Many patients may have such a concept in their hearts: as long as they have cancer, they must do surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, otherwise, if the doctor says not to do chemotherapy, the patient will be very frightened and ask: Doctor, my disease can no longer be chemotherapy, does it mean that I am about to die?
Cancer patients are not suitable for chemotherapy, first of all, to see what kind of cancer. Why look at what cancer is in the first place? Because different cancers have different sensitivities to chemotherapy, the value and importance of chemotherapy are different. Some cancer chemotherapy is very sensitive, such as some lymphoma, leukemia, chorionic carcinoma, testicular cancer, etc., whether it is early or advanced, it is possible to cure, and chemotherapy as the main treatment, chemotherapy is very important, in this case, do you want chemotherapy? Unless there are special circumstances, chemotherapy is of course required. Some cancers are moderately sensitive to chemotherapy, such as common breast cancer (in fact, breast cancer is still very sensitive to chemotherapy), stomach cancer, colon cancer, etc., if it is advanced, generally can also be chemotherapy, of course, this is from the perspective of treatment, the final whether chemotherapy, whether chemotherapy can be chemotherapy, but also combined with the specific situation. Some cancers are not sensitive to chemotherapy, such as thyroid papillary carcinoma, kidney cancer, etc., in this case, chemotherapy has little effect, and other treatments can be taken, such as targeted drug therapy.
Secondly, it depends on whether the physical condition can be chemotherapy. The physical conditions mentioned here include visible physical conditions, such as self-care ability, daily bed rest time, diet and sleep, etc., and also include objective examination indicators, such as liver function, kidney function, heart function, etc., and also include whether to incorporate certain other comorbid diseases that may affect the chemotherapy, such as uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, etc. Sometimes, although the condition requires chemotherapy, the physical condition does not allow chemotherapy, in which case chemotherapy can not be done, at least with special caution. Therefore, doctors should conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the patient before chemotherapy. It should be noted that if some of the body "bad" is caused by the cancer itself, and the cancer is very sensitive to chemotherapy, this situation can go to chemotherapy, such as a Hodgkin lymphoma patient, because the tumor grows very large and grows very fast, resulting in the patient looks very poor, if not in time for chemotherapy, it will soon fail, if you try chemotherapy, the tumor shrinks, the physical condition will be improved, of course, in this process is full of risks and challenges, this time if you dare not risk, You can only watch the opportunity drain. So take a comprehensive look.
Patients with advanced cancer who have the following three conditions should not undergo chemotherapy again. First, patients with extensive metastasis of the tumor, extremely poor nutritional status, and cachexia, it is unwise to use chemotherapy for patients at this time. Second, liver failure of tumor patients, the same can not use chemotherapy, the liver is the most important detoxification center of the human body, a tumor patient, only normal liver function, can tolerate the damage of chemotherapy drugs, has liver failure, and then chemotherapy, will lead to further deterioration of the condition. Third, in patients with severe bone marrow suppression, chemotherapy will lead to bone marrow suppression, before the next chemotherapy, if bone marrow suppression can not be restored, then chemotherapy can not continue, because severe bone marrow suppression, will lead to a decline in white blood cells, platelets, the former decline leads to serious infection, the latter decline may have a bleeding tendency.
Cancer patients who can't get chemotherapy often fall into a very painful situation, as if there is no hope for treatment, and life goes to the final point. But in fact, there are many treatments for cancer now, and there are still many ways to help patients recover from chemotherapy failures or failures to undergo chemotherapy. This includes traditional Chinese medicine treatment, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, etc. Chemotherapy is not the only way out for cancer patients. A common misunderstanding in cancer patients is that only when radiotherapy, chemotherapy or surgery are useless, the idea of choosing Chinese medicine to try it. Therefore, most of the patients with very advanced tumors are seen in TCM oncology clinics.
The treatment of cancer patients by traditional Chinese medicine is actually throughout the entire diagnosis and treatment process of tumor patients. Modern medicine has a concept called "palliative care", the purpose is to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, from the initial treatment of tumor patients should actively pay attention to the quality of life, "live well to live long", which has been confirmed by modern oncology research. TCM is a therapeutic medicine that targets symptoms and has its own unique efficacy in improving the quality of life. Traditional Chinese medicine can effectively kill cancer cells, prevent the metastasis and spread of tumors, and maximize the survival of patients, and there are many patients who achieve clinical cure and return to work through traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Tumor patients should not only choose traditional Chinese medicine when they are "desperate", but should choose the most appropriate time to intervene in the early stage of treatment, just like surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy.