Treatment for metastatic cancer is often different from treatment in normal tumors. Once metastatic cancer has spread, it is difficult to control. Its treatment depends on how much the cancer has spread, the age of the patient and what is his medical history. It is said that with radiation and immunotherapy, in some metastatic cancers, it is possible to survive for a long time.
Chemotherapy
The biggest advantage of chemotherapy is its response time and it works very well in metastatic breast cancer. Chemotherapy dries tumors faster than hormone therapy.
Radiation
Radiation can help limit and control the spots where the cancer has spread. It also helps reduce pain, reduces the risk of bone fractures in organs weakened by cancer, reduces bleeding, makes it easier to breathe by opening blocked airways and reduces pressure from tightened veins Does, which could have caused pain or weakness.
Surgery
Surgery is generally recommended for patients suffering from spinal cord compression (spinal contractions) due to metastatic cancer. Post-operative radiotherapy may be given to patients with metastatic spinal cord compression with direct decompressive surgery, so that they can last longer than patients given only radiotherapy.
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