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Stage 4 cancer is the most dangerous form. This has the highest risk of mortality. However, the survival rate of a person after getting stage 4 cancer is quite low. Which also includes types of cancer. According to the article, what is stage 4 cancer? Stage 4 cancer has spread from its original location to distant parts of the body. This is sometimes called metastatic cancer. Seeing the early symptoms of cancer, if it is detected in time. So lives can be saved from this disease.
When cancer starts spreading to another part of the body, it is called metastasis, even then it is recognized from its original place. For example, if breast cancer metastasizes to the brain, it is still considered breast cancer. Not brain cancer. There are several subcategories of stage 4 cancer. Such as stage 4A or stage 4B, which are often determined by how far the cancer has spread throughout the body. Similarly, stage 4 cancers which are adenocarcinomas. They are often called metastatic adenocarcinoma.
Study on dangerous cases of cancer
Actually, treatment of cancer is possible in the fourth stage, doctors are saying this after seeing a case reported in CK Birla Hospital of Gurugram. According to reports, this patient had undergone treatment in many hospitals but there was no improvement in his health. Preliminary investigation found that he was in a state of toxemia and cancer was developing rapidly. Because of this, the patient’s health was deteriorating as the days passed. When the medical oncologist and team of doctors of the hospital examined him, he was admitted to the ICU. Due to very low immunity of the patient, the risk of fungal infection and many other diseases had increased. His platelets were also continuously decreasing and he was at risk of intracranial hemorrhage.
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Is it possible to cure cancer in the fourth stage?
According to senior medical oncologist, if proper treatment, medicines and therapy are used, cancer can be cured even in the fourth stage. While treating this patient, the team of doctors first started the treatment of fever neutropenia. As his condition was continuously worsening, he also had chest, stomach and urine infections. This was a matter of great concern for the doctors. Due to antibiotic resistant bacteria already present in his body, even antibiotics were not working. In such a situation, he was treated with high-tech and evidence-based medicines and looked after for about a month.
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Was there any benefit from advanced treatment?
Doctors at CK Birla Hospital in Gurugram said that when the patient was examined, Candida was found in him. This is a type of fungal infection. To avoid this, the patient was given amphotericin. His condition has improved a lot.
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