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My father recently diagnosed Lung Cancer
My father's age is about 70 and he was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 3 or 4.
But he don't have any other symptoms except Cough.
Does it treatable or not.
He don't want to extend his life instead he wants to live painless life as much as he can.
What are the best ways.
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Dr. Shubham Jain
Surgical Oncologist
20 yrs exp
Delhi
The best strategy in trying to avoid worsening of symptoms may be a proactive curative approach to treatment.
He has a huge lung mass and would most likely benefit from some form of systemic therapy (oral or injectable) with or without radiotherapy. I would encourage him to meet an oncologist to address concerns at length and make an informed decision.
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Dr. Joydeep Ghosh
Oncologist
18 yrs exp
Kolkata
You should confirm the diagnosis first
Nowadays, many target therapy are there for lung cancer, which do not have any side-effect and improves the care and survival significantly. You should evaluate those and then take a call whether you want to go for only Palliative Care.
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BIOPSY, NGS, PET CT
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Dr. Vikas Kumar Pandey
Radiation Oncologist
9 yrs exp
New Delhi
Hi,
Please do a biopsy and NGS. The treatment and outcomes will be based on that. It’s premature to give any answers now.
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Biopsy—> Immunohistochemistry—> NGS
Do MRI Brain with contrasts after Histopathology
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