According to the american cancer society, unexplained weight loss is often the first noticeable symptom of cancers of the esophagus, pancreas, stomach, and lung other cancers, such as ovarian. Losing weight with stage 4 lung cancer. I am the caregiver for my 64-year-old uncle, who was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer about 2 months ago by the time he was diagnosed it had metastasized to his liver, kidneys, several ribs and now to his brain weight loss he has maintained an extremely positive attitude through 15 sessions of radiationhe is very sure he will make it to the 5-year mark.
losing weight with stage 4 lung cancer
Approximately half of all cancer patients experience anorexia and cachexia, and at diagnosis, approximately 60% of patients with lung cancer have already experienced substantial weight loss 1,2 cachexia is a condition of advanced malnutrition and occurs due to the inability to ingest nutrients or the body’s inability to use those nutrients. Weight loss resulted in an increased rr of progression (1.4, 95% confidence intervals 1.0–1.8) for patients with sclc. in contrast, weight loss was not a prognostic factor of progression-free survival for patients with nsclc. no factors were significant predictors of progression-free survival in patients with mesothelioma.. My father was diagnosed of colon cancer stage iv last june. he has to have chemo for life. he started the chemo mids july and so far he had 8 treatments. one of the bigges issues for us is the weight loss, he has lost more than 16 kilos ( 36 pounds) in just 8 rounds of chemo... still some more rounds left..
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