My uncle has lung and bone caner?!
Question: how bad is haveing 2 different types of cancer at once and is bone caner cureable.
im so worried :(
Answers: how bad is haveing 2 different types of cancer at once and is bone caner cureable.
im so worried :(
Treatment options depend on the following:
The location of the tumor.
The stage of the cancer.
Whether the cancer has recurred (come back) after treatment.
The patient's age and general health
How osteosarcoma is treated
If it is suspected that the problem is osteosarcoma, before the first biopsy, your doctor may recommend a specialist called an orthopedic oncologist.
There are treatments for all patients with osteosarcoma. Three kinds of treatment are used:
Surgery (taking out the cancer in an operation).
Chemotherapy (using drugs to kill cancer cells).
Radiation therapy (using high-dose x-rays to kill cancer cells).
In addition to these standard therapies, a treatment called biologic therapy is being tested for localized and metastatic osteosarcoma. Biologic therapy is a treatment that uses the patient's immune system to fight cancer. Substances made by the body or made in a laboratory are used to boost, direct, or restore the body's natural defenses against cancer. This type of cancer treatment is also called biotherapy or immunotherapy.
All patients with localized osteosarcoma should have surgery to remove the tumor, if possible. The doctor may remove only the cancer and some of the healthy tissue around the cancer (limb-sparing surgery). When the tumor is in a weight-bearing bone, the bone should be protected during activity to avoid fractures that could prevent limb-sparing surgery. Sometimes all or part of an arm or leg may have to be removed (amputated) to make sure that all of the cancer is taken out. If cancer has spread to lymph nodes, the lymph nodes will be removed (lymph node dissection).
In patients with osteosarcoma that has not spread beyond the bone, researchers have found no difference in overall survival whether patients have limb-sparing surgery or whether they have surgery with amputation. When the cancer can be taken out without amputation, artificial devices or bones from other places in the body can be used to replace the bone that was removed. The process of rebuilding (reconstructing) a part of the body changed by previous surgery is called reconstructive surgery. Options for reconstructive surgery in patients with osteosarcoma depend on many factors, including where the tumor is, how large it is, the age of the patient, and how much the patient will continue to grow.
Chemotherapy uses drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be taken by pill or put into the body by a needle in a vein or muscle. Chemotherapy is called systemic treatment because the drug enters the blood stream, travels through the body, and can kill cancer cells throughout the body. Chemotherapy with more than one drug is called combination chemotherapy.
Sometimes chemotherapy is injected directly into the area where the cancer is found (regional chemotherapy). In osteosarcoma, surgery is often used to remove the local tumor and chemotherapy is then given to kill any cancer cells that remain in the body. Chemotherapy given after surgery has removed the cancer is called adjuvant chemotherapy. Chemotherapy can also be given before surgery to shrink the cancer so that it can be removed during surgery; this is called neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
shrink tumors. Radiation for osteosarcoma usually comes from a machine outside the body (external radiation therapy).
A patient may receive treatment that is considered standard based on its effectiveness in a number of patients in past studies, or may choose to go into a clinical trial. Not all patients are cured with standard therapy, and some standard treatments may have unwanted side effects. For these reasons, clinical trials are designed to find better ways to treat cancer patients and are based on the most up-to-date information. Clinical trials for osteosarcoma are ongoing in many parts of the country. If you want more information, call the Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237); TTY at 1-800-332-8615.
Some cancer treatments cause side effects that continue or appear years after cancer treatment has ended. These are called late effects. Late effects of cancer treatment may include physical problems; changes in mood, feelings, thinking, learning or memory; and having second cancers (new types of cancer). Some late effects may be treated or controlled. It is important to talk with your child's doctors about the possible late effects caused by some treatments. See the PDQ summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for more information.
it's very bad
Both of these are curable, but they are both very difficult to cure. The presence of both cancer types means the cancer has spread, which makes it even harder to cure the cancer. Bone cancer usually requires a bone or stem cell donor. Hopefully, you uncle will be one of the lucky ones. Be prepared for the worse and hope for the best.
Are you sure he has lung and bone cancer?
It is more liley he ahs the same type of cancer that has spread to ttow differenent places. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY RARE THAT HE WOULD HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER. Both theses types of cancer are curable but as i said before he probably only has one type of cancer just because it is in two different plavces does not make it two different types of cancer.