My dad has been diagnosed with liver cancer for about 2 years now...and so far, the outlook does not look good. For the past year, my father had been taking chemotherapy, but the treatment had proved to be ineffective (cancer grew from 10mm to 10cm after a couple months). For that reason, he was induced to a more advanced treatment called cyberknife radiation therapy, but so for the results prove dismal.
Recently my mother took my father to see his primary cancer doctor (for his check-up) and the doctor us that he has to stop his chemo/radiation therapy and his cancer pills due to his low blood count (for 8 weeks - or until the blood count is normal again/now the check-ups are every week with the doctor). At the very end of the session, the doctor pulled my mother aside (this was when my dad left the room) and told her that the cancer was already in its advance stages (he also said it was a miracle that he's still alive) and that, if my dad doesn't stop his current rigorous work ethic (my dad had a physical-demanding job) he will die...but the thing is, my dad had already stopped working for the past two months.