Cancer treatment involves many factors, including the patient's age and physical health, cancer site, stage, you can use methods of treatment and side effects of the impact on patients and so on. Typically, the oncologist will do a series of test patients in order to suggest possible treatment options. And he will explain the pros and cons of various treatment programs, effective rate of side effects and so on. Therefore, the patients if there is enough time and knowledge, he can read the relevant information in order to discuss and doctors, and then select one as he thinks fit treatment. Usually, each of a treatment program or drug use in different patients have different time for effectiveness; some people will be very effective, some people slightly effective, some people is totally futile. Doctors will use "effective probability" (Response Rate) to explain his proposal to use a certain program or the causes of drug. For example, doctors may recommend the use of a drug in the past experience, 60 percent of the patients with effective, so the drug "effective probability" is 60%.
Doctors usually use for patients with cancer "effective rate of" higher or drug treatment programs. Or drug use of the program several times, doctors would once again be tested in patients, if the patient's tumor shrinkage or reduction of the proliferation of sites, doctors will be able to take patients with physical conditions to continue to use the drug to achieve the symptoms completely remove (Total Remission ) purposes. If the drugs or the program does not work, doctors will try other drugs or treatment.
During treatment of patients with their own bodies should pay attention to the situation changes, if any abnormal pain, fever, cough, bleeding, tired of such a phenomenon should tell their doctor immediately in order to identify the causes and take appropriate response measures. Even patients with symptoms have been the elimination of time, he should also be subject to regular inspections to cancer recurrence or metastasis will be able to detect the early stages. Patients to be active in the face of cancer, while not taken lightly, because most patients know their own bodies and changes in circumstances.
If a doctor a few trial programs or drugs are not effective, doctors may recommend the use of clinical trials (Clinical Trials). At this time, patients and doctors should discuss the pros and cons of clinical trials, treatment on the body, whether the local hospitals can be conducted, and whether insurance companies pay and other issues. Although the clinical trial does not guarantee an effective, but at least it is a feasible method. At this point, to other tumor specialist to seek a second opinion (Second Opinion) on the very important. Patients should keep an open mind and a doctor together to face these important decisions.
During cancer treatment, patients may be recommended by many friends and relatives to try complementary and alternative therapies. For example, someone will introduce prescriptions, diet, health, drugs, or practicing qigong and other methods. These have not been scientifically proven methods most use of personal witness to attract patients. In some cases, patients or their family in the mentality of thinking under the will of his hopes on the way these are not confirmed, even to a point away from the orthodox treatment. This "hope that any treatment not miss the opportunity to" mentality is not unusual, but the wisdom to distinguish patients should do, so keep the hearts of luck but the loss of opportunities for cancer treatment and death of people or financial break. Taiwan's de peach Cancer Information Network http://www.cancer.org.tw/Library/content4.asp some alternative therapies on the Chinese articles for reference. U.S. National Center for complementary and alternative medicine (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine) is also available in English website http://nccam.nih.gov information for readers to understand the English query. If patients complementary and alternative therapies have any questions, to take the initiative to discuss with the attending physician.
Cancer treatment is a science is also an art. The course of treatment for each patient is unique, so patients and cancer specialists to cope with, and actively participate in his treatment. Even when treatment fails, patients may still choose to palliative care (Hospice Service) in the health care workers and under the care of their families safe and sound through a lifetime. Cancer likely to harm the physical or killed, but the letter of the person of Jesus and his colleagues hope grant eternal life, she can have real peace.
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