Old Age and Cancer

Posted in: Cancer by Dr. Tarang Krishna Posted Date: 15 Jan, 2016

Old age is the single biggest risk for developing cancer. People at an old age are more prone to develop cancer and other diseases that may affect their cancer treatment and recovery. One biggest challenge that cancer specialists face is that the aging process is complex. This means that the actual age of a person may not reflect his physiologic age. Therefore, making the treatment decision for an elder person a cumbersome task.

Relationship between physical aging changes and cancer

High Blood pressure, Heart disease, Diabetes, Lung complication, kidney disease, etc. come with an increasing age. When an elder has them along with cancer, they affect cancer treatment and severity of treatment side effects.

Other Concerns

Maintaining Independence: Many elders try to maintain their independence by staying alone. Cancer treatment may interfere with the ability to do the work like cooking, taking bath independently.

Living in isolation: If an elder with cancer lives in isolation, he/she may get affected with depression, stress and other complications. It may further hamper the cancer treatment.

Financial Issues: Retirement is a major factor that contributes to limited financial problems. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss finance related issues with the health care provider, as there are plenty of financial resources available to help.

Travelling: If the treatment requires frequent travelling for the elder patient and if the patient no longer drives or depends on other methods then the fatigue of travelling may hinder the treatment.

Lastly, the responsibility of eliminating pain and suffering of cancer lie on cancer clinics. Cancer Healer Center, to achieve the same goal, offers Immunotherapy, which is a painless treatment therapy with no side effects.

About The Author

Dr. Tarang Krishna

Dr. Tarang Krishna, Director at Cancer Healer Center, is the perfect epitome of perseverance and dedication.

He has an impressive educational background to his credit. He completed his under-graduation in Medicine and Surgery from Pune, India and did his MD (Hom) from Agra University, India.Thesis on MD was on "Treatment of cancer" where he presented cases of almost 100 patients and the response of the medicines in the treatment of cancer. He then completed his Ph.d in Oncology from the United Kingdom and his thesis on the ‘Efficacy of Medicines in the Treatment of Cancer’ is greatly commemorated and honored.

He befittingly represents alternate medicine and has contributed significantly towards the development and research of immunotherapy.

Through his nationwide chain of “Cancer Healer Center” clinics he strives to offer superior cancer treatment, using immunotherapy.