If a person has 4th stage liver cancer , does having chemo help? Her bilirubin count was 18.6 but now it has come down to 10.1. They found that the original cancer started as very small in one breast and now the liver is covered with cancer. She started on chem a couple weeks ago - 1/3 portion every week and also a pill for cancer.
According to Studies, the chemotherapy, may relieve her problems to some extent only, but not cure in stage4 disease. This is called as palliative chemotherapy.