CANCER – A Briton has followed chemotherapy for fourteen years while the duration of treatment in question should not exceed six months
A man followed unnecessary chemotherapy for fourteen years at the Coventry University Hospital (United Kingdom). The patient’s lawyers said that a dozen other people have met the same situation, reports BBC this Wednesday.
The patient was followed for a brain tumor. It was treated with temozolomide, an anticancer drug that should not be used for more than six months in a row. The man has confided in fatigue, joint pain, gastrointestinal disorders, recurring oral ulcers and nausea because of the medication.
An “unnecessary treatment”, recognizes the hospital
This particular treatment was discovered when the doctor who took care of the patient retired. A new caregiver took care of it and realized that humans have been taking cancer medication for more than a decade.
When the information went back to the hospital management, a letter was sent to the patient’s mother in order to inform him of the error made on his son. “I can’t imagine the impact it had on him. I wish to apologize on behalf of the hospital for the unnecessary treatment that your son is undergoing, “wrote the director.
-Impacts on his life
According to the complainant’s lawyers, Témozolomide can cause secondary cancers, liver problems, as well as strong anxiety in connection with death. It also touched the patient’s daily life, especially his (…)
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