leukemia or bone cancer. I mean, if its in its early stges are they able to operate and the person can live?
2006-12-11 09:24:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
The prognosis for a lot of cancers are very good if they are caught in their early stages. The treatment can be harsh, and leave side effects of their own, and possibly create more problems the longer one is on treatment.
If your prognosis requires up to 6 months of treatment, and it's successful, then you won't suffer as badly.
My son just finished chemo and luckily his type of cancer was localized and caught at stage one, and therefore 8 weeks of chemo was all that was required. We face tests for the next several years and uncertainty forever as no one can be certain it will never rear it's ugly head again, but cancer can touch anyone. There needn't be any rhyme or reason for it, and it's a terrible thing. We really must work to find a cure, for the children's sake and for everyone's sake.
If a tumour is contained, they can remove it and no treatment at all might be required. If it has spread however, you may.
Cancer is really just a broad term for a whole series of diseases...you have no idea.
2006-12-11 09:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you provide more details?
Leukemia survival rates vary greatly. ALL has a survival rate of over 90%. AML has a poor survival rate. Recently, new drugs for CML have made the disease more of a chronic condition and not fatal. BTW, since leukemia effects are systemic, there usually is no surgery unless they have to remove the spleen because of over accumulation of blood cells.
As for bone cancer, early detection is the key. With early detection and usually amputation, survival rates are excellent. Most primary bone cancers occur in limbs. If cancer has metastized to the bone, it is not considered bone cancer but the original cancer. Example, breast and prostate cancers often spread to the bone, those lesions are still called breast and prostate cancer respectively.
2006-12-11 17:49:41 · answer #2 · answered by oncogenomics 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chances right now are very good, I can't give you figures but I do know the bone cancer and Leukemia have one of the greatest survival ratings.
2006-12-11 17:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is alway's a chance. But the odd's are not in your favor, Suck's but it's life!! You can by some time...But in the long run it get's ya (sorry) Depending on the type of cancer you can beat it But as far as lung, pancreatic, bone, liver I'ts not good.
2006-12-11 17:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by Rick S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person in advanced stages of it can live.
God is a healer.
Ive seen papers of peoples bloodwork saying they had aids, then another latter bloodwork papers that say its gone, not a trace.
Ive heard the same thing of people with all sorts of canser and other otherwise fatil illnesses.
But, God healed them all. Why cant God heal others too?
If you had faith, you can see a mountan move, why not someone with canser be healed.
I myself needed a surgury, but then I prayed for God to heal me and when they redid the ultrasound, I was healed, it boggled there minds.
I love God.
2006-12-11 17:45:55 · answer #5 · answered by robertt223 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋