At present, the incidence of leukemia in the elderly is on the rise. How to choose a treatment plan for leukemia patients with a clear diagnosis is something that many patients and their families find difficult to make a judgment. The following are some suggestions from several aspects, for reference only, I hope it can be of some help.
1. Judging by age, patients under 60-65 years old with or without related other systemic diseases can consider chemotherapy combined with traditional Chinese medicine. On the one hand, it can reduce the proliferation of leukemia cells through chemotherapy, reduce the tumor load, and even try to achieve remission; on the other hand, it can combine with Chinese medicine to support the treatment, improve immune function, prevent infection and bleeding, reduce the side effects of chemotherapy, try to shorten the time of bone marrow suppression, and be able to carry out the next course of treatment in time to achieve the purpose of prolonging survival.
2, there are also some patients who are above 70 years old, have no related systemic diseases, and are in good general condition, they can also be treated in the above way; 3, if they are above 70 years old, with related systemic diseases, and are in poor general condition, they can consider the treatment of Chinese medicine, we are also currently doing exploration and research on related programs, and also jointly exploring with several hospitals in China the efficacy of Qing Huang San in treating elderly leukemia. This depends on the wishes of the patient and family.
4, there is also the patient’s older age, and the general condition is poor, according to the assessment of the prognosis is also poor, you can use the palliative treatment, that is, Chinese medicine to help eliminate the evil and blood transfusion, platelets combined with the support of treatment.