरी की जाती है, जबकि स्टेज 3 और स्टेज 4 में सर्जरी, कीमो और रेडिएशन में से किन्हीं दो का कॉम्बिनेशन इस्तेमाल किया जाता है। कौन-से दो तरीके इस्तेमाल होंगे, यह मरीज की हालत देखकर डॉक्टर तय करते हैं।
aap mujhe call kar sakte hain taki aapki problem ko details mein samajhkar treatment btaya ja sake.

I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
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Yes. This may happen in some cases. Typically after 6 cycles of double agent chemotherapy we keep patient on maintainance therapy with pemetrexed till disease progression. Else pt will need to be put on 2 nd line chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Other options include oral targeted therapy if she is positive for either of mutations like egfr, alk, ros 1, met, braf which can be checked on biopsy tissue.

Hello . Though cancer has a tendency for genetic transmission. Still its not necessary that every genetic disease will appear in further generation .There are medicines in Homeopathy , which can reduce the chances of genetic transmission of any disease . For further details you can ask me through private questions.

Yes try get her operated soon ,many hospitals operate on covid positive patients too with precautions try that.

Dear Mr. lybrate-user, perfinidone is the mainstay treatment. In this condition, lung becomes like rope fibres, the size of the lungs reduces and hence there is difficulty in breathing (dam chadna) and cough is present. The above medication will halt the disease and prevents progress. Sadly no medicines available til now to reverse it. The only answer to this disease is lung transplantation. You can check few ipf groups on facebook. U can get few answers. There are trials going on, but the medic...more

Mr. lybrate-user, pirfefenidone is the main drug for ild if its ipf form. Acebrophylline is not useful in ild. There are few cough syrups that wil help to reduce it.

chemotherapy can help in well being a little bit... but v cant guarantee...

stage 4... very poor results.... even with treatment..

may be 6months to 1 year...

where all is the spread... do u have PET AND CT SCAN