“I should not be here with you, but you made me come.” In his searing appearance before lawmakers, Luis Alvarez called himself 'lucky' to be able to undergo endless chemotherapy. - TODAYShow
'Pain and suffering of 69 rounds of chemo'
It’s uncommon for a patient to undergo chemotherapy for as long as Alvarez has, but it likely means the regimen continues to help keep the cancer under control, said Dr. Nikhil Khushalani, an oncologist at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Khushalani is not treating Alvarez, but commented in general.
“It’s certainly more on the rarer side. It’s not unheard of — it’s perfectly reasonable to do as long as the patient is tolerating it well, but more importantly, deriving benefit from it,” Khushalani told TODAY.a patient can tolerate depends on what type of cancer he has and what type of treatment is being used. Some chemo drugs can only be given for a finite number of times because the cumulative dosing can damage the heart or other organs, Khushalani said.
In a stage 4 setting — when the cancer has spread from the original tumor site, as in Alvarez’s case — doctors try a treatment until the cancer cells find a way to become resistant to the drug, or the patient develops more side effects or has plateaued in his response. “It’s in the rare circumstance such as this that his oncologist probably feels that he is benefiting from the treatment and he’s tolerating it reasonably well and therefore he is continuing,” Khushalani said.For Alvarez, the endless treatment has meant more time."It is my goal and it is my legacy to see that you do the right thing," he told lawmakers.A. Pawlowski is a TODAY contributing editor focusing on health news and features.
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