Usually it is a statistic called "5 year survival rate" - collected by gov't.
each stage and cancer has a different number - check out www.cancer.org for more
but your stage and how you react to treatment will modify the numbers.
at the end of the day, they DON'T KNOW; they can only guess.
So live your life to the fullest while you can.
Jewells
29 months and still here
2006-07-07 03:36:19
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answered by jewells_40 4
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Usually it goes by the time you are diagnose. Most cancer specialist will tell you the approx. amount of time of survival knowing that you will be undergoing treatment(s). This is the case for breast cancer.
2006-07-08 12:59:21
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answered by Anonymous
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You go by the date of diagnosis. I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer last June so I would be considered a one year survivor even though with surgery, chemo and radiation I just finished my treatment last month.
2006-07-08 15:10:06
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answered by RoZ 4
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I am a breast cancer survivor.. I go by the day of my surgery as that is when they removed the cancer from my body.
Some folks go by the day they are diagnosed, as they have survived cancer from that day forward. Some folks go by the day they finish treatment.
It is up to you.
2006-07-07 07:46:04
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answered by ritabird1 3
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my wife is a breast cancer survivor and its been about 8 yrs since the last term of treatment ,she had chemo and took tamoxifen for 2yrs after ,thats when they gave her the all clear .
2006-07-06 21:37:42
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answered by leonard24seven 4
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Diagnose. The treatment (and luck) will give you more time. The years of survival are the minimum (average) you will live
2006-07-06 21:37:11
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answered by kwyjibo 2
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Survival I think depends on the person. I have a friend who should have died years ago with a very fast spreading lung cancer, but it has been four years and she just keeps on trucking. Don't give up and don't give in. Survival depends on you. If you give up it takes you.
2006-07-06 22:40:23
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answered by nighttimewkr 3
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as a survivor i count from the time my doctor said "you're done here" and I never had to go back for another round of chemo or a transfusion. but like others have said it all depends on the person.
2006-07-07 21:53:32
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answered by Book Goddess 2
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most likely diagnoses because some patients may go through several rounds of treatment. When these people speak they refer to the time when they were diagnosed.
2006-07-06 21:38:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Ask your doctor. Every case is different.
2006-07-06 21:36:23
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answered by smelly pete 3
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