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What Treatment Should Be Given To The Terminal Stage Of Lung Cancer?

hi my mom is 74 years old has breast cancer spread to her lungs was told she was terminal. its been 5 months now and shes still here with no cancer treatments only morphine to control the pain she has been throwing up since e5 months but this last week keeps everything down whats going on?
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
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Hard to predict her lifespan. If morphine is helping her, best would be to continue morphine for pain relief as long as she survives along with other supportive care measures
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What Treatment Should Be Given To The Terminal Stage Of Lung Cancer?

Hard to predict her lifespan. If morphine is helping her, best would be to continue morphine for pain relief as long as she survives along with other supportive care measures