How many times should lung cancer chemotherapy take

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My cousin has been coughing for a long time. After taking a lot of cough medicine, it doesn't seem to work, and it's a perennial dry cough. I didn't know that my uncle suffered from lung cancer until I had a physical examination this year. Let's share with you how many times chemotherapy is needed for lung cancer!

How many times should lung cancer chemotherapy take

First of all: lung cancer patients with chemotherapy is more effective, lung cancer patients to advanced when the preferred treatment is systemic chemotherapy, in clinical generally 6 chemotherapy for a course of treatment, every two chemotherapy will be separated by half a week or so, this half a week is mainly used to restore the body's various indicators.

Second: but there are also some patients who have not completed six chemotherapy courses. Maybe some patients can't bear to continue chemotherapy after one chemotherapy course, so they give up treatment. Especially for patients with advanced cancer, their body is already weak, and the possibility of having to do it is relatively small.

Finally: although six chemotherapy courses are a course of treatment, it is very flexible in the process of treatment. It depends on the patient's specific condition and personal physical condition. This is mainly to communicate with the patient's attending doctor in detail.

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Although there will be a series of toxic and side effects in the process of chemotherapy, such as nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite, the patient must not eat without forcing himself to eat a little, because he can only be weaker without eating.