Supportive therapy to reduce cancer treatment side-effects of thirty percent

"When the cancer was declared to be the moment, the patient is facing the fear of death and pain" at National Taiwan University Hospital blood oncology physician, said Huang Yi, early cancer therapy also does not now support such progress, many patients for fear of side effects or can not stand, there is no active treatment, resulting in therapeutic effects than expected, thereby affecting the quality of life after and survival, for a long time down for patients and their families who is a big burden. 

Huang Yi, cited a targeted survey of cancer patients found that out hair, limb and organ defects, such as "the face of change" is the most ill patients can not accept the treatment of side effects, not only affect the body function more enormous psychological impact; because the treatment of cancer caused by hair not just limited to hair, including eyebrows and other body parts will be out all the hair, and blood cancer, oral cancer and other cancers, are more likely to face amputation, jaw removed, such as physical changes, even if seized from the gate of hell Back to life, life can take care of themselves, whether or not to return to work are ill worst fears. 

In addition, such as nausea and vomiting, pain, loss of appetite, etc., but also is a common cancer treatment side effects, and strong chemical drugs, this may result in a patient's immune system decline in function of bone marrow depression, pain and so on. However, when support for an increasingly advanced therapies, cancer patients can be a little less painful cancer treatment. 

"Support the treatment of cancer patients to receive formal way," Huang Yi explained "support therapy" meaning that foreign study found, cancer treatment and survival rates increased in recent years in support of therapy to play a key role, contribution per cent 20. Because of antibiotics, pain medicine, was the proper use of growth hormone in support of therapy, significantly reduce the side effects of cancer treatment, thereby greatly enhance the wishes of patients receiving treatment. 

Huang Yi, said the physical pain of cancer patients first, if not lifted, then allowing them to face the side effects of cancer treatment, and then add pain pain; if the use of supportive therapy to ease the patients the side effects of cancer treatment, the absolute follow-up treatment will increase the willingness but an extension of life expectancy, patients have to wait for a better drug or treatment opportunities. 

In addition to ease the physical pain, psychological support therapy have meaning, "patients will, painting, music or cancer hospice late spiritual level are supportive therapy," Huang Yi, for example, patients will experience sharing and support cancer patients understand the disease, an important source of support, and painting and music is a kind of spiritual methods of treatment abroad for years. The prognosis of patients quality of life and productivity, are also included in "effect of cancer treatment," one of the assessment of the project, Huang Yi, said that as long as the patient help, "any good, positive support for therapy, can be encouraged."