What to do about brain metastasis in advanced gallbladder cancer

Symptomatic treatment, radiotherapy or chemotherapy, surgery and home nursing can be carried out after brain metastasis of gallbladder cancer in advanced stage. 1. Symptomatic treatment: after gallbladder cancer patients have brain metastasis, which indicates that it has reached the advanced stage, symptomatic treatment should be carried out according to the abnormal clinical symptoms of the patients in order to alleviate their discomfort. (1) After brain metastasis, if headache occurs, analgesic can be taken, such as diclofenac sodium, ibuprofen capsule and so on. (2) Patients with poor systemic nutrition and weak body can supplement nutrient solution, such as fat milk and amino acid. (3) Patients who eat or have reduced digestive function can apply medication such as gastrointestinal mucosal protectants and digestive aids, such as omeprazole capsules, domperidone tablets, compound digestive enzymes, and so on. 2. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy: chemotherapy and radiotherapy are adjuvant treatments routinely chosen by those who have gallbladder cancer tumors resected or those who cannot be resected in late stage. Commonly used chemotherapy drugs include fluorouracil, gemcitabine and so on. Radiotherapy can delay the local invasion of tumor cells. The use of chemotherapy or radiotherapy can relieve pain and prolong the survival time of patients. 3. Surgery: If the degree of brain metastasis of gallbladder cancer is not serious and the patient’s body can bear surgery better, surgery can be chosen to remove the cancerous lesion, so as to improve the patient’s life time. 4. In addition, family care is also very important. After brain metastasis of gallbladder cancer, patients need to eat light and easy-to-digest food, and they can have small amount of meals and supplement nutritious food appropriately. After brain metastasis of gallbladder cancer, patients should go to hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid delaying their condition.