What is rescue therapy?
Salvage Therapy is the therapy that is given after the patient does not respond to conventional therapy and when the patient has poor prognosis. The aim of such therapy is to usually maintain the patient comfortable and prolong the patient's life to allow the patient to pack his life, although sometimes this form of therapy can also provide treatment. Depending on the approach of the doctor and other factors, people may refer to the final attempt at therapy as "rescue therapy" or any subsequent attempts after initial treatment as "rescue therapy". In AIDS treatment, the patient is considered for rescue therapy when the number of CD4 drops, the viral load is increasing and the patient begins to notice serious complications that indicate that the current medicinal therapy does not work. Patients may also be resistant to antiretroviral drugs for a longer period of treatment in which CAS CASE may need to be adjusted or a completely new approach to treatment may need to be developed.
In oncology, rescue therapy is used when the tumor does not respond to treatment or repeats. Sry chemotherapy and radiation can be used to keep the tumor at bay to allow the patient to be given several months, and further treatment can be used to solve complications that occur with the cancer procedure. Although it is sometimes referred to as the last ditch or final treatment, sometimes rescue therapy can actually maintain the patient alive for a longer period of time; Patients who have been told, for example, have only a few months, may take years with the right therapy.
Access to therapy is highly individualized depending on the specifics of a particular case and the patient's expressed wish. As a result, it is difficult for doctors to produce generalizotives about possible results of rescue therapy. They will have to sit down with the patient and check the patient's medical history and maybe talk to other care providers before they can provide an accurate picture to the patient.
When a doctor suggestE Rescue therapy, it is important to discuss exactly what the doctor means "rescue therapy", what are the possibilities of therapy and what the prognosis is. Patients may want to carefully consider the costs and benefits of therapy when deciding. In some patients, the choice may be a better choice for any therapy or minimal therapy focused on palliative care, while others may benefit from the struggle with the disease and use of any treatment available in the process.