2007-03-20 04:16:25 · 8 answers · asked by leah_bass 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Prognosis depends much more on the type of cancer e.g oat cell tumour of Lung, is highly aggressive and death occurs in matter of months between 3 to 6 Months!
Secondary Tumours may take from 3 to 5 years.
However the general prognosis is 5 years. BUT exceptions are there.
This is the best soft sweet Prognosis I can give you practically.
2007-03-20 10:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother in law passed from non small cell lung cancer in October. She was diagnosed with stage 4 in May, and was given 6 months. She lived a little over 5 months.
Lung cancer doesn't have very good survival rates b/c it is generally found when it has already spread. That's usually when people start feeling the symptoms of it. Even in stage 2, there is a 50% chance the person will live 5 years. Stage 3 is about 35%. In stage 4 I believe it's about 10-15%.
Go to www.cancer.org You can look it up and learn a lot about it. My mother in law was diagnosed when it had already spread to her brain. At that point, the longest anyone will live is 2 years and that is best case scenario, having only 1 brain lesion and it being removed with surgery. If it's just in one lung, and the lung can be removed, then the survival rate is much better. If it has spread to lymph nodes, other organs, brain, bones, etc. it is a lot worse and the chance of chemo and radiation being worthwhile is less likely.
It is a very devastating disease, and the earlier the stage, obviously the better the outcome.
2007-03-20 13:15:13 · answer #2 · answered by nymom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how advanced the cancer is. If it's very advanced, less than 3 mos. Unfortunately, most lung cancer victims die within 6 months. Treatments are limited and not very successful. Radiation is particularly bad since it causes fibrosis (hardening of the lungs) which can hasten death. Speak to the patient's oncologist for a better estimate.
2007-03-20 11:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by napqueen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on many factors, it may be curable, it may not. Firstly, it's the type of cancer, secondly it's the staging, thirdly, it's the response to treatment and fourthly it's your will to want to overcome, as it can be a very gruelling experience.
Our friend's son had a massive tumour in his chest and was at stage three but the type was non-hodgkins lymphoma and after 6 months of chemo all the cancer is gone and they are shrinking the remaining scar tissue with radiation.
2007-03-20 11:57:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending how long the cancer was there. I had a brother diagnosed in March and died on May of the same year, but he was already in the 4th and final stage.He was 46years old. That happened 2006.
2007-03-20 11:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by Vanessa B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on if they caught it early or not. If they caught it early and they can take care of it with surgery and or radiation or chemo the person could expect to live a normal life.
2007-03-20 11:19:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check out ( http://www.all-about-cancer.us )
They have a lot of good info and advice on lung cancer.
2007-03-22 09:02:50 · answer #7 · answered by marketingexpert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not long
2007-03-20 11:23:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋