Comments on: Patients with Lymphoma cancer is there anything other than Chemo therapy to survive longer? http://www.sathospital.org/patients-with-lymphoma-cancer-is-there-anything-other-than-chemo-therapy-to-survive-longer/ Aternative cancer treatment Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: conanthebarbie http://www.sathospital.org/patients-with-lymphoma-cancer-is-there-anything-other-than-chemo-therapy-to-survive-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-18532 conanthebarbie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.stahospital.org/?p=4166#comment-18532 Lymphoma can be treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, stem cell or bone marrow transplants, or a combination of those. Second line treatment works best for most patients. Your uncle must press his doctors for more treatment, and more aggressive treatment at that. If the doctors do not listen, I urge him to get another doctor who will. There is much much more than just chemo that can be tried on his disease to try to get results. If he does not have insurance, he can be part of a medicinal trial and see if the newest drugs science is offering will work for him. Help him to educate himself about his cancer and about the science and treatment options available to him. With support, he can possibly get back into this fight and see better results from better treatment. Ask the doctors lots of questions about treatment -- about everything. If they don't know, ask them to find out right away. I hope for the best for you and your uncle. Lymphoma can be treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy, stem cell or bone marrow transplants, or a combination of those. Second line treatment works best for most patients.

Your uncle must press his doctors for more treatment, and more aggressive treatment at that. If the doctors do not listen, I urge him to get another doctor who will. There is much much more than just chemo that can be tried on his disease to try to get results. If he does not have insurance, he can be part of a medicinal trial and see if the newest drugs science is offering will work for him.

Help him to educate himself about his cancer and about the science and treatment options available to him. With support, he can possibly get back into this fight and see better results from better treatment.

Ask the doctors lots of questions about treatment — about everything. If they don’t know, ask them to find out right away. I hope for the best for you and your uncle.

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