Stomach Cancer
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Need kind advices from ppl here on Malignant Neoplasm/ Carcinoma Stomach (late stage). Will be going for chemotherapy treatment consultation soon.
1. Any good specialist or doctor for such illnesses?
2. Any experienced remedy/treatment other than surgery, chemotherapy & radiatherapy?
3. Does Traditional Chinese Medicine help? Any recommedation?
4. Any way to reduces/ease the pain while undergoing chemotherapy?
5. What r the beneficial food against cancer? (Website search: Cabbage, Broccoli & Broccoli Sprout)
6. How long can a patient stay alive in such stage (approximation)? Anybody with real life experience to share?
7. How much is the cost of treatment like?
8. Any other beneficial advices?
Any PM welcome.
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last stage?u mean ur at the final stage of cancer?
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.Originally posted by ceecookie:last stage?u mean ur at the final stage of cancer?
not me but me dad. Doc mentioned its at serious stage. -
sigh.Originally posted by thinker:.
not me but me dad. Doc mentioned its at serious stage. -
final stage of cancer have almost no chance of survival(like 1-3.5% est)...the cancerous cells by then have already spread to all over the body...unless a miracle happen..there's a case of final stage bre@st cancer woman who survived the cancer..
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Thanks. I understand. Just wanna know answers to my doubts and to make his life as comfortable/happy as possible right now. He does not know the seriousness of it as he doesnt feel any pain at the moment.Originally posted by ceecookie:final stage of cancer have almost no chance of survival(like 1-3.5% est)...the cancerous cells by then have already spread to all over the body...unless a miracle happen..there's a case of final stage bre@st cancer woman who survived the cancer.. -
i empathise with you man
my grandma is going through that now
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Care to share some information and give some direction to my doubts b4 I meet the oncology doc?Originally posted by laurence82:i empathise with you man
my grandma is going through that now
Appreciate in advance. You may PM me.
Anyone knows any local medical forum website. I don't seems to find any. -
Will find out 4 u asapOriginally posted by thinker:Care to share some information and give some direction to my doubts b4 I meet the oncology doc?
Appreciate in advance. You may PM me.
Anyone knows any local medical forum website. I don't seems to find any. 
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hmm, these stuff only my relatives know closely as they are now taking care of my grandmaOriginally posted by thinker:Care to share some information and give some direction to my doubts b4 I meet the oncology doc?
Appreciate in advance. You may PM me.
Anyone knows any local medical forum website. I don't seems to find any.
the useless me? i am providing support in anyway else i can
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[quote]Originally posted by thinker:
Need kind advices from ppl here on [b]Malignant Neoplasm/ Carcinoma Stomach (late stage). Will be going for chemotherapy treatment consultation soon.
1. Any good specialist or doctor for such illnesses?
2. Any experienced remedy/treatment other than surgery, chemotherapy & radiatherapy?
3. Does Traditional Chinese Medicine help? Any recommedation?
4. Any way to reduces/ease the pain while undergoing chemotherapy?
5. What r the beneficial food against cancer? (Website search: Cabbage, Broccoli & Broccoli Sprout)
6. How long can a patient stay alive in such stage (approximation)? Anybody with real life experience to share?
7. How much is the cost of treatment like?
8. Any other beneficial advices?
Any PM welcome.
http://www.nccs.com.sg/news/2006/articles/060118.htm -
Just dun give up hope. Always believe there is a miracle waiting to happen. My father also has a incurable disease called Primary Sclerosis cholangitis. It is a slow dying disease and since there is no cure for it, its like waiting to die. But nevertheless, like you say, just find out as much as you can, be positive, let ur father go thru the treatment and make him happy. Maybe its good that he is still remaining happy about this whole situation, remain that way.
You may also wanna ask him to try THONG CHAI MEDICINE HALL at CHIN SWEE ROAD there. Its a free TCM clinic. I heard many cancer patients go there for consultation. Unfortunately I lost the contact but check the number and call them up on when the doctor for cancer is coming in. -
My landlord has throat cancer for many years. Today he went for checkup and the doc say all cancer cells gone
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miracles do happen!! look to the bright side ppl!Originally posted by snobbish:My landlord has throat cancer for many years. Today he went for checkup and the doc say all cancer cells gone -
Originally posted by snobbish:My landlord has throat cancer for many years. Today he went for checkup and the doc say all cancer cells gone
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Cheers!Originally posted by snobbish:My landlord has throat cancer for many years. Today he went for checkup and the doc say all cancer cells gone -
Sorry to hear about your dad's condition.
Late stage cancer is usually either stage 3 or 4. For Stage 3 gastric cancer, 5 year survival is 35% and for stage 4 cancer 5%. This means that 35% of patients with Stage 3 disease live beyond 5 years, and only 5% of patients with stage 4 disease live beyond 5 years.
It will be wise to go for surgery/chemotherapy/radiotherapy ASAP even though he does not have any symptoms. You might want to consider alternative medicine TOGETHER with mainstream treatment but please do not delay seeking mainstream treatment as it might result in unnecessary paind an delays in treatment. Western medicine does not restrict the diet of cancer patients but it might be wise to reduce fat intake. -
Originally posted by thinker:
I presume a biopsy has been done and the diagnosis has been confirmed? Your doctor will be able to discuss details of further treatment and prognosis.
Need kind advices from ppl here on [b]Malignant Neoplasm/ Carcinoma Stomach (late stage). Will be going for chemotherapy treatment consultation soon.
1. Any good specialist or doctor for such illnesses?
2. Any experienced remedy/treatment other than surgery, chemotherapy & radiatherapy?
3. Does Traditional Chinese Medicine help? Any recommedation?
4. Any way to reduces/ease the pain while undergoing chemotherapy?
5. What r the beneficial food against cancer? (Website search: Cabbage, Broccoli & Broccoli Sprout)
6. How long can a patient stay alive in such stage (approximation)? Anybody with real life experience to share?
7. How much is the cost of treatment like?
8. Any other beneficial advices?
Any PM welcome.
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1. Which specialist is required depends on the extent of the disease and the objective of the treatment. If the cancer can be resected, a good cancer surgeon is what you need. The only chance of cure in gastric cancer is early detection and surgery. Following surgery, chemotherapy may be required although I regret to say that stomach cancer isn't particularly sensitive to treatment. All these specialists are available at the National Cancer Centre in SGH and the National Cancer Institute at NUH. Of course, if the cancer is terminal, then palliative medicine and hospice care will be required. That is available in all the major hospitals in Singapore, including TTSH.
2. Speaking as a medical doctor, none that I am aware of.
3. TCM has not been shown to provide a cure, but then neither will western medicine for advanced cancer.
4. There are medication that can reduce and help one cope with the adverse effects of treatment. TCM may have a role in this. LHL used Chinese medication in this manner when he had chemotherapy.
5. Anti-oxidants said to be useful but once the cancer has developed, I have not known of any to be cured by a change of diet.
6. The prognosis and survival depends on multiple factors, such as the histological subtype of the cancer, the grade, the stage, age of patient and the individual's fitness at the time of diagnosis. Your doctor is in a better position to answer this, having all the required information to make an estimate.
7. Depends on what treatment is required. based on the stage of disease and whether the patient is a subsidized patient. Cancer treatment is never cheap, but the good news is that the chemotherapy for gastric cancer is not particularly expensive. The bad news is that it isn't particularly effective either. It is difficult to give any ball park figure not knowing how advance the condition is, the likely period of survival etc. But once your doctor explains the treatment options available and the likely survival, you can compute the likely costs. -
Thanks all for your kind advices. Greatly appreciate. Any further good information or advices will be very helpful.
A very good groups of forumers. -
I'm discussing with Thinker via PM.
But for the sake of other visitors or lurkers on the forum (eg. if you know a friend or relative with cancer), those interested can read more about my views and suggestions for those dealing with cancer, *here*. -
hi Thinker.
this is really a very sad piece of news.
i will pray pray for good health for your dad.
must be strong. -
is stomach cancer the same as colon cancer?
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hey thinker,do wadever u can to make ur dad happy,ya?
i'll too pray hard.
forces of the forumites unite.