What to do if breast cancer is in late stage and the pain is unbearable

What should I do if I suffer from unbearable pain in the late stage of breast cancer?

1. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be used to relieve pain. Generally speaking, in order to curb breast cancer cells, kill cancer cells and prevent the spread of cancer cells, the better way is to carry out chemotherapy as soon as possible.

2. For severe pain, strong opioids such as morphine can be used, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics can be combined to enhance the analgesic effect and reduce the dose of opioids. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment can be considered, and appropriate use of analgesics can improve the patient's quality of life and prolong the patient's survival time.

Will early breast cancer metastasize?

For patients with HER-2 positive breast cancer bone metastasis, a combination of trastuzumab and chemotherapy is used. Early breast cancer will not metastasize to the bone. If breast cancer is confirmed, surgical treatment should be considered as soon as possible.

Breast cancer may metastasize in the early stages, but metastasis is relatively rare and most patients will not experience metastasis in the early stages of cancer.

What are the side effects of breast cancer chemotherapy?

The side effects on the heart are smaller than those of traditional general radiotherapy. Cardiac ultrasound examination is required before and after radiotherapy for breast cancer to evaluate the patient's heart function and effectively prevent side effects on the heart.

Many side effects of radiation damage can be alleviated by some drugs and later repair, but if the tumor is not thoroughly treated, recurrence and metastasis will lead to incurable conditions. The sequelae of breast cancer chemotherapy include hair loss, gastrointestinal reactions, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, etc.