Consequnce of missing a radiation treatment , for a lung cancer patient ?
My Aunt ( in another state ) , was "too tired" to go get her radiation treatment , of which she gets five per week . Is this going to offset her whole treatment ? She is also on chemo pills -with a slow growing cancer that is in both lungs and lymph nodes .
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if she skips it, she will have big head :)
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depends how many times she had missed the treatment but the medical staff knows best..but it is usually advisable to both get the radiotherapy and chemotheray altogether.
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she won't have to redo the whole thing. but i think they'll prescribe something to rebalance it.
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see most of the cancers of the lungs grow slowly over time...which means that the time of their diagnosis and appropriate treatment makes good sense.. In your aunt case, if the doctors have put her on both anti-cancer drugs as well as radiotherapy together, then it must have been for some specific purpose...I explain you .. Well the cancer cells though very similar to our own normal cells, exibits some peculiar metabolism rate which makes them very vulnerable to drugs against them. Also due to the same reason, the radiations used in radiotherapy specifically kills these cells..However in some cancers both can be used together and show phenominal advantage. You must understand that radiation can also kill cancer cells more easily if they are already been sensitised by prior drug therapy.. hence the answer to UR question is YES, your aunt must take both if she has been advised. In case she doesnot take, then she fails to get rid of all the cancer cells...COZ not all the cells can be killed by anti-cancer drugs alone.. So please help her in taking both on time...and hope that she get well.
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She should stop the radiation. It is harmful and toxic to the body. We have reversed 54 forms of cancer with nutrition let me know if i can show you how to fight the cancer naturally.
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Doctors are using both chemo and radiation to try to give your Aunt the best chance. She needs to have some one take her to her treatments, then she doesn't have to try to get herself up and going. She also needs to let her doctor know how tired she is getting. He should run a new blood test, to see if he needs to be giving her something for her blood count. Good luck and all the best to your Aunt.
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Having been through the entire process myself - I recall I missed out on my radiation for almost a week as the only linear accelarater machine at the hospital broke down. I restarted my radiation and chemo at another hospital, not knowing when the machine would be repaired and the radiation could not wait. Missing out a week was ok - but I really do not imagine any doctor would even suggest that. In fact most oncologists clearly state the details of continuity for the radiation and the chemo as at the end of the ordeal - thats what is going to determine the success or failure. If your Aunts cancer has been detected in its early stages, it will more then likely be cured without too many problems. I wish her well. Caprichoso. PS - mI am not a doctor
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