CancerCompass message board discussion started by DaughterCaregiver on 3/26/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,22342,0.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My dad has lived w/ non small cell lung cancer for 5 years (he's 83), but the last round of chemo ended up being too much for him, and he's now been in hospice at home for the past 3 weeks with supplemental 24/7 nursing assistant care. His condition has quickly deteriorated, and even though he's in hospice, I still stay in touch with his oncologist. When I described the symptoms, he feels that Dad is suffering from paraneoplastic syndrome, which is pretty rare. What I've read online says that this syndrome more often appears before tumors are detected, not during late stage cancer, such as my Dad. A patient in hospice can't accept active medical treatment, but I'm not reading conclusively if paraneoplastic syndrome is actually treatable (as opposed to being managed), and at Dad's advanced age and stage of cancer, is it even feasible to pull him out of hospice to undergo treatment? If he stays in hospice, does he eventually succumb to the eventual shutting down of his physical capabilities? Has anyone else found themselves in this situation?Thanks,Mary  DaughterCaregiver Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 3/26/2008 DaughterCaregiver wrote:My dad has lived w/ non small cell lung cancer for 5 years (he's 83), but the last round of chemo ended up being too much for him, and he's now been in hospice at home for the past 3 weeks with supplemental 24/7 nursing assistant care. His condition has quickly deteriorated, and even though he's in hospice, I still stay in touch with his oncologist. When I described the symptoms, he feels that Dad is suffering from paraneoplastic syndrome, which is pretty rare. What I've read online says that this syndrome more often appears before tumors are detected, not during late stage cancer, such as my Dad. A patient in hospice can't accept active medical treatment, but I'm not reading conclusively if paraneoplastic syndrome is actually treatable (as opposed to being managed), and at Dad's advanced age and stage of cancer, is it even feasible to pull him out of hospice to undergo treatment? If he stays in hospice, does he eventually succumb to the eventual shutting down of his physical capabilities? Has anyone else found themselves in this situation?Thanks,Mary  What is paraneoplastic syndrome?--Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at http://www.cancercompass.com/common/guidelines.html-- thanks angel22 angel22 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT