Question

Steve Palmer has been undergoing chemotherapy for liver cancer. I'm the past 2 months , Mr. Palmer has lost 25lbs from his pre cancer weight of 190lbs. He is 6ft 2inches tall . He reports decreased appetite, nausea vomiting, and dry mouth. He reports feeling full quickly and feeling extreme fatigue.

Answer 1

Lets us talk about Chemotherapy first.

Chemotherapy is a technique used for the treatment of Cancer. It generally kills the cells that are causing cancer. It would take approximately 5 months to complete this treatment having 6 to 8 cycles in the course of treatment.

Now, Mr. Plamer lost 25lbs from his pre-cancer weight. This is caused because during cancer about body produce cells to fight against the cancer cell and the production of these cell cause reduce in weight, lose appetite, nausea vomiting, and dry mouth.

Also sometimes it is the effect of the treatment that is done to treat cancer that a person reports decreased appetite, nausea vomiting, and dry mouth.