2006-10-06 01:51:56 · 8 answers · asked by Jazzsuzan * 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Yes a particular Doctor who is treating a particular patient is in the know of full history of the disease of the patient and the medications and treatments given to the patient. He is watching the behavior closely at regular interval and inspite of all his best efforts if the patient does not respond he will know and tell the relatives to be prepared. Cancer will not kill the patient all of a sudden like heart or any other organ and he will be in the doctor's case in the last days in the hospital to monitor the position.
2006-10-06 06:20:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I certainly hope you are not asking this question for yourself. If you are, then I wish you all the best.
As far as the answer is concerned I'm no doctor but cancer develops in stages. I think it's Stages 1-4. The higher the number, the worse off "you" are. The way they determine whether or not to essentially give up on you is when they see that the chemotherapy or whatever other treatment the patient is on has had no effect on reducing the size of the cancer tumors in the their body. At that point, it's usually spread throughout the body. My best advise to any newly diagnosed person to start investigate other treatments IN ADDITION to whatever their doctor is doing. Things they can do to complement their medical therapy. My brother died at the age of 26 from pancreatic cancer but he lived for twice as long as the doctors had said he would because, and I fully believe this, I put him on some alternative things. I was told that the smartest thing I could have done was to start him on these things BEFORE the doctors said it was too late for him.
All the best to you.
2006-10-06 02:01:37 · answer #2 · answered by Q&A Queen 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are stages of cancer stage1 2 3 4 stage 4 is terminal means cancer has spread from primary spot to other parts of body. if patient does not respond to treatment, they will try others, if it does not work body will start to shut down. lost husband to stage4 lung cancer on Feb 10, 2006 I hope this helps.lived 13 mo
2006-10-07 21:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 20:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there..
There is a classification system wherein cancers can be "graded" depending upon the stage of dignosis.... like whether it is starting phase, or spread to adjacent areas only, or whether it has spread to distant organs also like lungs etc...
If the cancer cells have got deposited in other multiple organs like lungs, pancreas, kidney ,liver etc... naturally it is more serious..right ?
Based on the grade and the clinical appearance of the patient, doctors say ..whether "hopeful or not.."
best wishes..
2006-10-06 01:59:29 · answer #5 · answered by suresh k 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
based on tests. Sometimes the cancer is to deep to respond to chemo or radiation. Sometimes the cancer has already spread to too many parts of the body.
2006-10-06 02:00:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It differs from one type of cancer to another! what kind of cancer do you mean? however mostly when a cancer have metastasis and spread through patients body ,it's hard to take it back to remission.
2006-10-06 01:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by ellina 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
when his organs fail to function normaly
2006-10-06 01:59:21 · answer #8 · answered by V R G 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋