80 year old male, losing weight, treatment is hard on his body
Hello, there are a lot of outcomes . Family history , age , the type of chemo that's being used to resolve the issue as well as the method the chemo is being administered . Also determines variables that are involved in deciding or determining success with treatment. Some of them are family history, age, diet, type of chemo being administered as well as how it's being administered. Age and how advanced. Diet also plays a large role as does once mental attitude and approach to the therapy. There are of course other factors involved with the outcome. But, there can be positive outcomes. There's a lot to know about this disease and a lot to follow. Everyone responds differently to keep on. Because our bodies just are not used to having such a foreign substance introduced to our bodies. Many times the chemo will destroy some of the good cells along with the bad cells. This is to be expected. Just like hair loss, weight gain or weight loss, nausea, vomiting diarrhea, constipation, neuropathy in the fingers and toes. It's important to let your oncologist or hematologist know about what's going on before during and after your treatment. I no I was responding well to the treatment but I was very tired most of the time. I forced myself to get up and walk around. Even took walks outside and would force myself to walk back to the house. I refuse to let this beat me. I looked at it as a competition between me and cancer and cancer was not going to win. During treatments I would mentally imagine the medicine and the cancer cells and War. I would imagine the chemo popping each one of those Cannonball nodules and cells being beaten. Like watching an old Civil War movie putting the good guys against the bad guys and the good guys were going to win every time a shot was fired a cancer cell was ruined. Let me tell you, lots of bloody battles for one. LOL hang in there and remain positive.
What are the treatment outcomes for an 80-year-old male with stage 3B squamous cell NSCLC who has weight loss and poor treatment tolerance?
Stage 3B NSCLC is an advanced stage where cancer has spread more deeply into the chest, possibly reaching areas like the chest wall, major airways, or nearby structures. Unfortunately Show Full Answer