can mechanical ventilation aid lung cancer patients?

Question

What would the life expectancy of a stage 4 lung cancer patient be?

Answer 1

Not really: Mechanical ventilation is to assist patients whose lungs are so sick they can't breathe adequately on their own. There is no advantage from a lung cancer perspective to be on a ventilator.

Answer 2

Depends: If they have just had surgery or have a treatable pneumonia, yes. If they have respiratory failure from the cancer, it is simply prolonging the dying process.

Answer 3

No: It is not a cancer treatment. Occasionally it may be needed during lung cancer treatment (as in some cases after lung resection) but it is a supportive treatment.

Answer 4

Yes: Back, neck and shoulder pain can be improved by a breast reduction. A breast lift is more of a cosmetic operation, but since some tissue is removed, back symptoms can improve.

Answer 5

Not exactly.: Most breast reductions are done for back and neck pain caused by the weight of large breasts, and these often reduce back pain. A breast lift is done to put sagged breasts back into a more normal position. These do not include removal of much (if any) breast tissue, so would not be expected to be very effective in helping with back problems.

Answer 6

Heavy painful breast: Not a lift but a reduction... First get fitted for proper bras/support garments. Second consider physical therapy. Third discuss with your internist or family care physician and discuss referral to a plastic surgeon and/or breast specialist.

Answer 7

Breast reduction: Is more likely to help your symptoms, because a reduction takes away the extra weight of a big breast. A breast lift just re-packages the breast into a smaller, up-liften skin envelope - but the weight is the same, so the symptoms will probably continue.

Answer 8

Negative pressure: You can die from collapsed lung, as it progresses quickly to a tension pneumothorax. First responders, emt and trauma providers are trained to recognize and release the pressure associated with a collapsed lung, to prevent tension pneumothorax. A chest tube is inserted into the space between your lung and chest wall. The tube is put to negative pressure, so lung can re-expand.

Answer 9

None: Blood in an ostomy punch can be many things. Is it a colostomy or ileostomy? Why was the surgery done, history cancer or diverticulitis or colitis? How long ago was the ostomy surgery? Bleeding does indicate need for a doctor evaluation. Can be ostomy appliance irritation, colitis, etc. There is no cancer staging associated with intestinal bleeding.

Answer 10

Occult/hidden: Most of the time there is no visible blood. Testing for bleeding lesions requires testing for occult blood, fecal occult blood test (fbot). There is more than one method. If is recommended that this test be done three times each year on persons over the age of 50, unless they have undergone colonoscopy.

Answer 11

Possibly: In the adjuvant setting a hormone blocking agent such as an ai might be used. That would be for hormone sensitve tumors. In metastatic disease the situation can be more complicated. In that case Herceptin could be used as a maintaince agent. Other drugs such as tykerb, (lapatinib) perjetta might fill this role. If you could give more details, i can be more specific.

Answer 12

Nothing as good: I'm assuming you have completed chemotherapy and are now facing the year of herceptin (trastuzumab). I strongly encourage you to take it. Why? In the last decade, no treatment has decreased the risk of recurrence anywhere close to what Herceptin (trastuzumab) offers. Ask your doctor for your risk of recurrence with or without herceptin (trastuzumab). If cost is an issue, even 3 doses might be enough to make the difference!

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