Metastatic lung cancer

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My mother has Lung cancer with metastasis to liver, brain, vertebrae, brain, hips, lymph nodes. Received chemotherapy with 4 cycles of carbaplatin and 12 cycles of Paclitaxel. Repeat PET scan shows further growth in the liver lobes. Totally clueless what went wrong. Kindly help

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Dr. Malhar Patel

Radiation Oncologist 14 yrs exp Ahmedabad

I am very sorry to hear this. Oncology fact is once cancer has spread to other part of body, its not curable. The chemotherapy she has received is for palliation. What went wrong: its bad biology of cancer which is refractory to current treatment.

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Second line chemotherapy / Best supportive care.

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Dr. Kaushal Yadav Surgical Oncologist 21 yrs exp Gurgaon Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Kaushal Yadav

Surgical Oncologist 21 yrs exp Gurgaon

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Carcinoma lung mostly detected in late stages and prognosis is poor. Aim in this setting is palliative. If she is progressing on 1st line than 2 ND line chemotherapy may be starting provided her general condition should be adequate