60-year-old Undergoes a Complex Surgery and an Intense Treatment for Lung Cancer at Fortis Hospital, Noida

• With an almost fractured spine a 60-year-old patient, Jeevan Chandra, also suffered from lung cancer. 
• He was initially having his treatment at R.R Hospital for his excruciating back pain which took away his ability to walk.
• He was also diagnosed with a tumour in his spine
• After several tests conducted by the hospital it was seen that he was suffering from lung cancer.
• He was then referred to Fortis Hospital, Noida.
• There the doctors said that the cancer which formed in his lungs had spread to his bones, a condition which is known as multiple myeloma.
• It was also because of his cancer that he had an almost fractured lumbar spine with a tumour.
• For such a complicated medical condition, Dr Rahul Gupta, Additional Director & HOD Neurosurgery and his team at Fortis Hospital had performed a surgery, a vertebroplasty and provided the patient with 32 sittings of chemotherapy and almost 12 sittings of chemotherapy.
• Althrough now the patient is weak due to the intense medical treatments still he can now stand up and walk normally.      

Source: The Times of India